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The Self and the Group - Identity-making among political activists in northeast Italy

Bergquist, Emanuele Lars Ruggero LU (2021) SANK02 20211
Social Anthropology
Abstract
This thesis focuses on representation modes among Italian political activists, engaged in multiple fights against globalization and neo-capitalism, by illustrating how participants in the Italian no-global movement build their identity. Through a number of interviews and participant observation, which build the empirical ground of this study, the activist and the group are juxtaposed, their role in the urban setting clarified and their political activism illustrated. The individual identity is reshaped by the collective one, and the latter in turn becomes a reaction against the kind of representation the activists face from outside the group. The aim of this research is to go beyond stereotypical representations and general assumptions... (More)
This thesis focuses on representation modes among Italian political activists, engaged in multiple fights against globalization and neo-capitalism, by illustrating how participants in the Italian no-global movement build their identity. Through a number of interviews and participant observation, which build the empirical ground of this study, the activist and the group are juxtaposed, their role in the urban setting clarified and their political activism illustrated. The individual identity is reshaped by the collective one, and the latter in turn becomes a reaction against the kind of representation the activists face from outside the group. The aim of this research is to go beyond stereotypical representations and general assumptions that are brought forward both by the social centers and by non-activists, in order to reveal all sides of each point of view. (Less)
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author
Bergquist, Emanuele Lars Ruggero LU
supervisor
organization
course
SANK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Social anthropology, social centers, radical left, political activism, no-global movement, Italy
language
English
id
9049448
date added to LUP
2021-06-05 14:37:13
date last changed
2021-06-05 14:37:13
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  abstract     = {{This thesis focuses on representation modes among Italian political activists, engaged in multiple fights against globalization and neo-capitalism, by illustrating how participants in the Italian no-global movement build their identity. Through a number of interviews and participant observation, which build the empirical ground of this study, the activist and the group are juxtaposed, their role in the urban setting clarified and their political activism illustrated. The individual identity is reshaped by the collective one, and the latter in turn becomes a reaction against the kind of representation the activists face from outside the group. The aim of this research is to go beyond stereotypical representations and general assumptions that are brought forward both by the social centers and by non-activists, in order to reveal all sides of each point of view.}},
  author       = {{Bergquist, Emanuele Lars Ruggero}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Self and the Group - Identity-making among political activists in northeast Italy}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}