Abstract
In a search for alternatives, the discussion shifts from describing, analyzing, and exposing, to creating a new set of relations and forms, which requires both the agency and the willingness to engage in a process of co-creation, away from possessive, historically-bound dominant narratives. It further considers a more harmonious and respectful relationship with the environment, not separating it from human existence. Meta-integration, in this sense, is considered a project of rediscovering commonalities between peoples, respecting the environment, coming to a mutual understanding in redesigning relationships, and rejecting the coloniality of power.
As both those who are regularized and those who are rejected by the asylum system live in the same areas in the peripheries, a crucial step forward is setting norms together with the long-term inhabitants of these peripheries, while going beyond the solid expectation of fitting into the mainstream norms. It is these places of multiple existence and ‘otherness’ that are subject to the impositions of the center where people engage in a process of commoning and work towards creating a community of equals. This core concept constitutes the backbone of meta-integration.
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Pseudo-nothingness of residue, according to Lefebvre, is consciousness, “the residue of everything that has been; residue of residues would thus be in large part reminiscence, recognition, and this right through to the hope for resurgence and novelty.” (Lefebvre, 2016).
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Delinking is concept introduced by Samir Amin who emphasizes the need for underdeveloped countries to adopt new market strategies and values different from northern developed countries. Delinking, he explains, does not mean “autarky but refusal to bow to the dominant logic of the world capitalist system.” Delinking implies a transfer of political hegemony to new “centers.” Delinking is a form of cutting oneself off, “a kind of active anti-globalization which is in dialectical relationship with globalization itself.” (Zhang, 2013).
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The “precariat” is an emerging social class under precarious conditions of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare (Standing, 2011).
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600 persons received their asylum status in 2019 and the first 200 persons were asked/encouraged to leave social housing and be independent and secure their own housing privately in March 2019.
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Porco Rosso is a film directed by Hayao Miyazaki where most of the story revolves around an Italian World War I ex-fighter ace, living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing “air pirates“in the Adriatic Sea. However, an unusual curse transforms him into an anthropomorphic pig. Once called Marco Pagot, he is now known to the world as “Porco Rosso”, Italian for “Red Pig”. Porco identifies himself as being anti-fascist, quip** during one scene that “I’d much rather be a pig than a fascist”. (as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso). The term and the image were adopted by a local group of local activists in Palermo who created a space to fight against structural injustices.
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Casa e Bottega is a community-based initiative in Fontecchio, Italy based on the ethical and social use of heritage resources and commons in order to repopulate and revitalize the town following the 2009 earthquake in the region. It represents an interesting community attempt in constructing lives following displacement.
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Political landscape does not refer to being in politics and seeking a position of power but, rather, having power and exercising it as a community. Therefore, Jacques Ranciere’s definition of political is more suited as political is not based on institutions or on material interests, as are most political sociologies, and it forms the basis for what is considered an interesting alternative to most current accounts. (Baiocchi & Connor, 2013: 90).
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Shearer Demir, H. (2023). Meta Integration: Co-constructing for Autonomy. In: Displacement Governance and the Illusion of Integration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38655-8_7
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