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COLLAB

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Making Migrant Voices Heard through Literature: How Collaboration is Changing th...
Making Migrant Voices Heard through Literature: How Collaboration is Changing the Cultural Field As initiatives for more diversity and inclusiveness in the cultural field are gaining ground and migration becomes an increasingly important issue on the political agendas of many countries around the world, this project examines... As initiatives for more diversity and inclusiveness in the cultural field are gaining ground and migration becomes an increasingly important issue on the political agendas of many countries around the world, this project examines the ways in which transnational collaborations create spaces for literary participation of migrants. Situated at the intersection between international relations, comparative literature and business economics, COLLAB analyzes the notion of collaboration from a threefold perspective: 1) as a political strategy in civil society that enhances intercultural exchange and the social integration of migrants through collective storytelling, 2) as a form of co-authorship between migrants and other writers with different cultural backgrounds that gives voice to stories of migration that would often be lost without their translation, 3) as an alternative economic model consisting in peer-to-peer support that brings new voices to the publishing industry. Focusing on a broad range of non-profit organizations, collaborative texts by amateur and professional writers and crowdfunding platforms that help make migrant voices heard through literature, the project seeks to understand how collaboration changes the cultural field and impinges on migrants’ agency. It shows how social actors and institutions that are traditionally perceived as belonging outside the cultural field have become crucial players in redefining notions of authorship rooted in individual and national singularity. Challenging strict distinctions between textual and contextual dynamics, COLLAB highlights the social embeddedness of literature and builds an original framework for understanding the thematic and formal implications of transnational collaboration in literary texts. While borrowing theories and methods from other disciplines, COLLAB confidently reorients the social sciences towards the project’s center of gravity, the literary text, and shows that literature is an important tool to understand broader societal transformations. ver más
31/08/2028
KU Leuven
1M€
Perfil tecnológico estimado
Duración del proyecto: 68 meses Fecha Inicio: 2022-12-16
Fecha Fin: 2028-08-31

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo HORIZON EUROPE notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2022-12-16
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ERC-2022-STG: ERC STARTING GRANTS
Cerrada hace 2 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 1M€
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KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5