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Post-Socialist Britain: Memory, Representation and Political Identity amongst German, Polish, and Ukrainian Immigrants in the UK

后社会主义英国：英国德国、波兰和乌克兰移民的记忆、代表和政治认同

基本信息

批准号：
AH/V001779/1
负责人：
Sara Jones
金额：
$ 95.41万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2021 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV001779%2F1
关键词：
Post Socialist Britain Memory Representation

项目摘要

What happens to the connection between collective memory and political identity in the process of migration? 'Post-Socialist Britain' takes as its point of departure the growth in support for anti-immigrant and Eurosceptic parties across Europe. Our focus is on post-socialist countries - that is, those with experience of state socialist rule. The support for right-of-centre and xenophobic politics has frequently been explained in these contexts as being underpinned by collective memory of authoritarianism, and/or the ways in which these histories are used by those seeking support for ethnonationalist politics. Nonetheless, those who give such explanations usually assume that those remembering authoritarianism do so in their country of origin. Post-Socialist Britain breaks out of this national mould to explore if and how memory is linked to political identity when the individual moves to a new national context.In so doing, the project makes a substantial original contribution to scholarship in multiple fields: memory studies with an interest in transcultural/relational modes of remembrance; sociological work on integration and incorporation of immigrants; and political science accounts of the relationship between the past and present political behaviour. The urgency of this research is given not only by the political shift to the right across the continent, but also by the increase in xenoracism experienced by (especially) Central and Eastern European immigrants in the UK since the 2016 'Brexit' referendum. The presence of these individuals and memories in the UK means that Britain too can be thought of as post-socialist.Political identity is influenced by a complex web of factors: e.g, constructions of ethnicity, social inclusion, community networks, and media representation. Post-Socialist Britain uses an innovative interdisciplinary methodology to explore this complexity; it combines narrative interviews, network analysis, media research and arts-based community work. It uses a case study approach, focusing on two comparable, but very different, groups: Polish and German immigrants in the UK. Poland and Germany both have memory cultures structured around the dual histories of National Socialism and communism, albeit in very different ways. They also represent two of the largest groups of EU immigrants currently living in the UK. Nonetheless, their experience of migration in terms of the size of their respective communities, constructions of ethnicity in different contexts, representation in culture and media, and radicalisation within the immigrant groups themselves differ substantially. These differences provide a unique opportunity to explore the elements that contribute to the formation of political identity and the role of memory within them.The research findings of Post-Socialist Britain will lead to a better understanding of how immigrant groups negotiate different aspects of their identities and the factors that contribute to the development of political behaviour. The project will therefore also be of significance for multiple stakeholders who work towards promoting community cohesion and against xenophobia and extremism. We will work closely with Polish and German professional and community associations, policy-makers, immigrant communities, and schools in order to ensure that the findings are disseminated to and are usable by these beneficiary groups. Our project partners are: Centrala/Polish Expats Association, Polish Professionals in London, European's Welfare Association, British German Association, and Creative Black Country. The project will result in a diverse portfolio of outputs for different audiences: a single-authored monograph, a conference and special issue, five peer-reviewed journal articles, six stakeholder workshops, two policy briefings, a virtual and physical exhibition and series of artistic performances, school teaching resources, and press op-ed and opinion pieces.

在移民过程中，集体记忆和政治认同之间的联系会发生什么变化？“后社会主义英国”以欧洲各地反移民和欧洲怀疑论政党的支持率上升为出发点。我们的重点是后社会主义国家，即那些有国家社会主义统治经验的国家。在这些背景下，对中间偏右和仇外政治的支持常常被解释为是基于对威权主义的集体记忆，和/或那些寻求对族裔民族主义政治支持的人利用这些历史的方式。尽管如此，那些给出这种解释的人通常认为，那些记得威权主义的人在他们的原籍国也是这样做的。后社会主义英国打破了这种国家模式，探索当个人进入一个新的国家背景时，记忆是否以及如何与政治身份联系在一起。这样做，该项目为多个领域的学术研究做出了实质性的原创性贡献：对跨文化/关系记忆模式感兴趣的记忆研究;关于移民融合和融入的社会学工作;政治学是对过去和现在的政治行为之间关系的解释。这项研究的紧迫性不仅是由于整个欧洲大陆的政治向右转变，而且还由于自2016年“脱欧”公投以来，英国（特别是）中欧和东欧移民所经历的排外主义的增加。这些个体和记忆在英国的存在意味着英国也可以被认为是后社会主义的。政治身份受到一个复杂的因素网络的影响：例如，种族结构，社会包容，社区网络和媒体代表。后社会主义英国采用创新的跨学科方法来探索这种复杂性;它结合了叙事采访，网络分析，媒体研究和基于艺术的社区工作。它采用案例研究的方法，重点是两个可比的，但非常不同的群体：波兰和德国移民在英国。波兰和德国都有围绕国家社会主义和共产主义双重历史构建的记忆文化，尽管方式非常不同。他们也代表了目前居住在英国的两个最大的欧盟移民群体。然而，他们在各自社区的规模、不同背景下的族裔结构、文化和媒体中的代表性以及移民群体本身内部的激进化方面的移徙经历有很大不同。这些差异提供了一个独特的机会，探索有助于形成的政治身份和记忆的作用在them.The后社会主义英国的研究成果的元素将导致更好地了解移民群体如何谈判他们的身份的不同方面和因素，有助于发展的政治行为。因此，该项目对致力于促进社区凝聚力和反对仇外心理和极端主义的多个利益攸关方也具有重要意义。我们将与波兰和德国的专业和社区协会、政策制定者、移民社区和学校密切合作，以确保将调查结果传播给这些受益群体，并为他们所用。我们的项目合作伙伴是：Centrala/波兰侨民协会、伦敦的波兰专业人士、欧洲福利协会、英德协会和创意黑人国家。该项目将为不同的受众提供多种多样的产出：一本由单一作者撰写的专著、一次会议和特刊、五篇同行评议的期刊文章、六次利益攸关方讲习班、两次政策简报、一次虚拟和实物展览以及一系列艺术表演、学校教学资源、新闻评论版和评论文章。