Diasporas -- Diasporas: Exploring Critical Issues
About Diasporas	English (USA)
Welcome to the Diasporas - Exploring Critical Issues project e-mail discussion group. The project seeks to explore the contemporary experience of Diasporas – communities who conceive of themselves as a national, ethnic, linguistic or other form of cultural and political construction of collective membership living outside of their ‘home lands.’ In particular, key issues to be addressed include: what are the defining characteristics of Diasporas and what distinguishes one from the other? What role does ‘home’ and ‘host’ cultures play in developing relationships between communities in a global environment? How new is the concept of Diasporas; does it capture new global realities or designate old phenomena in a new way? To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Diasporas Archives.
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