tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358921942024-03-19T11:19:54.289-07:00in pursuit of communitya reluctant cosmopolitan's search for roots and meaningTobias Stapfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15517157723747535804noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892194.post-11449206823230890432018-12-18T06:18:00.004-08:002018-12-18T06:27:59.575-08:00Perpetually Re-Connecting Europe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>The "Re-Connecting Europe" Project</b></span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Over the
course of the past year, the transnational “Re-Connecting Europe” project brought
together people from different European countries, from East and West, from
North and South and from inside and outside of the European Union in five transnational
workshop meetings, to get to know each other’s perspectives on what it means to
grow up European today and explore the commonalities and differences on some of
the main contemporary topics through discussion and joint actions.</span><br />
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Why this project now?</h4>
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<a href="https://www.eab-berlin.eu/en/agenda/series-of-projects/re-connecting-europe/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Re-Connecting Europe”</span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> – reading the title of the project,
one might at first think that it is redundant to re-connect Europe. After all Europe
and in particular the European Union member states have, especially over the
last three decades, become increasingly connected in terms of flows of goods,
services, capital and people as well as the accompanying infrastructure. Endless
rows of trucks criss-crossing the continent and jets taking off every minute
transporting people between European cities illustrate this reality. Especially
the EU has become so intensely connected on many levels that many of its
citizens are taking the freedoms the EU grants them, such as the freedom of
movement, as a given. And it is precisely b</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ecause the intense economic and infrastructural
interconnectedness of the European Union appears to be increasingly contrasted
and even undermined by its political divergence and fractiousness, that this project hit a real nerve.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">An increasing
polarization of views can be observed in the European Union not just between competing
political camps but also between public opinions in different EU-member states.
This manifests itself through increasingly antagonistic debates on central issues
such as political integration and enlargement of the EU and approaches to
managing third-country migration in EU-member states. It becomes apparent that
the economic integration process of the European Union has not been accompanied
by the emergence of an EU “space” of public discourse with significant reach, where
such issues could be discussed and negotiated directly and constructively amongst
European citizens.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Instead, more
than 35 years after the founding of the European Union, it appears that it is
still nationally focussed discourses rather than European debates that dominate
the formulation of public opinion and policies in EU-member states. While this
might be historically and logistically understandable, more often than not the
lack of such a well-functioning public sphere perpetuates prejudices and
antagonisms between the populations of EU-member states. The dominant nationally
focussed discourses neglect the daily realities of shared lives and experiences
amongst Europeans. It is no surprise then that proposals by the EU institutions
to solving common issues together are rarely received positively and increasingly,
a question mark appears even over the very continuation of the European Union<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=35892194#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Amongst the
multitude of reasons for these developments, particularly relevant to point out
here are on the one hand the different economic and political trajectories which
EU-member states find themselves on. Another important factor in this
development has been the impact of digital and particularly social media platforms
becoming dominant forums for debate and sources of information to a majority of
EU citizens. But rather than go into further detail about the possible reasons
for these developments, I want to discuss the potential solutions, which the experience
of the “Re-Connecting Europe” project points to.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Because it is
against this darkening backdrop, that the “Re-Connecting Europe” project could
not be more timely and its mission not more urgent. By bringing together Europeans
of different backgrounds to get to know each other through discussion, exchange
and collaboration, the project aimed to counter-balance those divisive tendencies
and it worked like a charm. Already in the very first meeting, the German and
the Polish project groups discussed some of the attention-seeking tabloid
headlines from Germany portraying the Polish government as a “banana republic”.
