Managing the island territory : a historical perspective on sub-state nationalism in Corsica and Sardinia

Corsica (France) and Sardinia (Italy) are two islands of the western Mediterranean basin separated by a narrow strait. They share a problematic relationship with the mainland states to which they are associated, and from which they obtained their status of subnational island jurisdiction (SNIJ). The metropole/island relationship of these two islands is characterized by centrifugal tensions and the presence of sub-state nationalisms. These movements are different in terms of characteristics, strategies and electoral results, because of how France and Italy have managed the integration of the two islands, how the two island nationalisms have evolved, and how both metropolitan states have dealt with them. This article proposes a comparative history of Sardinian and Corsican nationalism and the relationship of Italy and France with these island territories. The intention is to analyse the two nationalisms, based almost exclusively on political science, with an historical perspective, highlighting the impact caused by the central states’ attitudes. In this way, the article points out how the differences between the political context of the two islands is defined by the different approach taken by France and Italy in managing their island territories.peer-reviewe

From Sardinian autonomist movement to the defense of the Second Republic

L’article vol evidenciar, en el marc de la intervenció dels antifeixistes italians en la Guerra Civil Espanyola, el paper jugat pels militants del Partit Sard d’Acció (PSd’A) i per alguns dels seus líders: Emilio Lussu (1890-1945) i Dino Giacobbe (1900-1985). En particular es tracta la contribució de Lussu en el debat teòric entre els antifeixistes italians sobre com organitzar la intervenció, així com les gestions dels dos militants per organitzar una unitat militar que representés la nació sarda dins del conflicte.The article deal with the italian antifascist intervention during the war, but wants to highlight the role played by the Sardinian Action Party and some of his leaders: Emilio Lussu (1890-1945) and Dino Giacobbe (1900-1985). It speaks about the positions of Lussu in the discussions between italians antifascists over the organization of the intervent, and then about the attempts carried out by the two militants to create a military unit that represents the sardinian nation in the spanish civil war

Place, Visibility and Perception: The materiality of Es Vedrà and its enfolding within New Age discourse and media-lore

The rocky island of Es Vedrà, off the south-western tip of Ibiza, in Spain’s Balearic Islands, features prominently in tourism materials and in related social media postings. Its scenic aspects have prompted a physical orientation of shoreline buildings around its vista and it has also been the subject of accounts detailing its allegedly mysterious attributes. The latter derive, in part, from regional histories and folklore but more fundamentally relate to recent New Age/counter-cultural perceptions of the various “energies” that have been perceived to flow around parts of Ibiza and the enfolding of Es Vedrà, in particular, within a set of generic associations of mystical spatiality. Following a discussion of the latter, this article identifies the development of the area around Es Vedrà and the rocky island’s representation as a specially “charged” location. Drawing on these aspects, the article identifies the manner in which the rarely visited island is, simultaneously, highly visible and overlaid by cultural associations that effectively “cloud” its materiality. In view of these aspects, the island is characterised as a distinct entity within international secular traveller pilgrimage circuits

From Sardinian autonomist movement to the defense of the Second Republic

L’article vol evidenciar, en el marc de la intervenció dels antifeixistes italians en la Guerra Civil Espanyola, el paper jugat pels militants del Partit Sard d’Acció (PSd’A) i per alguns dels seus líders: Emilio Lussu (1890-1945) i Dino Giacobbe (1900-1985). En particular es tracta la contribució de Lussu en el debat teòric entre els antifeixistes italians sobre com organitzar la intervenció, així com les gestions dels dos militants per organitzar una unitat militar que representés la nació sarda dins del conflicte.The article deal with the italian antifascist intervention during the war, but wants to highlight the role played by the Sardinian Action Party and some of his leaders: Emilio Lussu (1890-1945) and Dino Giacobbe (1900-1985). It speaks about the positions of Lussu in the discussions between italians antifascists over the organization of the intervent, and then about the attempts carried out by the two militants to create a military unit that represents the sardinian nation in the spanish civil war

The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia

Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France) are two islands divided by a strait that is 13 km wide. Their inhabitants have had commercial and cultural links at least since the Bronze Age, facing similar historical processes such as colonization from mainland powers during Middle Ages and a problematic assimilation within the nation-states to which the islands are nowadays associated. Nevertheless, they are generally perceived and analyzed as separate and distant islands. This is a consequence of the geopolitical context of the last three centuries, during which Corsica and Sardinia have become part of two separate states marked by a troubled relationship. This study has two main purposes: explaining the case of the two islands through a historical analysis of the island-to-island relationship between the 17th and 21st Centuries and proposing the concept of ‘impeded archipelago’ to describe analogous situations

Ausencia presente : el soberanismo catalán desde su más lejana periferia

En este articulo el autor, historiador originario de la minoría catalana de Italia (l'Alguer, en la isla de Cerdeña), analiza el auge del soberanismo catalán posterior a 2012 desde el emplazamiento más lejano de la comunidad de catalanohablantes. Farinelli nos presenta las relaciones entre el enclave isleño y el resto de la comunidad lingüística, en una narración que permite evidenciar complejidad y contradicciones del discurso nacionalista que, desde una perspectiva catalanocéntrica, sería difícil de percibir.En aquest article l'autor, historiador originari de la minoria catalana d'Itàlia (l'Alguer, a l'illa de Sardenya), analitza l'auge del sobiranisme català posterior a 2012 des de l'emplaçament més llunyà de la comunitat de catalanoparlants. Farinellli ens presenta les relacions entre l'enclavament illenc i la resta de la comunitat lingüística, en una narració que permet evidenciar complexitat i contradiccions del discurs nacionalista que, des d'una perspectiva catalanocèntrica, seria difícil de percebre.In this article the author, a native historian of the Catalan minority in Italy (l'Alghero, on the island of Sardinia), analyzes the rise of Catalan secessionism back to 2012 from the farthest location of the Catalan community. Farinell presents the relations between the island enclave and the rest of the language community, in a narrative that makes evident the complexity and contradictions of the nationalist discourse, that would be difficult to perceive from a Catalan-centric perspective

Del moviment autonomista sard a la defensa de la II República

The article deal with the italian antifascist intervention during the war, but wants to highlight the role played by the Sardinian Action Party and some of his leaders: Emilio Lussu (1890-1945) and Dino Giacobbe (1900-1985). It speaks about the positions of Lussu in the discussions between italians antifascists over the organization of the intervent, and then about the attempts carried out by the two militants to create a military unit that represents the sardinian nation in the spanish civil war.L'article vol evidenciar, en el marc de la intervenció dels antifeixistes italians en la Guerra Civil Espanyola, el paper jugat pels militants del Partit Sard d'Acció (PSd'A) i per alguns dels seus líders: Emilio Lussu (1890-1945) i Dino Giacobbe (1900-1985). En particular es tracta la contribució de Lussu en el debat teòric entre els antifeixistes italians sobre com organitzar la intervenció, així com les gestions dels dos militants per organitzar una unitat militar que representés la nació sarda dins del conflicte