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Migrant's health and European culture: strenghtening ties for better understanding. The case of Rijeka 2020 Capital of Culture

In last few years Europe is facing one of the biggest migration crisis in the history. The social repercussion of this process is tremendous, facing states, institutions and individuals with new needs, values and expectations. Paralell to official migration trends, many other social movements, projects and activities are developing, trying to grasp with all aspects of the movement phenomena. However, the impact and results are poor, resulting in sharp social debates, poor integration and raising the level of anti-migration reactions. Migrants' health is a challenging concept, formed of objective and subjective dimensions, including both scientific and non-scientific aspects (legal regulation, personal moral values, previous experiences, literacy, religious norms, cultural impact, etc). How migrants' health is tackled outside of official protocols, in what aspect(s) is migrants' culture involed in gaining better health, which dominant cultural paradigms are used in order to understand migrants, are the questions still remaining on the margins of mainstream research and professional interest. The aim of this article is to address the issue of understanding migrants' health in relation toward European cultural sector (the European capital of culture programme, ECOC). Namely, as the European most influental programme in culture, ECOC is deeply involved in promotion of cultural diversity, but what has been noticed is a superficial understanding of migrants´culture, ommiting any aspect related to health. A deeper approach to culture might be a key for a more complex understading of migrants' health. A short review of the ECOC programme database related to migrations’ (health) is offered, including main points needing re-evaluation. Specially, the Rijeka ECOC 2020 project will be critically analysed, having migration as one of key topics within the programme for the next year.

migrations, health, European capital of culture

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