Hi Bindu and Didier,
Oh no, why would you want to “… put aside my context of new place and just focus on one or two perspectives. yours and didiers…” Your original idea that we should explore New Place from 3 different perspective sounds wonderful.
When and why do people switch between languages? I believe that the comments you made about this situation could be the basis of how you could develop something? Think about it. How do people from India navigate, negotiate their way through everyday life and encounters when they are in London/UK, for example – that is, their use of language as an example of identity construction in a particular location, and time.
It would be interesting to know how and why they make a “switch between 2 or 3 different languages and speak” – language, as an important aspect of intangible cultural heritage is crucial in our desire to hold on to, to maintain some form of our cultural heritage even as we form new ‘cultures’ in our encounters with new spaces – this aspect is also important for me when I research and develop my own proposal. You will see that we will have some aspect of the content that would be similar in our projects. You may want to look at people in the city of Delhi or locate your work in London?
I have noted in my country that when people move from the rural areas to visit the city, they are completely in New Territories – they have to adjust quickly, both mentally and physically in their interaction and many other aspects. How they speak and behave matters a lot in many ways. Didier, have you noted this in any way?
How are you getting on with your NEW PLACE project idea?
I think the next stage for me now is to start looking for potential subjects for the project; my approach is much people-led (the ‘social actors’) – it’s vital to find the right people. Their comments, responses, conversations or monologues would provide important aspects of the film’s arguments/content. I have to work out quickly if the people I look for should be first or second Diaspora generation, or a mixture (that is one of each?). Maybe you have some thoughts on this?
It’s sometimes best to start with what one knows – So to be more specific, I will be limiting myself to exploring our theme by looking at a slice of the Cameroonian Diaspora in the context of ‘Identity construction’ and the notion of New Place. That’s me.
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