Sub-Saharan African immigrant activists in Europe

Transcultural Capital and Transcultural Community Building

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7767264
AutoresAnna Triandafyllidou (0000-0001-6760-0033, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas93-116
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870802196021
OpenAlexW1985505529
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas16

n This paper argues that immigrant civic activism which may at first glance seem to focus on diasporic ties and ethnic community building, becomes often a lever for transcultural capital and transcultural community building. The study is explorative of new repertoires and forms of transnationalism among sub Saharan African immigrant activists in Europe. The findings suggest that immigrant civic activism even if limited in size proposes new types of transcultural societal networks and new forms of transcultural expression. In the first part of the study I discuss the theoretical background of transnationalism in migration studies and propose the notions of transcultural capital and transcultural community as working concepts. The second part of the study concentrates on the qualitative analysis of life story interviews with sixteen sub Saharan African immigrant activists in Europe

Cultural capital · Ethnic group · Focus group · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Transnationalism · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy