Migrants, Minorities, Belongings and Citizenship. Glocalization and ...

where the global values, ethics, and worldviews have found their local expressions in
local places. The glocal spaces and mobile minds accommodated in these spaces are the
best examples of this development. The findings of Glocalmig indicate that there is a
considerably strong association between spatial mobility and mental mobility patterns on
the one hand and between participation in glocal spaces and mental mobility patterns on
the other hand. However, the Glocalmig findings also indicate that individuals with very
high degrees of mind mobility choose not to think in terms of territorial and cultural
boundaries. The basic strategy of European integration and involvement has been the
encouragement of individuals’ spatial mobility across national and regional borders.
However, it is a fact that people move much less than predicted in the first place.
Therefore, the euroglocalization strategy and the increase in mobility of mind it will
breed, if also thorough Europewide studies of the glocal spaces validate the findings
here, may provide an alternative to spatial mobility by bringing Europe to the local
contexts instead of making people move in order to learn to care for Europe. This will, in
practice, require:
- encouragement of the development of glocal sites in European cities;
- encouragement of also the second country nationals to attend these places along
with the majority citizens, citizens who are national minorities, citizens and
residents with immigrant background.
The above recommendation should primarily be understood as a call for further research
on a possible, alternative, or additional way to go in order to create a more inclusive and
egalitarian diverse society in Europe.
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