DTSB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Collective Trauma, Diaspora Studies, Transnationalism
30 Aug 2016
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Lecture 1 introduction to diaspora and transnationalism. Could be an imagined community where the people settle. An imagined community grounded in language, community, folklore: the old country" via language, religion, customs or folklore has some claim on their loyalty and emotions, diaspora = past migration history + sense of co-ethnicity. Co-ethnicity you have to identify with someone from your own community so you can identify someone else living in diaspora: types of diaspora: Linked to colonialism -> most common one is british colonizers. Grounded in literature, music, lifestyle, tourism: common features of a diaspora. Dispersal from an original homeland, often traumatically, to 2 or more regions. The expansion (migration) from a homeland in search of work, in pursuit of trade or to further colonial ambitions. A collective memory and/or myth about the homeland. A strong ethnic group consciousness sustained over a long time. A sense of solidarity with co-ethnic members in other countries.
