Series of seminars: Transnationalism, Identities’ Dynamics and Cultural Diversification in Urban Post-migratory Situations (TRICUD)

Transnationalism, Identities’ Dynamics and Cultural Diversification in Urban Post-migratory Situations (TRICUD)

Abstract :

TRICUD is a multidisciplinary research programme launched in 2009 by three research centres based at the Institute of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Liège, namely CEDEM (Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies), CLEO (Centre for the Study of Public Opinion) and PÔLE SUD (Pôle Liégeois d’Etudes sur les Sociétés Urbaines en Développement).
TRICUD aims at better understanding some of the reciprocal relationships between migration and change. The principal objective is indeed to better understand how migration transforms both sending societies in the South and receiving societies in the North. It is widely acknowledged that international migration has always been a cause as well as a result of economic, political, social and cultural change. It is a key dimension of globalisation. It affects the dynamics of identities, the process of cultural diversification and social representations in urban settings both in the North and South. Migration has also prompted the formation of transnational social spaces connecting home and destination countries. This phenomenon is observable between Belgium and some of the countries of origin of its migrant population. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Morocco are in this respect two strategic case-studies.
The presentation will consist in first, a general presentation of the research programme and second, specific focus on some of its specific research projects in particular, one developed in the dimension of cultural diversification. Its aim at understanding how minorities and majority groups can use cultural production (theatre in particular), as a mean of political participation.

The seminar will be held on Wednesday 21 September from 12:30 to 14:00 at room 13.105 (Ramón Turró building, Ciutadella campus).
The presentation will be made in English.

Attendance must be confirmed before Tuesday 20 September to flora.burchianti@upf.edu