“INTERCULTURAL KINSCRIPTING”. PRETEENS WITH A MIGRATION BACKGROUND BUILDING INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND BELONGING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Each person is configured as a homo complexus, as Morin points out: however, the sons and daughters of migration face the challenge of building a plural sense of belonging in a specific way, given the plurality of cultural references with which they deal. In the process of becoming and feeling part of collective belonging, the relationships that people experience assume an important function. In this perspective, intergenerational exchanges play a prominent role: within the family, but also potentially in the community dimension. In this sense, it seems interesting to look at a specific phenomenon: the “kinscripting”, which takes on an intercultural connotation in migration situations. The contribution stems from the research "Nurturing the Roots: Memory and Intergenerational Responsibility in an Intercultural Perspective", which analyses these kinds of ties and the value they take on in the experience of preteens with migration background. The study highlights how the chance to experience intergenerational relationships in the community dimension opens up possibilities for intercultural and interreligious dialogue, cohabitation and mediation between different cultural perspectives.