Project description
From protest movements in Lebanon to migrant activism in Europe
Nationwide protests that erupted in Lebanon in October 2019 united diverse factions against a corrupt sectarian political system. Compounding crises forced many of these activists to emigrate to Europe. Today, they largely mobilise around Arab migrant identity, fighting for migrant rights abroad. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the MIGPRO project explores the activist journeys of these Lebanese activists who migrated to Europe, specifically Spain and the UK. Through an ethnographic approach, the project will examine how these activists adapted their practices. Crucially, it explores how Middle Eastern activist knowledge can inform localised grassroots responses to social issues in Europe.
Objective
MIGPRO – Migrating Protest from Lebanon to Europe investigates the activist trajectories of Lebanese individuals who migrated to Europe after participating in Lebanon’s 2019 Uprising. In October 2019, a nationwide protest movement erupted, uniting protestors across sectarian lines in the country’s biggest attempt at dismantling Lebanon’s sectarian political governance system since the end of the civil war in 1990. However, Lebanon’s multiple crises, including a catastrophic banking collapse and an ongoing regional conflict, have driven many activists to emigrate. Upon arriving in Europe, many activists are increasingly positioned as Arab migrants, a social and political category that shapes their activisms around issues such as racial justice, migrant rights, and the securitization of minorities. This new engagement builds on their prior knowledge and practices from Lebanon’s protest movement and incorporates the lessons they learned in new contexts. Through an ethnography of recently migrated Lebanese activists who are turning to new forms of activism in Spain and the UK, MIGPRO investigates how migration extends and transforms activist practices. Empirically, it extends work on Lebanon’s 2019 Uprising by examining how activist knowledge is adapted and reacticulated within European contexts. At a policy level, MIGPRO explores the periphery-center diffusing of knowledge by exploring how activist knowledge from the Middle East can shape localized responses to European issues.
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- social sciences political sciences political transitions revolutions
- social sciences sociology demography human migrations
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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