Descrizione del progetto
Uno sguardo più attento ai sistemi sociali della supremazia bianca
In che modo la discriminazione razziale e quella di classe incidono sullo sviluppo economico, sulle questioni ecologiche, sulla ricerca medica e sul progresso generale della scienza? Il progetto RACELAND, finanziato dall’UE, risponderà a questa domanda. Studierà il sud segregazionista degli Stati Uniti nel periodo della Guerra Fredda, che fu al centro della politica della supremazia bianca. Nello specifico, il progetto ricercherà le strategie utilizzate dai segregazionisti del sud per mantenere intatta la loro visione del mondo razzista e per esportarne i principi fondamentali in tutto il mondo. Per affrontare le questioni relative alla giustizia sociale e ambientale, la ricerca mirerà a conoscere meglio il momento in cui e il motivo per cui questi problemi sono emersi. Alla luce della recente ascesa in Europa del populismo reazionario e del movimento della destra alternativa, il progetto farà luce sulle complesse radici di questa ripresa della destra.
Obiettivo
RACELAND investigates how white-supremacist social systems affect people and the environment on a worldwide scale. Taking an innovative interdisciplinary approach, its aim is to examine how race and class discrimination globally interlocks with economic development, ecological issues, medical research, and the advancement of science more generally. The focus of this project is on a modern and quintessential white-supremacist society: the segregationist South of the U.S. during the Cold War era. Often considered a regional backwater that was out of step with modernity, I apply a radically different perspective that places the South at the center of U.S. policymaking and racialized innovation in the post-World War II period. RACELAND emphasizes the ingenious strategies southern segregationists employed to keep their racist worldview intact and export its main tenets across the globe, with profound consequences for ecosystems around the world and for the populations inhabiting them. The legacy of such strategies continues until today. The project addresses pressing current questions regarding social and environmental justice, which cannot be answered unless we know more about their historical context, about when and why these problems arose in the first place. Considering the recent rise of reactionary populism and the alt-right movement, my proposal is incredibly timely, because it exposes the complex and entangled roots of this right-wing upswing. The training objectives of the Fellowship are aimed at research, management, and public outreach. The Fellowship will enable me to learn advanced intellectual and management skills as part of an outstanding interdisciplinary team of scholars at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Moreover, it will enhance my abilities to raise public awareness through cooperation with expert journalists, online platforms that publish about themes connected to my research, and institutes engaged in community outreach.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinatore
9712CP Groningen
Paesi Bassi