ASSR Conference
Citizenship, National Canons, and the Issue of Cultural Diversity.
The Netherlands in International Perspective
January 26 and January 27, 2009
Sponsored by the NWO Cultural Dynamics Program, Oxfam/Novib, Forum and the ASSR
This is the opening conference for the research project: Citizenship, National Canons, and the Issue of Cultural Diversity. The Netherlands in International Perspective. This research project offers an empirical analysis of the ‘culturalization’ of citizenship in the Netherlands at three levels: in the national political debate; within local government and civil society; and as part of the experience of individual citizens. The concept of culturalization refers to the growing importance that is attached to cultural heritage, the ‘canon’, and to emotions linked to culture and the nation such as loyalty, feeling at home, and belonging. The analysis of this culturalization of citizenship in the Netherlands and of the effects of culturalization on (potential) migrants are deepened and contextualized within a focused comparison with a selection of other countries in Europe and the southern hemisphere. This project aims to analyze the recent ‘culturalization’ of citizenship in the Netherlands, with special attention to its different expressions at the national and the local level.
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