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A plural citizenry and the mixture of cultures in Melilla
May 27, 20157:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Free entrance until the event’s capacity is reached.
Casa Árabe is presenting this book by Mostafá Akalay Nasser, an expert on interculturalism, in Madrid.
The event will include attendance by the author and by Eduardo López Busquets, the General Director of Casa Árabe.
In this publication, Mostafá Akalay performs a theoretical review focusing on the concept of citizenship and on the theories which encompass this concept: interculturalism, cultural hybridization, identity, border cultures, global citizenship and public space. At the same time, he focuses his discourse on the city’s various key role-players involved in Melilla’s everyday life, reflecting upon the actual situation in Melilla and the good example set by the city. He shows us that Melilla is a city enriched by the different cultures and religions coexisting there, where Berber culture plays a notable role alongside that of Spain.
Ciudadanía plural y mezcla de culturas en Melilla en la era de la globalización. Claves para entrar en la posmodernidad (A plural citizenry and the mixture of cultures in Melilla in the era of globalization) is the result of a research project which was supported by the Institute of Cultures of the Autonomous City of Melilla and later published by Casa Árabe.
Mostafá Akalay Nasser is a doctor of Art History from the University of Granada and an urban planner with degrees from the Universities of Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) and Paris IV La Sorbonne, as well as from the Road Engineering School of Paris. Likewise, he is an associate professor and coordinator for the Paris-Andalusia Erasmus program of the Saint-Denis Technological Institute (Université Paris Nord XIII), and a member researcher of the Observatory of Cultural Prospecting-HUM 584 of the University of Granada and the Board of Trustees of the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. He has made his study and research activities compatible throughout all these years with work on topics related with interculturalism and cultural engineering.
In this publication, Mostafá Akalay performs a theoretical review focusing on the concept of citizenship and on the theories which encompass this concept: interculturalism, cultural hybridization, identity, border cultures, global citizenship and public space. At the same time, he focuses his discourse on the city’s various key role-players involved in Melilla’s everyday life, reflecting upon the actual situation in Melilla and the good example set by the city. He shows us that Melilla is a city enriched by the different cultures and religions coexisting there, where Berber culture plays a notable role alongside that of Spain.
Ciudadanía plural y mezcla de culturas en Melilla en la era de la globalización. Claves para entrar en la posmodernidad (A plural citizenry and the mixture of cultures in Melilla in the era of globalization) is the result of a research project which was supported by the Institute of Cultures of the Autonomous City of Melilla and later published by Casa Árabe.
Mostafá Akalay Nasser is a doctor of Art History from the University of Granada and an urban planner with degrees from the Universities of Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) and Paris IV La Sorbonne, as well as from the Road Engineering School of Paris. Likewise, he is an associate professor and coordinator for the Paris-Andalusia Erasmus program of the Saint-Denis Technological Institute (Université Paris Nord XIII), and a member researcher of the Observatory of Cultural Prospecting-HUM 584 of the University of Granada and the Board of Trustees of the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. He has made his study and research activities compatible throughout all these years with work on topics related with interculturalism and cultural engineering.
