Temporal and Generational Impact on Identity, Home(Land) and Politics of
                        Belonging Among the Kurdish Diaspora

Alinia, Minoo; Eliassi, Barzoo

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“…These four stories have shown that consuming, commenting on, and sharing news online, as well as promoting music with Kurdish references, not only contributes to the production of ethnic and political identity within Italian society and the Kurdish diasporic community but also actively contributes to and provides insights into the Kurdish homeland as migrants' subjective experiences. Existing literature on the Kurdish diaspora has shown that different generational groups, gender, and social classes of Kurdish migrants develop different representations and relations to their homelands (Alinia 2004(Alinia , 2014Alinia and Eliassi 2014). Second-generation Kurdish migrants in Sweden, for example, are far more reflexive than their parents in regard to their sense of belonging and relation to their homeland (Alinia and Eliassi 2014).…”

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“…Existing literature on the Kurdish diaspora has shown that different generational groups, gender, and social classes of Kurdish migrants develop different representations and relations to their homelands (Alinia 2004(Alinia , 2014Alinia and Eliassi 2014). Second-generation Kurdish migrants in Sweden, for example, are far more reflexive than their parents in regard to their sense of belonging and relation to their homeland (Alinia and Eliassi 2014). Homeland for them is "something they create according to their wishes and needs" (Alinia and Eliassi 2014, 78) and changes on the base of their existential desires and political convictions.…”

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Experiencing Homeland: Social Media and Transnational Communication among Kurdish Migrants in Northern Italy

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Alinejad

2020

Global Perspectives

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This article examines the ways in which experiences of homeland take shape through the use of social media among first- and second-generation Kurdish migrants living in Milan and surrounding areas in the Lombardy region of Italy. Drawing on a short-term ethnographic study of social media practices carried out in spring and summer 2018, the paper presents and compares the uses of social media among two migrant generations and conceptualizes homeland as a mediated experience that takes shape through people’s everyday social media practices. This approach to homeland can account for the multiple ways in which the affordances of digital platforms and the subjective aspects of homeland are interconnected with one another through social media practices. The paper is part of the Global Perspectives, Media and Communication special issue on “Media, Migration, and Nationalism,” guest-edited by Koen Leurs and Tomohisa Hirata.

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Experiencing Homeland: Social Media and Transnational Communication among Kurdish Migrants in Northern Italy

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Alinejad

2020

Global Perspectives

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“…For instance, despite an increased expression of conflict between the younger generation of Kurds and Turks (such as in Sweden), there is also a growing discourse in diaspora as possible actors of peacebuilding which may explain increased support for reconciliation in Kurds in Belgium. 71 One note of caution is that in this study respondents in both countries were highlyeducated, and they are not representative of the respective populations. Education level predicts political mobilization.…”

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Reconciliation and intergroup forgiveness: the case of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey

Baysu

Coskan

2018

Turkish Studies

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Looking at the Kurdish conflict, we examined how Kurds and Turks in Turkey and in diaspora (Belgium) construe reconciliation and how they approach reconciliation and intergroup forgiveness. Kurds' construals of reconciliation tapped into seven themes, grouped as dialogue-based construal of reconciliation (themes: dialogue, recognition, emotions and peace) vs. rights-based construal (themes: identity rights, freedom and confederative rights). Turks' construals of reconciliation covered eight themes, grouped as unity-based construal of reconciliation (themes: unity, rights, dialogue, recognition, and emotions), disarming PKKbased construal of reconciliation (themes: disarming PKK and peace) and rejecting reconciliation (theme: rejection of reconciliation). Kurds endorsing the emotion and dialogue themes and Turks endorsing a unity-based construal of reconciliation were more forgiving of the other group. Implications of these different meanings and relationships of reconciliation are discussed.

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“…The formation of the Kurdish diaspora dates back to the second half of the 20th century, which also means that the current diaspora communities consist of not only well-settled communities and more newly arrived members but also the second and subsequent generations born in their parents' societies of settlement. The means and motivations to take part in 'homeland' development might be considerably different for migrants' children, the socalled second generation born outside Kurdistan, as their experiences of the 'homeland' are quite different from those of their parents (Alinia & Eliassi 2014).…”

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The Kobane Generation: Kurdish Diaspora Mobilising in France

Toivanen

2021

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A small Kurdish city located in northern Syria, Kobane, became symbolically significant when ISIS laid siege to the city between September 2014 and January 2015. This pivotal moment in the fight against ISIS threw the international spotlight on the Kurds. The Kobane Generation analyses how Kurdish diaspora communities mobilised in France after the breakout of the Syrian civil war and political unrest in Turkey and Iraq in the 2010s. Tens of thousands of people, mostly but not exclusively diaspora Kurds, demonstrated in major European capitals, expressed their solidarity with Kobane, and engaged in transnational political activism towards Kurdistan. In this book, Mari Toivanen discusses a series of critical events that led to different forms of transnational participation towards Kurdistan. The focus of this book is particularly on how diaspora mobilisations became visible among the second generation, the descendants of Kurdish migrants. The book addresses important questions, such as why second-generation members felt the need to mobilise and what kind of transnational participation this led to. How did the transnational participation and political activism of the second generation differ from that of their parents, and is such activism simply diasporic or also related to more global changes in political activism? The Kobane Generation offers important insights on the generational dynamics of political mobilisations and their significance to understanding diaspora contributions. More broadly, it sheds light on second-generation political activism beyond the diaspora context, analysing it in relation to global transformations in political subjectivities. Mari Toivanen (PhD) currently works as Academy Research Fellow at the Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki. She has conducted ethnographic research on a wide range of migration-related topics, focusing on diaspora mobilisation, transnational connections and activities, second generation migrants, and questions of identity and belonging.

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Temporal and Generational Impact on Identity, Home(Land) and Politics of Belonging Among the Kurdish Diaspora

Cited by 67 publications

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Experiencing Homeland: Social Media and Transnational Communication among Kurdish Migrants in Northern Italy

Experiencing Homeland: Social Media and Transnational Communication among Kurdish Migrants in Northern Italy

Reconciliation and intergroup forgiveness: the case of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey

The Kobane Generation: Kurdish Diaspora Mobilising in France

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