Choosing the Shirt: Diaspora, Identity and Football
About this episode
Experts discuss the trend of European-born football players representing their ancestral homelands and its implications for identity and migration politics.
As the World Cup kicks off, our experts unpack why more European-born players are choosing to represent their parents' and grandparents' homelands, and what this change reveals about identity, belonging and shifting global power What can football tell us about the politics of migration? As the World Cup kicks off, our experts unpack why an increasing number of European-born players are choosing to represent their parents' and grandparents' homelands, using Morocco's national team - the Atlas Lions- as a case in point. What does Morocco's experience reveal about wider trends in football, and what can these changes tell us about identity, belonging and shifting global power? Listen to find out more ⚽ Speakers Guests: Myriam Cherti, Senior Researcher at the Global Exchange on Migration based at COMPAS, and Bousetta Hassan, Research Associate at the University of Liège Hosts: Rob McNeil, Deputy Director and Head of Media and Communications at the Migration Observatory, and Jacqueline Broadhead, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration. Producer: Kelvin Brown
People in this episode
Hosts: Rob McNeil, Jacqueline Broadhead
Guests: Myriam Cherti, Bousetta Hassan
Topics covered
- diaspora
- identity
- football
- migration
- global power
- belonging
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Global Exchange on Migration, University of Liège, Migration Observatory, COMPAS
Books & works: Atlas Lions
Places: Morocco
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