Migration and the Feeling of Thinness in the European Metropolis

In the large cities of Europe, millions of people live as first-generation migrants — many of them from the Global South. Often, they are expected to make an effort to belong and develop a strong attachment to their new home. But what if their experience of belonging does not conform to the ideal of integration? Today, we talk with anthropologist and writer Omar Kasmani about migration and the feeling of thinness in the European metropolis.

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Colonialism is not only a thing of the past. It affects people all over the world, in the north and the south of our globe, every day. Colonialism can be many things: a structure of power, inequality, violence - but also a structure of feeling. In exciting conversations with academics, artists, journalists, and activists, we shed a critical light on colonialism's affective lives and afterlives. Together with them, we discuss the urgent struggles of our time and the different visions of how to decolonize our present. Find out more on our website: https://affect-and-colonialism.net