What do migrants actually mean when they talk about their belonging (or not belonging) to territories such as the country of origin or destination country and collectivities like nations?

In this presentation, Meltem Yilmaz Sener demonstrates the heterogeneity and complexity of feelings of belonging among the members of an ethnic group that is assumed to feel belonging to their country of origin rather than the destination country in the context of Europe. Questioning and criticizing migrants’ feelings of belonging (especially to their countries of origin) as a part of civic integration agendas is an effort to intervene in and have control over their emotions. She approaches this claim to the right to intervene in migrants’ emotional lives critically.

The researcher’s lunch is conducted in English. You can participate physically or digitally.