https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:37:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/diasporic-youth-identities-of-uncertainty-and-hope-second-generation-albanian-experiences-of-transnational-mobility-in-an-era-of-economic-crisis-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:43 +0000 http://arc.local/items/diasporic-youth-identities-of-uncertainty-and-hope-second-generation-albanian-experiences-of-transnational-mobility-in-an-era-of-economic-crisis-in-greece/ Continued]]> This paper explores various dimensions of ‘gender’ and ‘mobility’ among immigrant youth from a transnational perspective in an era of economic crisis. The extent and parameters of continuity, contestation and change in migrant youth identities are analysed and we suggest that neither gender nor identity are stable categories but are embedded in sociocultural particularities both in the country of residence (Greece) but also in the country of origin (Albania). Through in-depth interviews with 52 participants, all second-generation Albanian immigrants in Greece born to two Albanian parents, the paper addresses youth identification in relation to gendered representations of belonging. The narrative accounts that we have selected and analysed reflect the emotional challenges, constraints and creativity of Albanian youth.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/albanian-immigrants-in-greece-from-unwanted-to-tolerated/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:38 +0000 http://arc.local/items/albanian-immigrants-in-greece-from-unwanted-to-tolerated/ Continued]]> The main objective of this article is to present the way attitudes towards Albanian people and the perception of them has changed in Greece. The Albanians came to Greece following the collapse of the Communist bloc at the beginning of the 1990s. Within time it transpired that it was a mass immigration of approximately 500,000 people. Greece was not prepared for such an enormous influx of foreigners and failed to initiate an effective migration policy. The initial reactions of the Greek politicians, media and society were negative. Social feelings, however, began to turn in the first decade of the XX century. Albanians ceased to be stigmatized as a threat and started to be perceived in a positive way through the prism of the demands of Greek economy. The economic and migration crisis, however, lead to the reappearance of a xenophobic mood among the Greeks.

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