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À French what ? » À la recherche d’une diaspora française. Premiers éléments d’enquête au sein de l’espace internet
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Berthomiére, William |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Is there such a thing as a French diaspora? The 360 sites of our corpus were selected in an attempt to answer this question. Our reflection privileged: (1) the contribution of knowledge about a migrant population of some 1.5 million that is only rarely identified as a diaspora; and (2) an effort to categorize the actors involved in constructing this diaspora. The main lesson learned from the analysis of our corpus is that “French diaspora” appears as top-down construction. The non-history of French emigration is a major handicap in seeing this dispersion as a resource. Alternatively, the role of the institution, and in particular the notion of belonging that the French administration conveys with the category “expatriate”, offers a space of reflection conducive to grasping the socio-political dynamics animating the “French diaspora”. In conclusion, the objective of this study has been first to contribute to a better knowledge of the ways in which a diasporic structure emerges by assessing the determining role of various institutional or private actors and then to shed light on the analytical categories, aided by the concept of “incipient diaspora”.. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.e-diasporas.fr/working-papers/Berthomiere-FrenchExpatriates-FR.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
