18th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts | |||
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| 1 | Diaspora Identity through Time and Generation Academic Responsible: Dr. Maria-Irini Avgoulas, Academic Member, Athens Institute & Casual Academic, School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia and Cultural Counselling and Consultancy, Australia Diaspora communities are found throughout the world and exist on a continuum regardless of generation.The experience of diaspora identity and the transmission of memory culture that supports identity maintenance may vary by generation, the original migrants and their descendants born in diaspora. Diaspora community members of all generations may maintain a sense of nostalgia but also negativity – such not belonging to either their original homeland or the host community, racism and stigma. This may be expressed as having two homelands and, in a sense, belonging to both. While potentially enriching, diaspora identity may in fact be more like belonging nowhere and being a stranger in both cultures. |
