SEPTEMBER 2021

“Reconsidering Public Space: The Case of Turkish Associations in France”

ALIA KIRAN

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Published September 2021

ABSTRACT

This article examines how immigrant culture in modern-day France is 
communicated through Turkish associations as a medium of the public space. 
Through interviews with members of various types of cultural associations, I 
explore how public and private space dictate how culture and identity are 
understood within the French context. To better explain their goals and how 
they fit into larger French “cultural” discussion, I develop a simple typology of 
these cultural associations as “localizing” or “orientalizing” immigrant culture. 
Pointing to the space between these categories, I show the need for the 
immigrant experience to be recognized as part of French history in these 
public spaces in order to directly confront the issue of “neo-racism.” 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33682/p36v-vp2g
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HOW TO CITE (CHICAGO):
Kiran, Alia. “Reconsidering Public Space: The Case of Turkish Associations in France.” The Interdependent 2 (2021): 51-70. https://doi.org/10.33682/p36v-vp2g