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iDiaspora Photo Contest - 2022: Submission #65

Submission Number: 65
Submission ID: 10121
Submission UUID: 71b86d85-2fb6-4bd5-b2fb-217f4b298e40
Submission URI: /en/photo-contest

Created: Thu, 11/03/2022 - 04:37
Completed: Thu, 11/03/2022 - 05:05
Changed: Thu, 11/03/2022 - 05:05

Remote IP address: 124.106.174.53
Submitted by: Unknown
Language: English

Is draft: No

Personal Information

Lloyd Ericson
Rodriguez
Filipino
Mabalacat City
Pampanga
Philippines
Philippines
Amateur

Presentation on the photographic series

Sitti in the City
Navigating identities: is there a relationship between Diaspora’s homeland and new land? How do diasporas express their sense of belonging in multiple societies?
Internal migration is as major a societal concern as emigration because individuals and families who choose to move and settle in another region always bring with them the reasons for their decision. Like Sitti, who decided to resettle to Mabalacat City from her conflict-torn birthplace in Mindanao in search of greener pastures. With her growing family, she and her husband now have their own source of income and peaceful nights' sleep...far from where she came from.

She did not tell me where she came from in order to protect their home from further prejudice, but she is very hopeful that she will be able to return and live there again.

Upload your Photos (3 photos)

  • Photo: Sitti_img1.jpg
    Title: A Portrait of New Life
    Brief introduction: Sitti now lives with her husband and child in Mabalacat City. She made the brave decision to leave her rural life in a conflict-torn region of Mindanao because she fears that encounters between rebels and the military will keep impacting their lives.
    Photo date: 2021-10-07
    Photo location: Mabalacat City, Pampanga
  • Photo: Sitti_img2.jpg
    Title: Life Goes On...
    Brief introduction: Sitti now works as a helper in a small grocery store within a residential subdivision where her husband works as a security guard on the night shift.
    Photo date: 2021-09-26
    Photo location: Mabalacat City, Pampanga
  • Photo: Sitti_img3.jpg
    Title: New Life, New Ventures
    Brief introduction: She also works hard to broaden her horizons by trying to learn and cope with current trends in the modern society to which she now belongs, as she dabbles in online selling of homemade sardines as a sideline.
    Photo date: 2022-01-01
    Photo location: Mabalacat City, Pampanga
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