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Petrogiannis, VasileiosORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-5368-5304
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Borevi, K. & Petrogiannis, V. (2020). Conflicting Conceptualisations of Europeanisation: Sweden Country Report. Uppsala: RESPOND
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Conflicting Conceptualisations of Europeanisation: Sweden Country Report
2020 (English)Report (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: RESPOND, 2020. p. 27
Series
Global Migration: Consequences and Responses - RESPOND Working Paper Series ; 2020/73
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-46183 (URN)10.5281/zenodo.4288811 (DOI)
Funder
EU, Horizon 2020, 770564
Available from: 2021-08-08 Created: 2021-08-08 Last updated: 2021-08-17Bibliographically approved
Petrogiannis, V. (2020). European Mobility and Spatial Belongings: Greek and Latvian migrants in Sweden. (Doctoral dissertation). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>European Mobility and Spatial Belongings: Greek and Latvian migrants in Sweden
2020 (English)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Nation-states and national identities are a product of European history and have been the most salient framework of spatial identification since the nineteenth century. In the past decades, however, the EU has attempted to foster a supplementary European sense of identity, embodied in the notion of European citizenship. Moreover, the European continent encompasses various macro-regions that have been presented as having certain historical significance and that play a role in identity politics. Two prominent examples are the Baltic and the Mediterranean regions.

This study reconstructs through interviews the overlapping identifications of Latvian and Greek migrants, respectively – migrants who have moved to Sweden in different time periods after the Second World War up to the present. The interviews focus on issues related to integration, feelings of belonging and spatial identification with the countries of origin (Latvia, Greece) and residence (Sweden) in order to understand the significance of the nation in the current European context. Another aim is to examine how the idea of a common European identity, as an aggregate based on national and regional affiliation, works in practice. Furthermore, the interviews executed in this study give an account of how migrants position themselves in relation to the Baltic Sea region and the Mediterranean as well as to alternative macro regional spaces. The study of immigrants’ narratives about their social and everyday life, and their personal experience of coping with public authorities seeks to improve our understanding of the current phenomenon of internal European migration, which is still an under-researched field.

The analysis shows that the nation, both that of origin and of residence, remains the most significant space of identification for the interviewed EU-migrants. It is obvious that the EU has not brought forth a European identity parallel to the national one. However, elements of European identification and belonging exist in the responses of the migrants, revolving around their benefitting from free mobility inside the EU. This study shows also that there barely is any particular identification with the Baltic and Mediterranean regions among the examined migrants. However, other macro regional identifications appeared, such as the Baltic States for Latvian and the Balkan for Greek interviewees.

Abstract [sv]

Nationalstaten och nationell identitet är produkter av europeisk historia som sedan 1800-talet är den viktigaste utgångspunkten för individers upplevelse av rumslig identifikation. Under de senaste decennierna har EU också försökt att aktivt utveckla framväxten av en kompletterande europeisk identitet, uttryckt i idén om ett europeiskt medborgarskap. Förutom det rymmer den europeiska kontinenten olika makroregioner som presenterats som historiskt viktiga och som spelar en identitetspolitisk roll. Två centrala exempel är Östersjöregionen och Medelhavsregionen.

Genom intervjuer med lettiska och grekiska migranter som kommit till Sverige under olika tidsperioder, från andra världskriget fram till idag, syftar denna avhandling till att rekonstruera intervjupersonernas överlappande identiteter. Frågan om vilken betydelse identitet kopplad till nationen har i dagens europeiska kontext utforskas genom att intervjuerna fokuserat på frågor som handlar om integration, känslor av tillhörighet och rumslig identifikation med ursprungsländerna (Lettland eller Grekland) och till det land där de nu bor (Sverige). Avhandlingen bidrar även till att undersöka hur strävanden att åstadkomma en gemensam europeisk identitet, som en kombination av nationell och regional tillhörighet, kan fungera i praktiken. Intervjuerna som genomförts för denna studie ger vidare en inblick i hur migranterna positionerar sig i relation till Östersjöregionen respektive Medelhavsregionen och till andra möjliga makroregionala rum. Migranternas berättelser om bland annat sociala nätverk, vardagsliv och personliga erfarenheter av att hantera offentliga myndigheter, bidrar till att ge insikter om inom-europeisk migration, ett fält där forskningen för närvarande är begränsad.

