Diaspora transnationalism and transborder citizenship

Abstract

This project is a comparative exploration of an ongoing process of change from a mono-dimensional, victim-related Kurdish diasporic identity to a more modulated, dynamic and active form of it among Kurds in the Marseille region in France and the Stockholm region in Sweden.
Moreover, the project focus on the relationship between diaspora and tourism where diasporan groups develop various transnational networks, institutions and organizations in order to carry out various forms of journeys not only between their new and old societies but also over many state borders.
Furthermore, the project advance diaspora as a specific context of knowledge which is non-compatible with methodological nationalism; a perspective which privileges the nation-state as a conceptual reference regarding how knowledge is organized and produced by social scientists.

Keywords

Citizenship, Diaspora, Transnational,

Publications

Khayati, K. (2008), Between victim diaspora and transborder citizenship?, diaspora formation and transnational relations among Kurds in France and Sweden, Linköping university, 2008, liu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:18336/FULLTEXT01 (full text)

Syssner, J. & Khayati, K. (2010), “Veni, Vidi, Adios” in Tesfahuney, M. & Schough, K. (red.) Det Globala reseprivilegiet, Sekel bokförlag

Khayati, K. (2010), Magdur Diasporadan Sinir-Ötesi Vatandasliga mi? Fransa ve Isveçteki Kürtlerde diasporanin olusumu ve ulus-ötesi iliskiler, Istanbul, Avests

Khayati, K (forthcoming), “Diaspora och gränsöverskridande medborgarskap, erfarenheten av den kurdiska diasporan i Sverige”, in Bevelander, P., Fernandez, C. & Hellström, A. (red.), Vägar till medborgarskap, Arkiv

Khayati, K. (forthcoming), “diaspora och turism”, in Syssner, J. (red.), Att studera turism och resande, Studentlitteratur