Intercultural Mobility and European Identity: Impact of the Erasmus Exchange Programme in Terms of Cultural Differences

• Authors: Fatih Goksu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

European mobility programmes have been seen as a promising method to promote European identity, particularly with a focus on young generations. In this article, I discussed the constructing role of the Erasmus exchange programme by employing the result of direct crosscultural interaction. Data from Eurobarometer surveys and outcomes concluded from the semistructured interviews revealed that socialising with other Europeans strengthened European identity but contact with the host country remained limited. Diff erent from other studies, this paper also reveals that the national identity of the participants precisely empower as a result of coaction. Furthermore, for the fi rst time in the literature, semi-structured interviews unveiled that cultural differences such as stereotypes and prejudices have no negative eff ect in promoting European identity among students. Rather, it generates a positive impact for the awareness of national identity.

Keywords

EN

Erasmus Programme; European identity; national identity; cultural differences; semistructured interviews

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
• Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1(25)
• Pages: 77-94

Dates

published

2020-06-09

Contributors

author

Fatih Goksu

• Erasmus University Rotterdam

Identifiers

DOI

10.19195/1899-5101.13.1(25).6