Project Leader: Alejandro Cervantes-Carson
Welcome to the Multiculturalism, Conflict and
Belonging research and
publishing project. This inter- and multi-disciplinary project seeks
to explore the new and prominent place that the idea of culture
has for the construction of identity and the implications of this
for social membership in contemporary societies. In particular
the project will also assess the larger
context of major world transformations, for example,
new forms of migration and the massive movements of people across
the globe, as well as the impact and influence of globalisation.
The project will critically engage with a number of core themes:
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Challenging Old Concepts of Self and Other
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Nations, Nationhood and Nationalisms
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Institutions, Organizations and Social Movements
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Persons, Personhood and the Inter-Personal
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Media and Artistic Representations
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Transnational Cultural Interlacing of Contemporary Life
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New Concepts, New Forms of Inclusion
Related themes will also be identified for development and exploration. Out of our deliberations it is anticipated that a series of related cross context research projects will develop.