16TH
INTERNATIONAL
METROPOLIS
CONFERENCE
WORKSHOP
Migration Futures: Perspectives on global changes
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
16.30 > 18.00
Second-generation Portuguese and Diaspora (Part I):
Transnational lives
WS221
In a transnational world, where people, capital, cultures, and other social constructs
circulate across borders, the children of (im)migrants provide a critical perspective on global
diasporic relations. This two-part workshop examines the experiences of second-generation
Portuguese youth in diverse diasporic spaces where their identities are in question and where
they negotiate transnational lives and networks. How do they create their own spaces and
repertoires of belonging as local and (trans)national powers compete for their allegiance?
ORGANIZER(S)
> Sandra Silva, Centre for Geographical Studies, IGOT-UL (Portugal) · [email protected]
> Emanuel da Silva, University of Toronto (Canada)
> João Sardinha, Centro de Estudos das Migrações e das Relações Interculturais, UAb
(Portugal)
CHAIR
> Sandra Silva, Centro de Estudos Geograficos, IGOT-UL (Portugal)
PARTICIPANTS
> Aline Schiltz, Université du Luxembourg (Luxembourg) · Second-generation Portuguese
of Luxembourg • Antonio Xavier, Universidade de Evora (Portugal) · The Portuguese and
the cultural diffusion in Venezuela • Emmanuelle Afonso, O.L.D.- Observatorio dos Luso
Descendentes (Portugal) · Luso-descendants and the importance of uniting: the challenges
of those who stay and those who return