Autonomising Conflict: Conflict Transportation in Online Activity among Kurdish and Turkish Diasporas in Denmark

Abstract

Within diasporas and conflict studies, little research has so far looked at the content and dynamics of online conflict transportation. Addressing this gap, this study investigates how the Turkish-Kurdish conflict is reflected in the online mobilisation of Kurdish and Turkish diasporas in Denmark. Through an online ethnography of associations on Facebook, the study finds that while conflict transportation occurs in online spaces, it is shaped and influenced by the country of residence, transnational networks and other diasporic communities and actors. This suggests a plurality of consciousness rather than the duality of ‘homeland’-‘host-country’ attachments often attributed to diasporas.