“Rethink Nationalism: Exploring the Challenges of Belonging in Europe” consists of 12 bite-sized videos featuring insights from Dr. Nando Sigona and Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou, alongside public opinions gathered on the streets of Barcelona, Spain. This series dives into the complex and controversial issue of nationalism, belonging, and diversity, providing nuanced perspectives and enhancing your understanding of what nationalism means in today’s Europe.
Is nationalism good or bad? The word “nationalism” has become increasingly loaded, so we asked an international group of people on the street what the word means to them and how they identify.
Say hello to Nando Sigona of the University of Birmingham, one of your experts in this series who will be sharing his research on migration and belonging through the lens of statelessness, citizenship, and superdiversity.
How does your nation define who belongs? Nando unpacks the differences between nationality and citizenship, how someone may begin belong, and where migration fits into it all.
Meet European University Institute’s Anna Triandafyllidou, one of your experts in this series who will tell us more about nationalism through her expertise on the Other, globalization, and cities.
Is nationalism a relevant concept in today’s world? We sat down with Anna to dissect how we live and feel nationalism and belonging in our everyday’s lives, from big cities to small towns, from past to present.
How do Others factor into how we identify our own national identities? We asked Anna about our relational feeling to so-called Significant Others and how migrants and Muslims fit into the discussion
As globalization becomes more relevant, does nationalism become less relevant? Anna explains how nationalism has changed but why it still holds meaning for many.
Why do some Catalans want independence from the rest of Spain? We talked to people on the streets of Barcelona to learn more about local nationalism and if it differs from other waves of nationalism in Europe today.
What is a city without migration? Anna shares how cities are affected by migration and how in turn they can influence our individual and national identities. She also speaks of her own experience.
Did you know Roma are Europe’s largest minority group? Nando explores this group’s history of belonging on the continent and the reality of their so-called integration.
There’s something more diverse than diversity? Nando breaks down the fairly new concept of “superdiversity” and why it’s relevant in Europe today in defining increasingly complex and multilayered identities.
Where do we go from here? Nando and Anna share some concluding thoughts on nationalism, belonging, and the way forward for European societies.
Professor Nando Sigona has over twenty years of research experience in the field of migration and forced displacement. He is Chair of International Migration and Forced Displacement at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom where he teaches sociology of migration, displacement and citizenship. He is the Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity (IRIS) and Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. His research interests include: irregular migration; statelessness; youth and family migration; Romani politics and anti-Gypsyism; asylum in Europe and the Mediterranean region; intra-EU mobility and the making of EU citizenship.
Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou is the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (CERC) based at Toronto Metropolitan University. Through the CERC research program, she leads as many as 30 different research projects on migration with a special focus on the role of migrant agency, the interaction between different drivers of migration and the global governance of migration and asylum (including irregular migration). Dr. Triandafyllidou has served as a national expert on migration policies for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and has acted as project evaluator for ministries and foundations, such as the European Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs and the European Parliament.
These videos were produced by Migration Matters e.V. and are part of “Newcomers and Nationalism: Exploring the Challenges of Belonging in Europe,” an interactive open online course that invites refugees and non-refugee students from all over Europe and the Southern Mediterranean to learn together in an interactive, online classroom as part of the Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange project.
These videos were produced under a contract with the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, financed by the European Union’s budget. The opinions expressed are those of the contractor and do not represent the contracting authority’s official position.
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