Panel: «GOOD» AND «BAD» DIVERSITY - INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON MUSLIM LIFE



195.3 - NAVIGATING WITHIN A NORMATIVE CONCEPTION OF DIVERSITY: PERFORMANCE AND STAGING OF MULTIPLE BELONGINGS AS A MEDIUM FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION(S).

AUTHORS:
Dupuis S. (University of Fribourg ~ Fribourg ~ Switzerland)
Text:
Based on empirical research, this paper examines the ways in which post-migrant Muslims living in French-speaking Switzerland navigate and orient themselves within a social space characterized by a normative understanding of diversity. In particular, it explores the ways in which post-migrant Muslims' staging and performances of multiple belonging play a role in the ongoing process of (re)negotiating the social boundaries of 'good' diversity. By interrogating the orientation resources mobilized by this social group to construct a good life for themselves, this paper sheds light on the entanglement between the notions of orientation and diversity. Furthermore, it highlights the potential for social transformation produced by actions of people belonging to a minorized group.