In the context of personal encounter and debate, those destructive words immediately
receded into the background and we focussed on understanding each other’s
perspective. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Other personal examples for me were the witnessing of homeless
refugees in Belgrade receiving emergency medical care from volunteers while hoping
to find a way into the EU as well as the discussion amongst project
participants about the question whether Germany’s refugee policy in 2015 had a positive
or negative impact on the European Union. These experiences made it plainly
clear that,<b> despite all the political rhetoric to the contrary, there is an
ongoing effort across Europe, amongst European citizens at least, to manage
migration humanely.</b> “Re-Connecting Europe” was full of such moments and
experiences and I want to elaborate on the personal insights that took away
from them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Based on the
experiences during my part of the journey of the Re-Connecting Europe project, I
draw several conclusions for how the process of re-connecting Europe on a wider
scale could be implemented:</span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">EU-citizens
might have grown accustomed to taking the freedom of travelling, working and
living across the continent visa and hassle-free as a given and they are of course
right to do so. However, <b>meeting, working together and exchanging thoughts,
experiences and perspectives with fellow Europeans is still something extraordinary
rather than part of daily life for too many people in the EU. </b>How come? If the
citizens of the European Union and especially its young people, are to be able
to make the most of the opportunities of this Union, they need to be supported and
equipped to do so not just as part of temporary projects but in a structural,
continuous way, for example in the context of European exchanges as mandatory
parts of school curricula. Given the demographic trend in ageing European
societies more such exchange programmes are needed for older people too. </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This
project demonstrated manifold that, <b>given the opportunity and enough time to
get to know and understand each other, we European citizens can negotiate our
different viewpoints and perspectives and (re-)discover the many values we
share in common as well as respecting our differences</b>. In the context of the divisive
dynamics of nationalistic politics and social media echo chambers, which continually
erode those personal connections and trust, European citizens need time and
opportunities to come together and re-build those connections and that trust.
If this can happen in personal meetings that is fantastic, but it also needs
more effective digital infrastructure, networks and campaigns to support the initiation
and continuation of such interpersonal connections online.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Even
if all the opportunities and infrastructure are there - when we do come
together, we need to be truly curious and open to listening and learning from
each other beyond preconceptions and stereotypes. <b>Perpetuating old political or
economic hierarchies within Europe continues to be a barrier to re-connecting
Europe.</b></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">While
we as Europeans do need to talk more about what connects us, we also need to
address some of the hard topics where opinions diverge in order to start
formulating new consensus on the important topics that concern us all which we
do not seem to be able to agree on so far. Whether it is about contentious
topics such as Germany’s recent refugee policy, Italy’s annual budget deficit,
how to react to climate change or Poland’s judicial reforms, having such
discussions on a transnational level can be very challenging. However, engaging
in this type of exchange means accepting our interconnectedness. It also means accepting
that the opinions of other Europeans matter in the national policy debates. And,
in the process, it helps us get to know each other better and look for joint solutions
to issues that affect us all.</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Why should we even bother? </span></h4>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">These might
seem like a lot of normative demands and requests and one might ask why anybody
should even bother considering such recommendations. The first answer to that
is: Because <b>there is nothing inevitable about the existence and the continued
development of the European Union as an agent of progress and enlightenment.
The achievements of the EU need to be fought and argued for over and over
again, otherwise they might easily become history.</b> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And the second answer is:
because the EU needs help with re-formulating its vision.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>While the
European Union progressed ever further in its economic integration, it
neglected further developing its vision for the future.</b> So, while the EU’s
economic integration provides tangible benefits to EU-member states and many
citizens every day, it has not provided a compelling vision for the European
Union’s future development. As a result, there is a worrying lack
of inspiring answers or ideas on how to deal with the rising number of
challenges to the very existence the European Union itself.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In order to
give European citizens good reasons to stand up for the European Union and to
re-connect with each other, a new and more compelling story needs
to be told of why and for what reasons the European Union exists and why
anybody should be excited and proud to be a part of it. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Only I would say, a big
part of that story is out there already, in the daily realities of families
living their lives, of young people studying together, of old friends meeting
