- Myria.Georgiou

 saggio, 2003

Mapping Diasporic Media across the EU: Addressing Cultural Exclusion

 http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EMTEL/reports/georgiou_2003_emtel.pdf

Peoples who at some stage in their history migrated from an original homeland and settled in a European country – that is, diasporic groups – is estimated to be between ten and 30 million across a total population in the European Union (EU) of about 380 million. In addition to that millions of members of the older diasporas – for instance, Jewish, Roma, Armenians – have been integral components of the European past and present. Almost five million out of the world’s 20 million refugees are hosted in Europe for longer or shorter periods.

Cultural diversity has always characterised Europe, but growing potential for mobility and communication has led to new forms of inclusion and exclusion in transnational communities and multicultural societies. The quantitative and qualitative elements of cultural diversity give rise to important and timely questions for the Europe of the 21st century. Does diversity threaten unity? How do cultural expressions of difference relate to questions of exclusion and inclusion? Can European culture(s) be inclusive? These questions are points of departure for this project, which has been structured along two main theoretical and methodological axes. On the one hand, it attempts to create a cross- European mapping of cultural diversity and on the other hand, it focuses on cultural questions about exclusion and participation - crucial points that are often overlooked in academic and policy discourse.

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 saggio, 2001

Thinking Diaspora: Why Diaspora is a Key Concept for Understanding Multicultural Europe

 http://www.multicultural.net/newsletter/article/issue4-georgiou.htm

The concept of diaspora goes back in human history; it was initially used by the ancient Greeks to describe their spreading all over the then known-world. For the ancient Greeks diaspora signified migration and colonisation. For the Jews, the Armenians and the Africans who later adopted the term, the concept implied more painful meanings of loss of a Homeland, violent deterritorialisation and longing for return (Cohen, 1997). As much as the history of migration and settlement for these populations and for other populations that have moved across the globe has changed, so did the concept of diaspora

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 saggio, 2000

Beyond the Domestic

 http://www.photoinsight.org.uk/text/myria/georgio.htm

Myria Georgiou is currently researching the role of ethnic media consumption for the construction of ethnic identities. She has been examining the particular cases of the British Greek Cypriots in North London and is a doctoral student at the LSE. She has worked as a lecturer in Media and Communication and a journalist for 10 years, in Greece and Britain, for the BBC World Service. This essay is taken from her current research programme which is due for submission October 2000. Myria has completed her PhD.

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