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Religious Super-Diversity in Cape Town. Dynamics of Leadership and Territorialization Through Religious Spaces in the Migration Process.

Projektbeschreibung

Die religiöse Supervielfalt Kapstadts genauer überblicken

Die Stadt Kapstadt in Südafrika ist aufgrund früherer und aktueller Zuwanderung sehr vielfältig in Bezug auf religiöse Stätten – Kirchen verschiedener christlicher Konfessionen, Moscheen, Synagogen und Hindu-Tempel. Die Idee der „religiösen Supervielfalt“ konzentriert sich auf die Sichtbarkeit von Kulturen mit mehr Vielfalt und mehreren Identitäten (Rasse, Ethnie, Rechtsstatus, Alter und Geschlecht) in Städten sowie auf die Erzeugung von Konflikten und den Wissensaustausch zwischen den Kulturen. In diesem Zusammenhang wird das EU-finanzierte Projekt RELCAPETOWN drei Gebiete untersuchen, in denen es eine große Gemeinschaft von alten und neuen Migrierten gibt. Es erforscht, wie religiöse Gemeinschaften mit dem sie umgebenden räumlichen, sozialen, institutionellen und religiösen Umfeld interagieren und so neue zivile, religiöse und gesellschaftliche Prozesse anregen, die Vielfalt und religiösen Pluralismus beinhalten.

Ziel

This project explores the interaction between religions and migration in specific areas of Cape Town, South Africa, from the perspective of the “religious super-diversity” notion, which considers not merely the diversity of cultures brought by migration, rather their visibility in cities with more diversities and multiple identities, involving race, ethnicity, legal status, age, and gender, but also generating conflicts and exchanges of knowledge among cultures. Added to the “religious super-diversity” is the spatial relationship between religious communities and their places of worship and the urban environment. This project will focus on the strategy of the “religious super-diversity’s place building”, according to which each religious community interacts with territory, social context, institutions, and other religious communities, promoting new processes in which diversity and religious pluralism involve a civic dimension, the religious agency of migrant groups and social cohesion. The areas of Cape Town known as Subcouncils 15, 16 and 20 have been selected for the impressive presence of old and recent migrants’ religious places (different Christian churches, Synagogues, Mosques, Hindu Temples, etc.). Although official statistics reveal low percentages of regular foreign immigrants (1%), the numerous “national” religious places in Cape Town and the kind of responses they offer to migrants suggest a different picture. This project suggests the super-diversity perspective provides a ground-breaking focus on religious cohabitation in Cape Town that is still lacking. Dynamics of leadership and territorialisation will be investigated through an analysis of the religious sites, whose role in the environment will provide new indicators about religious conflicts and social benefits. To this end, a fieldwork will be achieved on the basis of an updated methodology based on ethnographic inquiry, empirical and comparative study of religious actors and movements.

Koordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Netto-EU-Beitrag
€ 212 433,60
Adresse
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5
00185 Roma
Italien

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Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Aktivitätstyp
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Links
Gesamtkosten
€ 212 433,60

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