Traditions in Diaspora: Preserving and Reworking Cultural Practices
This is the fifth program in the six-part UCLA Library International & Area Studies (IAS) Diasporas: Transnational Migrations, Spaces, and Identities series.
Tuesday, Apr. 18, 10 a.m.
Free
The UCLA Library’s International & Area Studies (IAS) Department presents Diasporas: Transnational Migrations, Spaces, and Identities. This six-part program series explores the various reasons for migration, the experiences of migrants and their descendants, the creation of communities in their new homelands, the negotiation of identities and belonging, and the preservation and transformation of traditions. For details, refer to the series guide.
Traditions are closely tied to specific environments and cultures, and emigrants are disconnected from these when they move. This program explores how diasporas preserve, transform, or amalgamate cultural practices in their new countries.
Speakers:
- Floridalma Boj Lopez, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, UCLA (Tovaangar)
- Maureen Duru, Founder, The Food Bridge
- Katarzyna Wąsowska & Marianne Wąsowska, Artists
Moderator: Thuy Vo Dang, Assistant Professor of Information Studies, UCLA (Tovaangar)
