Conclusions
Europe’s Lived Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23748604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tuuli Lähdesmäki (0000-0002-5166-489X), Katariina Mäkinen (0000-0002-1107-4801), Katja Mäkinen, Viktorija L A Čeginskas (0000-0002-5794-9503), Sigrid Kaasik-Krogeru (0000-0002-6424-5520), Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 183-205 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Europe from Below (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004449800_008 |
| OpenAlex | W3215629301 |
| ISBN | 9789004449800 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
In this book we explored how the participants in EU cultural initiatives construct notions of Europe and the 'European' , what concrete meanings they give to them, and how they build their own relations to Europe. Hence, the focus was the construction of Europe and belonging to it from below. The analysis of our three cases, the European Capital of Culture (ECOC), the European Citizen Campus (ECC), and the European Heritage Label (EHL), clearly showed that there are many competing narratives of Europe and, concomitantly, people's narratives of belonging comprise wide-ranging, mutually interdependent, and accumulative constructions, including discrepant ones. As exemplified by our case studies, Europe means different things to different people, which suggest that it has different overlapping territorial, political, cultural, and ideological connotations. The multitude of notions of Europe among the interviewees and respondents reflects the variety of linguistic and cultural practices and historical pasts in Europe. These notions assist in creating and confirming a vague and contradicting perception of Europe as 'united in diversity' . The most frequent elements that participants used to discuss their conceptions of Europe in all our three cases included values, borders and cross-border experiences, mobility, and diversity. These elements were used in various combinations and resulted in several types of constructions of Europe, the 'European' , and belonging to Europe.
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |