iDiaspora Photo Contest - 2022: Submission #28

Submission Number: 28
Submission ID: 9926
Submission UUID: cc564522-4e6f-42b9-ac64-67009e4ae5f1
Submission URI: /en/photo-contest

Created: Sat, 10/15/2022 - 18:16
Completed: Sat, 10/15/2022 - 18:30
Changed: Sat, 10/15/2022 - 18:30

Remote IP address: 2.19.116.142
Submitted by: Unknown
Language: English

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Personal Information

Ally
Zlatar
Serbian
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
Serbia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Amateur

Presentation on the photographic series

This Body of Mine
Navigating identities: is there a relationship between Diaspora’s homeland and new land? How do diasporas express their sense of belonging in multiple societies?, Youth and their roots: what is it like to be born or grow up as a member of the diaspora; how can the youth connect with their homeland?
As a young person who has come from a family of displaced origins (former Yugoslavia), I know the struggles of forming a diasporic identity. Growing up in a new country with a family that is not accustomed to the cultural traditions of the new land was incredibly difficult. From an outsider's perspective, people can imagine the trials and tribulations of language barriers, lack of education and cultural behaviours. However, it is deeper than many perceive. There is a struggle to form bonds with people, a metaphysical and psychological state of not belonging, difficulties to create an identity that both embraces the current culture while not abandoning the old and many more challenges. My work aims to explore how roots are both embedded within us, but also can be lost when navigating contextual spaces and belonging. Those from diasporas have an incredibly difficult & continual process of identity formation.

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  • Photo: Untitled design.png
    Title: This Body of Mine
    Brief introduction: These works aim to demonstrate how migrant bodies both are lost in physical spaces and do not fully feel the connected. While also trying to show how we are redefining belonging, particularly national belonging, through global movement and individual ide
    Photo date: 2022-01-20
    Photo location: Glasgow, UK
  • Photo: Untitled design (1).png
    Title: This Body of Mine
    Brief introduction: These works aim to demonstrate how migrant bodies both are lost in physical spaces and do not fully feel the connected. While also trying to show how we are redefining belonging, particularly national belonging, through global movement and individual ide
    Photo date: 2022-01-01
    Photo location: Glasgow, UK
  • Photo: Untitled design (2).png
    Title: This Body of Mine
    Brief introduction: These works aim to demonstrate how migrant bodies both are lost in physical spaces and do not fully feel the connected. While also trying to show how we are redefining belonging, particularly national belonging, through global movement and individual ide
    Photo date: 2022-01-01
    Photo location: Glasgow, UK
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