The lecture analysis the conceptualizations and manifestations of populism. While populists are characterized as demagogues, it’s (demagogically) simplified to equate populism (only) with demagogy. The lecture devotes attention to those understandings that define populism in relation to explicit or implicit dichotomization us/them, to othering of ethnic, religious, sexual minorities that do not comply with the majority, depicted in ethno-nationalistic terms. Debates over populism intensified in the last twenty years; in European context populism is discussed along the rise of the rights wing politics and politicians such as Haider, Orbán, Le Pen, Berlusconi, also Milošević, Tuđman who at the declarative level represent the so called third way of the right, the right situated between the democratic and the undemocratic rights, between traditional conservatism and undemocratic extreme right. Some authors distinguish between the Berlusconization and the Heiderization of Europe, depicting two distinctive populisms. Berlusconization connotes populism as a mixture of happy consumerism, hedonism and ethno-nationalist sentiment, together with complaints over migrants and other minorities. Heiderization connotes a more 'hard' populism that is built upon nativist ideology, chauvinisms and leads to politics of fear.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 1001325The project Mig@net: Transnational Digital Networks, Migration and Gender explores two interrelated sociocultural dynamics that impact the future of European citizenship: a) the rise in migrant mobility and the establishment of transnational migrant networks that enable the construction and negotiation of new forms of hybrid identity and a sense of multiple belonging based on the experiences of cultural diversity and intercultural communication, and b) the spread of transnational digital networks that transcend state boundaries and exclusive national identities and give citizens and noncitizens the potential to participate directly in processes of cultural production, exchange and consumption particularly through the use of digital technologies. The project addresses the question of participation of migrant individuals and groups in transnational digital networks by employing innovative methodologies combining online and offline research. Emphasis is placed on the possibilities of cyber space for political participation where w e’re interested to explore possibilities to access and coproduce diverse digital networks. The applicant leads the team at the The Peace Institute, is coordinator of a thematic study on sexualities and is a partner in a study on digital information and communication flows where the project explores the possibilities of online environments to foster citizens’ participation.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects