Migratory stratifications. A New Perspective to Observe the Intersection Between Migration and Social Change
Migratory stratifications. A New Perspective to Observe the Intersection Between Migration and Social Change

Author(s): Andrea Caroselli, Andrea Ruben Pomella
Subject(s): Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migratory stratifications; a new perspective; observe; intersection; migration; social change; article; historical; Italy; national politics; anti-racist;
Summary/Abstract: In this article, we will present a concise historical recollection of some of the most significant anti-racist struggles that occurred in Italy over the past three decades. Our objective is to illustrate the emergence of a post-colonial subjectivity that exists outside what we refer to as the “white field” of national politics (Khiari, 2006). While local historical and sociological research has been addressing the issue of ‘colonial removal’ for some time now, we believe that it is not merely the migrant, post-migrant, and racialised presence that remains invisible today, but rather their agency, subjectivity, and historical significance. In other words, the discourse of the anti-racist grassroot movements align with the dominant public narrative, implicitly assuming an urgent temporality characterised by the continuous construction of moral panics (Cohen, 2002; Maneri and Quassoli, 2021). Within this framework, we argue that what is being promoted by the anti-racist public discourse is a “history-less” and, very often, “subject-less” anti-racism.

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