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Kersbergen, S. (2023)

Nightlife in the Cabo Verdean diaspora: the case of Rotterdam City

Doctoral Thesis
This thesis explores how urban night spaces have been, and how they are currently produced, imagined, experienced, and narrated among the Cabo Verdean migrant community in Rotterdam. The common thread that runs through this research is music, which is analysed through lyrics, performances, and as an integral part of nightlife. The Netherlands and Rotterdam are sung about or mentioned in many songs by Cabo Verdean artists from different generations. Cabo Verdean music about Rotterdam is distinctive in that it contributes significantly to processes of place-making as it reflects on and generates representations of specific places which were important during the times in which that music was written. It traces places and routes through the city and uncovers daily and nocturnal rhythms, echoing a particular atmosphere. Simultaneously, night spaces were used to mobilize the community politically in times of the independence struggle against Portugal and are still essential in...Show moreThis thesis explores how urban night spaces have been, and how they are currently produced, imagined, experienced, and narrated among the Cabo Verdean migrant community in Rotterdam. The common thread that runs through this research is music, which is analysed through lyrics, performances, and as an integral part of nightlife. The Netherlands and Rotterdam are sung about or mentioned in many songs by Cabo Verdean artists from different generations. Cabo Verdean music about Rotterdam is distinctive in that it contributes significantly to processes of place-making as it reflects on and generates representations of specific places which were important during the times in which that music was written. It traces places and routes through the city and uncovers daily and nocturnal rhythms, echoing a particular atmosphere. Simultaneously, night spaces were used to mobilize the community politically in times of the independence struggle against Portugal and are still essential in generating a collective sense of self. With Rotterdam continuously developing, the histories of particular Cabo Verdean night spaces are appropriated in contemporary nightlife, as organisers draw on collective memories of historical nightlife events. As such, cultural texts and events not only shape Cabo Verdean life in the city, but they also facilitate the re-memorisation and re-experiencing of diasporic lives in current events and cultural productions.
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Diaspora
Migration
Night Studies
Night Spaces
Place-making
Cabo Verde
Rotterdam
Music
Diasporic memory
Urban studies
All authors
Kersbergen, S.
Supervisor
Korsten, F.W.A.
Co-supervisor
Brandellero, S.L.A.; Krakowska Rodrigues, K.K.
Committee
Schrover, M.L.J.C.; Rothwell, P.; Ieven, B.K.; Pardue, D.
Qualification
Doctor (dr.)
Awarding Institution
Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
Date
2023-02-16

Funding

Sponsorship
This doctorate was undertaken as part of the international research project Night Spaces: migration, culture and IntegraTion in Europe (NITE). Night spaces: migration, culture and IntegraTion in Europe (NITE) is financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme (www.heranet.info) which is co-funded by NWO, AHRC, IRC, DASTI, BMBF, DLR-PT and the European Commission through its Horizon 2020 program.