Local identity and the reception of refugees
The example of Riace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19004151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Driel (0000-0002-7713-6622, Ercomer, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands), M Verkuyten (0000-0003-0137-1527, Ercomer, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 614-632 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1070289x.2019.1611075 |
| OpenAlex | W2943189401 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 21 |
A strong local community identity often goes together with the rejection of refugees and other migrants. However, there is also the possibility that such a local identity actually stimulates the reception of refugees. Based on the social identity perspective and our ethnographic fieldwork we examine this possibility in the context of the small town of Riace in Southern Italy. The analysis demonstrates that there is a local identity of hospitality that is construed as a continuation of the town’s past. This identity of local hospitality is enacted and maintained in various ways in the life of the town in which the mayor as an entrepreneur of the local identity plays a critical role. However, there are also some challenges to the future of the local identity of hospitality that relates to available financial resources and competition over local opportunities
Aesthetics · Ethnography · Geography · Hospitality · Local community · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |