Ruth DeSouza » Migration & Culture

On this page I share links and resources that are a part of my cultural identity past and present. My East African birth, my Goan heritage, my home in Aotearoa, New Zealand. I bring together my personal and professional interests in migration and settlement. There are some incredible website out there, my latest find is: ColorQ World, a space where people of color and friends share perspectives and exchange experiences, but which has so much to read and explore.

Culture and technology

One of my other interests is the impact of technology on communities. My research showed that technology could provide migrants with anchors to "home"and "imagined community" as Benedict Anderson calls it. To read more about this interest see my profile,

Diasporic literature

I am interested in how migrant communities preserve their histories and heritages, yet adapt and are influenced by the places they migrate to. At some stage I hope to find ways to express myself that are more creative than the academic styles that I have become familiar with through the process of obtaining higher qualifications. I remain in awe of diasporic artists and writers.

Links

The SASIALIT mailing list

The Poetics of Exile

Moving Here Migration Stories

Postcolonial Studies at Emory Web Site

The SASIALIT mailing list: Literature of South Asia and the Indian diaspora

Desi Remix: The Plural Dance Cultures of New York's South Asian Diaspora

Vijay Mishra, Satendra Nandan: The Wounded Sea

IACLALS, the officially recognised Indian chapter of the international ACLALS (Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language studies)

Wasafiri is Britain's only magazine to have provided serious critical coverage and exposure of Black British, Asian, African and Caribbean writing.

borderlands ejournal

Globalisation

Globalisation Links
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim - An African Perspective by Mahmood Mamdani (Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University)
Make Trade Fair

Music

I love "World Music" but hate the name....some of my favourite artists are: Cesaria Evoria, Mercedes Sosa, Nusrat Feteh Ali Khan, Papa Wemba, Natascha Atlas and much more.

Links
Afropop Worldwide
World Music Net
Music of Africa from the Crawfurd homepage
East African Popular Music - Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire by Dr. Douglas Paterson.

Theatre and arts

Links
Tamasha is the London-based theatre company committed to disclosing the untold stories of Asian and diasporic communities; we commission and create new theatre works that tour nationally and internationally. We use drama to facilitate cultural confidence and understanding within British schools and run professional development initiatives for emerging theatre artists.
Tara Arts was launched in London in 1977. The company's vivid and original style draws on its Asian roots to produce work which builds imaginative bridges between cultural communities. The company tours stage productions to small, medium & large-scale theatre houses as well as schools.
SALIDAA’s digital archive is a free online resource featuring collections of South Asian literature, art, theatre, dance and music by British based artists and organisations.
Indian ink theatre company New Zealand
Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Redhotcurry.com-A celebration of Asian life in the UK
The Big Idea: An online community for the New Zealand creative industry
LUMIÈRE INDUSTRIES is New Zealand’s only multi-discipline creative umbrella; a collective invested in the production and realisation of art, design, film and new media-related projects

Migration and Culture

Culture and technology

Diasporic literature

Globalisation

Music

Theatre and arts