again after many years: it’s stories of Europeans constantly connecting and
re-connecting – it’s time to tell that story loud and clear.</span><br />
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Dancing with Ada and J<br>
Picking up A & <u><u>J</u></u></p>
Tobias Stapfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15517157723747535804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892194.post-25760928202182699412018-11-13T23:15:00.001-08:002018-11-13T23:15:43.237-08:00What i appreciate today<p dir="ltr">Hug from Jonathan<br>
Being in touch with old friends<br>
Dancing to I feel it <u>coming</u></p>
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Reading with bumpy<br>
Chatting with B<br>
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Hearing my mum being happy<br>
Talking about <u>quince</u></p>
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Being with Ada and Jonathan<br>
Feeling Bertines support<br>
Not feeling <u>alone</u></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Talking with Agnieszka</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cycling in the crisp air and <u>the</u> morning sun<br>
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Chatting with Ada on the bike<br>
Making a big <u>decision</u> together with B again</p>
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Running in the park<br>
Bringing cake for my <u>colleagues</u></p>
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<p dir="ltr">That my children are save and happy and can grow up without fear</p>
<p dir="ltr">That I can talk a walk during my work break</p>
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Walking in the park and talking to b<br>
Meeting old friends and getting to know new <u>people</u></p>
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Playing table tennis with colleagues<br>
Taking a joint decision at <u>work</u></p>
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Overcoming uncertainty and anxiety at work<br>
Picking up the <u>kids</u></p>
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Hearing from b about her work helping a young suicidal <u>person</u></p>
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Joking around with Jonathan this morning<br>
Eating ice cream in the park <u>together</u></p>
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Hearing about how morteza is doing<br>
Having nice chat with my <u><u>colleague</u></u><br>
Talking to <u>Mohammed</u></p>
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Having a good idea for work<br>
Feeling Jonathan's <u>love</u></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Eating vegan burgers</p>
<p dir="ltr">Finishing a big piece of work with <u>excel</u></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Reading Philipp Blom</p><p dir="ltr">Exploring the westend social scene</p>
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Chatting with a and j<br>
Having curry 36 in the night</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Ada keen to tell me her <u>stories</u></p>
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Hearing Jonathan likes to dance in the Kita<br>
Reading Philipp Blom</p>
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Was mir in der deutschen Migrations-Debatte fehlt ist die Reflektion über die deutschen Migrationserfahrungen der neueren Geschichte.<br />
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Ich glaube, wenn die historischen und aktuellen Migrationserfahrungen der Deutschen offener diskutiert würde und das Bewußtsein über die deutschen Migrationserfahrungen stärker und positiver besetzt wäre, wären viele Menschen auch offener im Umgang mit aktuellen Migranten.<br />
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Es gibt seit Jahrhunderten eine deutsche Diaspora weltweit. Ob das die bekannten Emmigrationswellen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts nach Kanada, Australien und in die USA waren, die Migrationen nach Ost- und Südosteuropa, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabiendeutsche">Südrussland</a>, oder weniger bekannte historischen Migrationen zum Beispiel nach <a href="http://www.freunde-deutschlands.de/index.php/deu/deutsche-im-ausland/argentinien.html">Argentien</a>, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Einwanderung_in_Brasilien">Brasilien</a>, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alem%C3%A1n_Coloniero">Venezuela</a>, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Minderheit_in_Mexiko">Mexiko</a>, <a href="http://www.deutsche-in-guatemala.de/">Guatemala</a>, Südafrika, oder in die <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosporus_Germans">Türkei</a>.<br />
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Die deutsche Migrationsgeschichte war oft traumatische Erfahrungen bedingt durch politische Repression, existenzbedrohende Wirtschaftskrisen oder die Auswirkungen von Kriegen, wie im Fall der Migration aus Osteuropa nach dem 2. Weltkrieg. Wahrscheinlich liegt es an dieser traumatischen Erfahrung, dass die deutsche Migrationserfahrungen nicht offener und breiter diskutiert werden. Es waren Erfahrungen, die man lieber vergessen und verdrängt. <br />
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Auch wenn die Mehrheit der historischen Migranten aus politischen, ökonomischen oder religiösen Gründen bewusst von Deutschland abwandten und sich nicht mehr aktiv als Deutsche identifizieren wollten, bringt der Migrationsprozess doch immer wichtige Erkenntnisse über die eigene Identität. Konfrontiert mit anderen Verhaltensweisen und Kulturen, wird man sich in der Fremde der eigenen kulturellen Prägung erst richtig bewusst. Bisher sehe ich diese Migrations-Erfahrungen aber noch kaum deutschen Diskurs einfliessen.<br />
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Die momentan populärsten Ziele deutscher Migration sind zum Beispiel die
Schweiz, die USA, Österreich, Großbritannien, Spanien und Polen. Ein
neuer, positiver Effekt der aktuellen deutschen Migration ist, dass es
immer mehr eine temporäre und rotierende Migration ist - während z. B.