Analysen visar att nationen, både ursprungslandet och vistelselandet, är den viktigaste rumsliga enheten för identifikation hos de intervjuade EU-migranterna. Det är tydligt att EU för dessa migranter inte har åstadkommit en europeisk identitet som motsvarar den nationella identiteten. Samtidigt återfinns vissa element av europeisk identitet och tillhörighet i migranternas intervjusvar, framför allt i förhållande till den fria rörligheten inom EU. Denna studie visar också att de intervjuade migranterna i väldigt liten utsträckning upplever en specifik tillhörighet till Östersjöregionen respektive Medelhavsregionen. Däremot framkom betydelsen av andra makroregionala identiteter, såsom Baltikum för de lettiska intervjupersonerna och Balkan för de grekiska.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2020. p. 334
Series
Södertörn Doctoral Dissertations, ISSN 1652-7399 ; 177
Keywords
migration, intra-European migration, European mobility, national identity, European identity, regional identity, belonging, macro-regions, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean, Latvia, Greece, Sweden, migration, intra-europeisk migration, europeisk mobilitet, nationell identitet, europeisk identitet, regional identitet, tillhörighet, makro-regioner, Östersjön, Medelhavet, Lettland, Grekland, Sverige
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41915 (URN)978-91-89109-27-8 (ISBN)978-91-89109-28-5 (ISBN)
Public defence
2020-10-23, MA636, Alfred Nobels allé 7, Huddinge, 10:00 (English)
Opponent
Supervisors
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European StudiesJohan och Jakob Söderbergs stiftelseHelge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse
Available from: 2020-10-01 Created: 2020-09-22 Last updated: 2023-04-03Bibliographically approved
Petrogiannis, V. (2016). Spaces of Belonging and Intra-European Migration: from Southern and Eastern Periphery to the North. Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, 26(5), 58-75
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Spaces of Belonging and Intra-European Migration: from Southern and Eastern Periphery to the North
2016 (English)In: Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, ISSN 0940-3566, Vol. 26, no 5, p. 58-75Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Other Geographic Studies Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33488 (URN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 41/2013
Note

Petri, Rolf (ed.). The Baltic Sea: A Space of Changing Expectations. – Leipzig: Leipziger Univ.-Verl., 2016 (Comparativ; Jg. 26, H. 5) ISBN 978-3-96023-111-0

Available from: 2017-09-25 Created: 2017-09-25 Last updated: 2025-05-08Bibliographically approved
Petrogiannis, V. & Rabe, L. (2016). What Is It That Holds A Region Together?. Baltic Worlds In-house edition, 5-9
Open this publication in new window or tab >>What Is It That Holds A Region Together?
2016 (English)In: Baltic Worlds In-house edition, p. 5-9Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2016
Keywords
region, Baltic
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-29753 (URN)660/42/2013 (Local ID)660/42/2013 (Archive number)660/42/2013 (OAI)
Note

ISBN 978-91-87843-44-0

Available from: 2016-03-17 Created: 2016-03-17 Last updated: 2020-03-11Bibliographically approved
Projects
Spaces of Expectation: Mental Mapping and Historical Imagination in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Region [41/2013_OSS]; Södertörn University; Publications
Petrogiannis, V. (2020). European Mobility and Spatial Belongings: Greek and Latvian migrants in Sweden. (Doctoral dissertation). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaHolmén, J. (2020). Perception of the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean regions among secondary school students. Journal of Baltic Studies, 51(4), 513-531Holmén, J. (2020). Time and Space in Time and Space: Mapping the Conceptual History of Mental Maps and Historical Consciousness. Contributions to the History of Concepts, 15(2), 105-129Holmén, J. (2018). Changing mental maps of the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean regions. Journal of Cultural Geography, 35(2), 230-250Götz, N. & Holmén, J. (2018). Introduction to the theme issue: “Mental maps: geographical and historical perspectives”. Journal of Cultural Geography, 25(2), 157-161Kurunmäki, J., Heyberger, B., Dialla, A., Zanou, K. & Isabella, M. (2018). Mediterranean diasporas: politics and ideas in the long 19th century. Global Intellectual History, 3(3), 331-349Götz, N. & Holmén, J. (Eds.). (2018). Mental Maps: Geographical and Historical Perspectives. Abingdon: RoutledgeHolmén, J. (2017). Mapping Historical Consciousness: Mental Maps of Time and Space among Secondary School Students from Ten Locations around the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies, 1(1), 46-75Kurunmäki, J. (2016). Challenges of Transnational Regional Democracy: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, 1991-2015. Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, 26(5), 43-57Götz, N. (2016). Mapping the oeuvre of Larry Wolff. In: Mental Mapping and Eastern Europe: (pp. 5-10). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
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