PARTIZIP
The Struggle for Participation (1789-1980)
Funded by the Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR), this large research project brought together colleagues from history, political science and political philosophy. Two consecutive “Partizip” projects proved a fertile ground for scholarly exchanges as well as public outreach. The social, economic and political participation of various parts of the population were examined both from an actor-centered perspective and with the tools of discourse analysis and political theory. In a context of enormous social transformations, agricultural practices, labour migration and organization, ethnic and gender discrimination, expulsions and recognition of rights were linked to larger questions of democratisation, nation-building and identity formation processes. The output comprises more than 100 oral history interviews conducted by filmmaker Loretta Walz, conferences and workshops, scientific articles, collectively edited volumes and nine PhD projects, published as monographies and/or open access.