ANTH 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: African Diaspora, Screenwriter, Non-Resident Indian And Person Of Indian Origin
9 Apr 2018
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Intro: diaspora forces us to contemplate unbounded definitions of culture. Identity as a concept: psychology vs anthropology, psychology = identity = set of objective criteria, anthropology = looks at question of identity in relationship to culture & politics. Identity is not primordial of one"s self one sense of self is never considered fixed: formed through one"s cultural and political environment. Identities are not naturally given: linked to globalized world and shifting with global economy, political identities built on culture (ex: pan-africanism) Identity part of time & place & change constantly. Diaspora and multi-directional movement: african diaspora, diaspora = descendants of western/central africa who were shipped to the americas originally refers to transatlantic slave trade. More recently: emigration from africa to other parts of the world. Desire to travel, economic drive: african emigration, diasporas in africa: lebanese in west africa, indians in south east africa (indian diaspora is. Identities forged through movement rather than through being bounded within geographic space.
