QUEST(Qualify Unification in Europe for Shifting Trust)A comparative research on Muslims responses to the politics of threat in France,UK,Spain&Norway

QUEST（欧洲统一资格以转移信任）法国、英国、西班牙穆斯林对威胁政治反应的比较研究

• 批准号: ES/XX00055/1
• 负责人: Alexandra Poli
• 金额: $ 39.5万
• 依托单位: Unknown
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FXX00055%2F1
• 关键词: QUEST; Qualify; Unification; Europe; Shifting

This project addresses two themes of the call, the emerging politics of threat and shifting identitiesand representations, in relation to the presence of Muslims in European public spheres. Throughtwo phases of research, followed by an action phase involving civil society and policy actors, theproject aims to (a) consider common discourses of threat accompanying the growing presence ofMuslims in four European societies with different traditions of minority inclusion; (b) to movebeyond such ‘problem oriented’ approaches by examining the shifting identities andrepresentations of Muslims as these are emerging in an era of ‘democratic deficit’. A key aim is toidentify individual and collective discourses, practices and strategies in the re-elaboration processof what it means to ‘be Muslim’ in a polarized Europe, by focusing on responses to stigmatizationand exclusion. A final action phase (c) will seek to transfer innovative practices of engagement anddialogue across the different European contexts. The project will make use of an ethnographicapproach that involves mapping cultural production and activism through extended engagementwith Muslims in urban settings, and with a special focus on youth and gender. While acknowledgingthe discourses of threat that pervade representations of Muslims in European public spheres, theproject distinguishes itself from much of the research that represents Muslim agency in a stultifyingmanner. By focusing on new forms of engagement and dialogue in collaboration with civil societyactors, the project seeks to promote more inclusive societies in a period of growing anxiety andmistrust.

该项目涉及两个主题，即新兴的威胁政治和不断变化的身份和表征，与穆斯林在欧洲公共领域的存在有关。通过两个阶段的研究，随后是一个涉及民间社会和政策参与者的行动阶段，该项目旨在(a)考虑在四个具有不同少数民族包容传统的欧洲社会中，伴随着穆斯林日益增长的存在的共同威胁话语；(b)超越这种“以问题为导向”的方法，通过研究穆斯林在“民主赤字”时代出现的不断变化的身份和表征。一个关键的目标是通过关注对污名化和排斥的反应，在重新阐述在两极分化的欧洲“成为穆斯林”意味着什么的过程中，确定个人和集体的话语、实践和策略。最后的行动阶段(c)将寻求在不同的欧洲背景下转移参与和对话的创新实践。该项目将利用人种学方法，通过与城市环境中的穆斯林扩大接触，并特别关注青年和性别，来绘制文化生产和活动的地图。虽然承认威胁的话语在欧洲公共领域弥漫着穆斯林的代表，但该项目将自己与许多以愚蠢的方式代表穆斯林机构的研究区分开来。通过与民间社会行动者合作，重点关注新形式的参与和对话，该项目力求在焦虑和不信任日益加剧的时期促进更具包容性的社会。