2006 144,000 Deutsche auswanderten, wanderten gleichzeitig 128,000
wieder ein.<br />
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Dies setzt sich auch in der aktuellen Geschichte in der Form von "<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriate">Expatriates</a>" fort: wenn in Deutschland über Integration, Migration und gerade Arbeitsmigration gesprochen wird, wird oft ausgeklammert in welchem Masse die deutsche Bildungselite international migriert. Gerade unter Akademikern ist es inzwischen fast unabdingbar im Ausland gearbeitet zu haben - ob temporär oder permanent. In den letzten 10 Jahren wurden Studien -, Arbeits- oder auch schlicht Lifestylemigrationen aber auch immer mehr zur Mehrheits(Mittelschichts)erfahrung.<br />
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Warum sollten wir diese Migrations-Erfahrungen nicht positiv in die deutsche Migrations- und Integrationsdebatte einbringen? Es erscheint mir unaufrichtig, der Bevölkerung mehr Integrationsbereitschaft zu verordnen, ohne seine eigene Rolle in diesem Diskurs klarzustellen.<br />
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Meine eigene Geschichte: erzwungene und traumatische Migration meiner Großeltern von Ostpreußen und Schlesien nach Deutschland nach dem 2. Weltkrieg. Rettung aus der prekären Lage durch "Einheirat" in lokale Familien.<br />
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Die Erfahrung meiner Eltern von der DDR-Realität in die Welt und die Möglichkeiten der neuen Bundesrepublik kann durchaus als eine Art nicht-geografische "Migrationserfahrung"gesehen werden, da sich das komplette Umfeld schnell und drastische änderte und meine Eltern sich über kurze Zeit hinweg neu orientieren und anpassen mussten, und auch eine neue Form der Verständigung erlernen mussten.<br />
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Meine eigene geografische Migrationserfahrung führte über 12 Jahre hinweg von Italien über Kanada, Guatemala nach London. Seit 2 Jahren bin ich jetzt "zurück" in Deutschland und erfahre, dass ich in Berlin ebenso erst "ankommen" muss wie alle Migranten. In Thüringen und Sachsen aufgewachsen, habe ich bisher nie in Berlin gelebt und bin in dieser Stadt wesentlich mehr ein Migrant als zum Beispiel viele der türkisch-stämmigen Bewohner, die hier schon seit 20-30 Jahren leben.<br />
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Von einer solchen Perspektive aus macht es wenig Sinn, von "Migranten in Deutschland" zu sprechen. Alle Menschen, die momentan in Deutschland leben, haben einen Migrationsvorder- oder hintergrund - bei manchen liegt dieser nur schon länger zurück, während er bei anderen er noch sehr frisch ist. Entscheidend für die Zugehörigkeit sind die Selbstdefinierung als Teil dieser Gemeinschaft und die Bereitschaft sich einzubringen.<br />
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Die Gründe dafür, dass diese Realität bisher nicht offener diskutiert wird, sind wahrscheinlich zum Teil durch die historischen Traumata der Migrationserfahrung und die Tabus um die Diskussion deutscher Identität<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auslandsdeutsche"> bedingt</a>. Gleichzeitig bringt aber das Verschweigen dieser Erfahrungen neue Ressentiments und Ausgrenzungen hervor. Gemeinschaftliche und individuelle Identitäten sind immer fluide und müssen immer wieder neu ausgehandelt werden. Vor diesem Hintergrund find ich ist an der Zeit, dass die Unterscheidung zwischen "Deutschen" und "Migranten" aufgehoben wird.</div>
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