Migrants, people in need or resources? The case of an emancipating narrative

Abstract

The narratives draw fields of possibility of social and subjective action, they support the collective imagination. This paper presents some results of an empirical research still in progress on Casa Sankara, a self-organized community of African migrants, present in the Capitanata countryside. It intends in particular to illustrate its emblematic character for integration processes, its potential for transformation and social innovation, due to its being a ‘counter-narrative’ with respect to the social imaginary around terms such as ‘migrant’, ‘help’, ‘hospitality’.