Fostering Pluralism through Solidarity Activism in Europe

Feyzi Baban is Associate Professor of Political Studies and International Development at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. His research interests include cosmopolitan theory, the politics of citizenship in late modern societies, European Integration and alternative forms of modernity in non-Western cultures.Kim Rygiel is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. She is Associate Director of Laurier’s International Migration Research Centre and Associate Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies.  She is the author of Globalizing Citizenship (2010) and co-editor (with Peter Nyers) of Citizenship, Migrant Activism and the Politics of Movement (2012).

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Living with Others: Opening Communities to Newcomers.- Chapter 2: The Politics and Art of Solidarity: The case of Trampoline House in Copenhagen.- Chapter 3: The Unintended Effects of Conviviality: How Welcome Initiatives in Germany Can Push back Hostility Towards Refugees.- Chapter 4:  Building Solidarity Cities: From Protest to Policy.- Chapter 5: State, Civil Society, and Syrians in Turkey.- Chapter 6:Stitching IMMART: Overcoming the Challenge of Inclusion without Exclusion through the Arts.- Chapter 7: “I Have Never Met a Refugee”: KUNSTASYL -Creating Face-to-Face Encounters Using Performative Art.- Chapter 8: Facilitating cross-cultural dialogue through film, art and culture: Searching Traces and The Mahalla Festival.- Chapter 9: Connecting through Cooking: Kitchen Hubs as Spaces for Bringing Locals and Newcomers Together.- Chapter 10: Kırkayak Kültür: Facilitating Living Together.- Chapter 11: Conclusion.