A project to give voice to the "position" and the "feel" of the North African community, resident in Italy, in order to encourage the process of mutual understanding and offer a perspective of complete reflection, transverse and unusual of social dynamics and policies in the countries of Maghreb.
Powered by Paralleli - Euro-Mediterranean Institute of the North West, in collaboration with CICSENE, M.A.I.S., Idea Lavoro, co-funded by the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Context
In Italy, the phenomenon of migration is increasingly consistent and continues to grow. The citizens of foreign origin are 4,235,059, of which 646,624 North Africans, being, also in 2010, as one of the most consistent group. In the areas involved in the project, namely the North West of Italy, and more specifically Piedmont, Lombardy and Liguria, the citizens of North African origin are 280,737, of which 74.176 in Piedmont, 190,209 in Lombardy, 16,352 in Liguria (CARITAS, MIGRANTES, Statistical Report 2010. 20th Report on Immigration. September 2010, Ed. IDOS).
However, the current situation in the Maghreb deserves a special attention: from Tunisia, through a "domino effect", also in Algeria, Morocco and finally, with a tragic outcome, in Libya, we have witnessed revolutionary protests or demonstrations led, above all, by young people (students, temporary workers, the unemployed) that could be called "digital activists": they were able to mobilize civil society and subvert a governmental "status" which had lasted for more than 10 years in many contexts through the use of social network (as many people have spoken of Revolution 2.0).
It is not far-fetched to say that the "surprise" had by the European observers is a consequence of insufficient analysis of the society in question.
From the debate, following the events and strongly influenced by domestic political considerations or by statements of principle, has arisen the need for a greater knowledge of the social and political dynamics in the different countries of North Africa.
Objective
With this project we intend to monitor the dynamics and the impact of change requests expressed by the North African civil society movements, creating a search that also brings the direct testimony of the North African minorities of the northwest of Italy, with a targeted and precise focus, aimed on the perception that the "diaspora" has of the events in the Maghreb: the diaspora as a source, and cross-cutting alternative information and analysis of current events.
Interviews will be conducted in Turin, Milan and Genoa to migrants of Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian and Libyan origin, which will be revised and collected in a publication as a tool for analyzing the impact that the events of the Maghreb are having at political-institutional and cultural level.
Through the dissemination of research, a dialogue "with many voices" and "many levels" could be stimulate and mobilize the establishment of the northwestern regions of Italy to pay greater attention to policies and interventions really euro Mediterranean, necessary now more than ever.
A project to give voice to the "position" and the "feel" of the North African community, resident in Italy, in order to encourage the process of mutual understanding and offer a perspective of complete reflection, transverse and unusual of social dynamics and policies in the countries of Maghreb.
Promoted by Paralleli - Euro-Mediterranean Institute of the North West, in collaboration with CICSENE, M.A.I.S., Idea Lavoro, co-funded by the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Context
In Italy, the phenomenon of migration is increasingly consistent and continues to grow. The citizens of foreign origin are 4,235,059, of which 646,624 North Africans, being, also in 2010, as one of the most consistent group. In the areas involved in the project, namely the North West of Italy, and more specifically Piedmont, Lombardy and Liguria, the citizens of North African origin are 280,737, of which 74.176 in Piedmont, 190,209 in Lombardy, 16,352 in Liguria (CARITAS, MIGRANTES, Statistical Report 2010. 20th Report on Immigration. September 2010, Ed. IDOS).
However, the current situation in the Maghreb deserves a special attention: from Tunisia, through a "domino effect", also in Algeria, Morocco and finally, with a tragic outcome, in Libya, we have witnessed revolutionary protests or demonstrations led, above all, by young people (students, temporary workers, the unemployed) that could be called "digital activists": they were able to mobilize civil society and subvert a governmental "status" which had lasted for more than 10 years in many contexts through the use of social network (as many people have spoken of Revolution 2.0).
It is not far-fetched to say that the "surprise" had by the European observers is a consequence of insufficient analysis of the society in question.From the debate, following the events and strongly influenced by domestic political considerations or by statements of principle, has arisen the need for a greater knowledge of the social and political dynamics in the different countries of North Africa.
Objective
With this project we intend to monitor the dynamics and the impact of change requests expressed by the North African civil society movements, creating a search that also brings the direct testimony of the North African minorities of the northwest of Italy, with a targeted and precise focus, aimed on the perception that the "diaspora" has of the events in the Maghreb: the diaspora as a source, and cross-cutting alternative information and analysis of current events.
Interviews will be conducted in Turin, Milan and Genoa to migrants of Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian and Libyan origin, which will be revised and collected in a publication as a tool for analyzing the impact that the events of the Maghreb are having at political-institutional and cultural level. Through the dissemination of research, a dialogue "with many voices" and "many levels" could be stimulated and mobilize the establishment of the northwestern regions of Italy to pay greater attention to policies and interventions really euro Mediterranean, necessary now more than ever.