The conference addresses the performative and creative side of social movements, practices of identity negotiation and political participation questioning the meaning of citizenship. Which actors, sites and rights are constituted in contemporary power struggles redefining ‘the political’? Which neo-colonial or neo-imperial nodes emerge from the analysis of issues such as democracy or secularism? Under this light, how is the language of law challenged and remoulded?

A selection of papers have been recorded are available at these URLs: http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2012/02/opening-the-boundaries-of-citizenship-religion-and-the-political/

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2012/02/opening-the-boundaries-of-citizenship-colonial-legacies-and-migration/

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2012/02/opening-the-boundaries-of-citizenship-new-cartographies-of-citizenship/