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Imagining the Diasporic Link: The Franco-Algerian Media Dialogues on the 2005 ‘Emeutes’ in France

By Irina Mihalache — March 26th, 2008
Both France and Algeria have been struggling with the memory of colonialism, adopting various strategies of collective remembering.



Blurring the Lines: Globalization, Dissent and Democracy

By Cultural Shifts and Daniel Tubb — March 22nd, 2008
The second panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.



Imagining the Diasporic Link: The Franco-Algerian Media Dialogues on the 2005 ‘Emeutes’ in France

By Irina Mihalache — March 22nd, 2008
In October and November 2005, the emeutes (riots) in the Parisian banlieues re-stated the existing social conflicts between second and third immigrants from former North African French colonies and the French state. These instances of violence brought to life memories of colonialism and of the …