«No me toca el corazón»: examinando las políticas para la diáspora en Galicia y el Véneto

Ana Irene Rovetta Cortés

doi:10.5565/rev/papers.2434

“It doesn’t touch my heart”: Examining diaspora policies in Galicia and Veneto

Authors

Ana Irene Rovetta Cortés Universidad Nacional de Jujuy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7774-8170

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Abstract

At a time when diaspora policies are on the rise globally and most research is focusing attention on initiatives developed by nation-states, this paper examines diaspora mechanisms generated on a smaller scale. Taking the diaspora policies implemented by two regions of Spain and Italy (Galicia and Veneto) as case studies, this paper analyzes the premises, characteristics, motivations, and evolution of these initiatives and explores some of their consequences. The paper employs an anthropology of policy lens to analyze diaspora policies. An ethnographic approach is used to explore some of the consequences of diaspora policies by examining the narratives of two generations of migrants who can be categorized as diaspora. An increase in the economic language of policies and little interest towards diaspora policies among migrants are revealed.

Keywords

policies, diaspora, migrant narratives, Italy, Spain

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Author Biography

Ana Irene Rovetta Cortés, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy

Ana Irene Rovetta Cortés es becaria posdoctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Conicet) y trabaja en la Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (UNJu). Tiene un doctorado de Ciencias Sociales por la Universidad de Padua, un máster de Estudios Migratorios por la Universidad de Granada y una licenciatura de Sociología por la Universidad de Salamanca.