CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Jainaba Kurz |
|---|---|
| Title | Navigating Afropeanness: Ethnic-Racial Identity Formation and Belonging Among People of African Descent in Europe |
| Summary | This research investigates the construction of ethnic-racial identities (ERI) among people of African descent (PAD) in Europe, examining how such identities are conceptualized and their implications for belonging and collective group definitions, such as Afropean. Despite Europe's reluctance to engage in discourse on race, PAD navigate complex identity formation processes influenced by external categorization, socialization, and community ties. Employing photo-elicitation narrative interviews with PAD in eight different countrues to explore these dynamics, results reveal that PAD across Europe develop similar ERI but favor non-ethnic-racial and intersectional group definitions. This research contributes to understanding the interplay of race, identity, and belonging in a European context, suggesting that while a pan-European Black identity remains contested, similar ERIs and experiences of exclusion exist. These insights can inform civil society and political efforts to enhance transnational engagement and solidarity in social justice issues, expanding the academic discourse beyond the Anglophone context. |
| Supervisor | Ana Mijić |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/kurz_jainaba.pdf |
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