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Armenians in Strasbourg and Berlin: Engagement, Institutions and the Dynamics of Diaspora

Tavitian, Nicolas · 2025

Based on 72 in-depth narrative interviews in Berlin and Strasbourg, examines how Armenians with differing migration histories engage with diaspora communities and institutions, identifying three distinct routes of engagement and developing the concept of 'diaspora dynamics': engagement as conditional and negotiated rather than automatic.

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PhD thesis, The Open University (UK), Open Research Online
Year
2025
Language
English

Citation

Tavitian, Nicolas 2025. Armenians in Strasbourg and Berlin: Engagement, Institutions and the Dynamics of Diaspora. PhD thesis, The Open University (UK), Open Research Online.

What this offers a reader

For students

Full-text PhD free to download; exemplary qualitative methodology for diaspora research.

For academics

Recent empirical contribution to diaspora theory in the Tölölyan tradition.

For the community

Directly relevant to community-building: explains why different waves of Armenians engage (or don't) with our institutions.

For a general reader

Shows how diaspora communities actually work from the inside.

Topics

Armenian diasporadiaspora institutionsmigrationidentityEurope

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