Since its constitution the European Union has sought to promote a European identity and with it a shared European memory, through a process of transnationalization of ideas and values, to be placed at the basis of the European society to be constituted, according to the idea of the United States of Europe. The essay focuses on the processes leading to the formation of European Memories among young people, using focus groups as technique. The generation that is the subject of this research can be defined as “native Europeans”, since these individuals were born at the turn of 2004, the year in which the European Union assumed its current composition and welcomed almost all the European states. As the research shows, although there is more than one obstacle to the development of European memories, both transnational practices and school education can help it to take root.
Fin dalla sua costituzione l’Unione europea ha cercato di promuovere un’identità e delle memorie condivise tra i suoi cittadini; ciò è avvenuto in larga parte attraverso il processo di transnazionalizzazione delle idee e dei valori fondanti europei, in parte minore grazie a specifiche azioni promosse dalla UE. Il saggio si concentra sui processi che portano alla formazione di memorie europee tra i giovani, utilizzando come tecnica di rilevazione il focus group. In particolare, oggetto della ricerca è la formazione di memorie europee tra i cosiddetti "nativi europei", ovvero quei giovani nati agli inizi degli anni Duemila, durante i quali l'Unione Europea ha assunto la sua attuale composizione. I risultati della ricerca mostrano come, nonostante vi sia più di un ostacolo, sia le pratiche transnazionali sia, in particolare, l'educazione scolastica rappresentino dei fattori decisivi nell'incoraggiare questo processo di maturazione di memorie europee tra i giovani.
‘Native Europeans’ and European Memories. The building of a European consciousness among young people
Beatrice Benocci
;Dario Verderame
2020-01-01
Abstract
Since its constitution the European Union has sought to promote a European identity and with it a shared European memory, through a process of transnationalization of ideas and values, to be placed at the basis of the European society to be constituted, according to the idea of the United States of Europe. The essay focuses on the processes leading to the formation of European Memories among young people, using focus groups as technique. The generation that is the subject of this research can be defined as “native Europeans”, since these individuals were born at the turn of 2004, the year in which the European Union assumed its current composition and welcomed almost all the European states. As the research shows, although there is more than one obstacle to the development of European memories, both transnational practices and school education can help it to take root.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.