ABSTRACT

In imagining a post-nationalistic and post-racialized future, the refugee hospitality and integration project implemented in Italy, known as the Modello Riace (Riace Model), sought to use state-funded, sustainable activities to encourage asylum seekers to mix with locals and settle in the economically depressed and depopulated areas of southern Italy. The project navigated legal frameworks and defied rampant ethno-nationalism to integrate refugees during the Mediterranean migrant crisis and to mitigate the associated climate of hostility towards them. The experiment prompted a political backlash and stirred paranoia about an imagined ethnic replacement of Italians. This paper introduces the Riace Model’s humanitarian vision and its interaction with the social solidarity economic sector in Italy after the 2008 financial crisis. It analyses interviews with the then-mayor of Riace, Domenico Lucano, and their reception on social media, to examine notions of humanitarianism and citizenship in Italy. Highlighting the contrast between Riace’s imagined future and hostile views of refugees as invaders and criminals, the study demonstrates the conflict that arose at a time of economic austerity. The study also illustrates how public figures became proxies for opposing factions, discusses the Model’s legacy, and highlights the challenges facing future integration schemes.

摘要

在想象一个后民族主义和后种族化的未来时，在意大利实施的难民接待和融合项目被称为 Modello Riace（Riace Model），试图利用国家资助的可持续活动来鼓励寻求庇护者与当地人混在一起，并在意大利南部经济萧条和人口稀少的地区定居。该项目遵循法律框架，反抗猖獗的民族主义，在地中海移民危机期间融入难民，并减轻相关的敌对气氛。该实验引发了政治上的强烈反对，并激起了人们对意大利人的种族替代的想象的偏执。本文介绍了 Riace 模式的人道主义愿景及其与 2008 年金融危机后意大利社会团结经济部门的互动。它分析了对时任里亚切市市长多梅尼科·卢卡诺的采访以及他们在社交媒体上的反应，以审视意大利的人道主义和公民身份的概念。该研究强调了里亚斯想象的未来与将难民视为入侵者和罪犯的敌对观点之间的对比，展示了经济紧缩时期出现的冲突。该研究还说明了公众人物如何成为对立派系的代理人，讨论了该模式的遗产，并强调了未来整合计划面临的挑战。