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Bilder des Fediverse #diaspoa

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"Binaural (series)" by Loic Zimmermann #digitalart #scifi #LoicZimmermann Loic Zimmermann

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Haha #fediverse #diaspoa #Jean-Luc v/s #Musk

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#Elon

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Week 2: Diasporic

Diasporic was the term we discussed in class that resonated with me the most. While reading Grewal and Kaplan’s “Global Identities: Theorizing Transnational Studies of Sexuality”, I came across the term diasporic and did not know its meaning. Dictionary.com’s definition for diaspora is, “any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily”. I like this term because of how broad it is. Grewal and Kaplan note that all Americans, with the exclusion of Native Americans, are diasporic. However, depending on the context, one could use the term to describe something much less broad, such as a person who was raised in Minnesota, but moved to Wisconsin. Terms like these force us to explain in more depth exactly what we’re trying to convey. I like this definition for transnational because it provides two categories of people moving transnationally: those who move by choice, and those who do not. This is a common example and one that everyone has heard, but I think still a strong and ever prevalent example. Many people who are not heterosexual live in environments where that is deemed unacceptable. Often times these people leave their environments and seek acceptance and understanding in an alternate environment. By leaving their environment and the culture that it entails to join another, they become diasporic. This example can also be found on a scale of moving from country to country, or much smaller as moving from one city to another, perhaps only an hour’s distance. These movements also beg the questions as to whether or not the movement was voluntary and if so to what degree? If a person’s life is in danger and they move to escape that, is the movement voluntary?