Ien Ang, in their work “‘Beyond ‘Asian DIasporas’,” addresses the perspectives of the term “Diaspora” in the context of different Asian groups and how it’s differed over time from when it was used to describe Jewish people. They state that “a longing for a return to the homeland is classically assumed to be integrated to diasporas consciousness,” and that “all peoples must have a territorially specific homeland and that living away from it is an unnatural and undesirable condition,” (Ang, 286). This was the view of the term back then, but as Ang mentions, it has evolved over the years, especially in the context of Asia. Nowadays, it is used in a “more generalized sense to refer to all kinds of groups who have a history of dispersion…immigrants, expatriates, refugees, guest workers, exile communities, overseas communities, ethnic minorities, and so on.” (Ang, 286) It is important to acknowledge and realize that this is the paradigm we must look at our communities with, because it can help us understand our fellow people more.
Q: How has the shift in the understanding of the term “diaspora” affected researchers in their studies of different ethnic communities?
Work Cited
Ang, Ien. “Beyond Asian Diasporas”
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