Unit:
Deparment of Political Science & Public AdministrationLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Casartelli Giulia
Dissertation committee:
Σουζάννα Βέρνυ, Αναπληρώτρια καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Παντελής Λέκκας, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Bahar Rumelili, Professor
Senem Aydin-duzgit, Professor
Νάσια Γιακωβάκη, Επίκουρη καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Εκάβη Αθανασοπούλου, Αναπληρώτρια καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Αντωνία Ζερβάκη, Επίκουρη καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Ιn search of legitimacy: eu cultural policies as a ground for collective identity. the eu enlargement process and the case of turkey's candidacy
Translated title:
Ιn search of legitimacy: eu cultural policies as a ground for collective identity. the eu enlargement process and the case of turkey's candidacy
Summary:
The research questions the role of cultural policy and artistic production in the European integration process, challenging and repositioning the categories of European identity and culture. The analysis focuses on the cultural policies of European organisations and in particular, on their employment in the EC/EU identity-building discourse. The context is the process of EU Enlargement (Turkey in particular) an ambivalent site for the negotiation of Europe’s construction. Specifically, the thesis asks if cultural policies can act as a tool of integration for an expanding political entity and hence impact on its legitimacy.
The case of Enlargement to Turkey, historically regarded as Europe’s ‘Other’, offers a particularly pertinent case study for this research into the building of a shared European identity. The empirical focus of the project is on art exhibitions, characterised as rituals of legitimacy, which ‘construct’ and unite communities through symbolic perception. Looking at six initiatives related to the chequered relationship between Turkey and the European Union, the project outlines the evolving role of cultural policies in the European institutional structure, problematising their increasing use as creators of mythopoietic narratives on identity. Covering a period spanning over four decades, from 1975-2018, the exhibitions allow a consideration of different narratives about Turkey’s identity in relation to Europe, which developed over time.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
eu enlargement, political legitimacy, identity, eu-turkey relations, cultural policy
Number of references:
609
