{"id":540,"date":"2019-05-14T18:31:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T18:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intercultural.upatras.gr\/?page_id=540"},"modified":"2020-06-20T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:52:43","slug":"20th-international-conference-on-diversity-in-organizations-communities-nations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/intercultural.upatras.gr\/?page_id=540","title":{"rendered":"20th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities &#038; Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ondiversity.com\/2020-conference\">Twentieth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities &amp; Nations<\/a><\/strong> <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>is hosted by the University of Milan in collaboration with the Laboratory of Sociology and Education (Department of Educational Studies and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Special Focus of the conference is on: <\/strong><em>Urban Diversities: Exclusion and Inclusion of Immigrants and Refugees at the Local Level<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/wpnet.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2020\/02\/D20WebsiteBanner2-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intercultural.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2020\/02\/D20WebsiteBanner2-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/intercultural.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2020\/02\/D20WebsiteBanner2-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/intercultural.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2020\/02\/D20WebsiteBanner2-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/intercultural.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2020\/02\/D20WebsiteBanner2-360x120.png 360w, https:\/\/intercultural.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2020\/02\/D20WebsiteBanner2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Local contexts are a crucial site for the management of ethnic, cultural, and religious diversities. It is at the local level \u00e2\u20ac\u201c first in large metropolitan areas, but increasingly also in medium-sized cities and small towns \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that what has been termed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153superdiversity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d becomes a crucial challenge. Thus, in an increasingly differentiated array of local contexts, cultural and religious diversity must be understood, negotiated, and managed vis-\u00c3\u00a0-vis the assimilative pressures and expectations of receiving societies. Whilst in the last decades of the twentieth century, multiculturalism was the prevailing framework within which these issues were framed, today \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at least in Europe \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they are inserted in a predominant scenario of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153multiculturalism backlash.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d For this reason, the correspondent authorities responsible for the policies of immigration are forced to define new frames, narratives, and action guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among these responsible authorities, local governments are increasingly involved in the elaboration and mainly in the implementation of migration policies. The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153multilevel governance of immigration\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153venue shopping approach\u00e2\u20ac\u009d converge in highlighting the growing role of local authorities in producing and implementing immigration policies, both on the control and the integration sides of foreign sojourners. Furthermore, the mobilizations by civil society actors, in favor or against migrants and asylum seekers, occur mainly at the local level; as well as the mobilizations by migrants themselves, and their struggles for recognition and rights that particularly take place at the urban local level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decisions about the settlement of reception facilities, the admission of migrants to local services, and the construction of worship sites for minority religions involve local authorities. Cities of refuge (also called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sanctuary cities\u00e2\u20ac\u009d mainly in the American context) and cities of rejection are the two sides of the spectrum of different political orientations and policies. Hence, from a social point of view, it is mainly at the local level that ethnic, cultural, and religious diversities can be accepted, promoted, or rejected, allowing or hindering migrants to perform in public events and become part of the urban life. In recent years, the issue of the acceptance and inclusion has attracted much public debate, and also in this case the role of local authorities and urban societies has become crucial. In this framework, the conference will discuss the following issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The role of local authorities in immigration policy making and implementation;<\/li><li>The reception of different categories of migrants \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including asylum seekers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at the local level;<\/li><li>Modalities of acceptance and\/or refusal of ethnic, cultural, and religious diversities;<\/li><li>Mobilizations and activities in favor of \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or against \u00e2\u20ac\u201c immigrants and asylum seekers at the local level by the civil society;<\/li><li>The performance of diversity in the urban life through music, dance, fine arts, food, etc.: the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153aesthetics of multiculturalism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d;<\/li><li>Struggles for recognition: migrants\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 activism and political mobilizations at the local level;<\/li><li>Immigration and local diversity: how the above mentioned issues could be influenced by specific local contexts of reception (e.g. big and medium-sized cities vs. small and peripheral contexts)?<\/li><li>The role of private companies, foundations, and NGOs in promoting the integration of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers through local programs of corporate social responsibility.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ondiversity.com\/2020-conference\/virtual\">Here you can access the virtual presentations.<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Twentieth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities &amp; Nations &nbsp;is hosted by the University of Milan in collaboration with the Laboratory of Sociology and Education (Department of Educational Studies and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras). 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