par Cailliez, Julie 
Référence 44th annual meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association, Congress of the Humanities and the Social Sciences 2009, “Capital Connections: nation, terroir, territoire (26-29 May 2009: Carleton University, Ottawa)
Publication Non publié, s.d.
Référence 44th annual meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association, Congress of the Humanities and the Social Sciences 2009, “Capital Connections: nation, terroir, territoire (26-29 May 2009: Carleton University, Ottawa)
Publication Non publié, s.d.
Communication à un colloque
| Résumé : | Since the installation of the European Institutions, more than 100.000 mobile Europeans settled in Brussels. This paper aims at investigating how the city appears to these expatriated citizens, how the Brussels’ urban spaces become meaningful for these highly-skilled foreign workers. The analysis is based on a qualitative research carried out among civil servants and trainees of these international institutions, as well as on documents specially intended for expats (welcome guide, websites, specialized magazines). The goal is to highlight how these Europeans subjectively map the Belgian capital. As a corollary the paper will also try to understand how these mobile citizens get a feel of the city, acclimatize and adjust to it, and get involved in spaces in order to develop or not a sense of home in Brussels, according to their own projects and goals. |
