Citizenship
In the contemporary Western world, particularly in the context of the EU, there is no longer one single way to understand citizenship. As hybrid identities surge into the mainstream, a new set of fluid perceptions of citizenship has begun to replace the static notions of the past. With an increasing urge to re-prioritize social over political rights, there is a need to redefine the status of individuals residing in the EU, thus setting the stage for a new kind of civil society.
ACT organizes annual workshops bringing academicians, practitioners, and students into a public forum of discussion in search of ways in which active political subjects emerge as citizens, and not necessarily in a formal sense. Previous sessions have focused on civil society and on gender, in what is intended to be a positive contribution towards a better understanding of new, flexible, and emerging forms of citizenship.
