Being "Gurkha", Becoming British: Fashion, Creativity and Diaspora Identity Formation Amongst Young Nepali Migrants

成为“廓尔喀人”，成为英国人：尼泊尔年轻移民的时尚、创造力和侨民身份形成

基本信息

批准号：
1798945
负责人：
金额：
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依托单位：
University of the Arts London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Studentship
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1798945
关键词：
Being Gurkha Becoming British Fashion

项目摘要

The aim of this study is to observe Nepali youth fashion, arts, activities and education in Britain to see how Nepali cultures are being preserved and how new cultures are being made. Since 2004, Gurkha families migrated multi-generational households to Britain under new UK settlement rights. Once in the UK, the Nepali youth quickly organized music, dance and fashion events and began to pursue arts courses without the pressures to focus on vocational professional training experienced by other South Asian communities.This research explores the reasons for and outcomes of such trends in the shaping of new transnational identities through the world of fashion and arts-related education and activities. It seeks to chart creative production by observing community and youth events in order to advance definitions of culture, class, and modernity through migration. This study is informed by contemporary research on identities constructed through digital technologies, making contributions to new explorations of globalized fashion consumption. Studying young artists, bloggers and fashion students, this project extends the framework for youth subcultural studies by taking into account cross-generational negotiations, bringing the often-missing voices of parents and elders into studies of youth subcultures. It will study cultural preservation and change; parents pass on traditions as children help them with details of 'British' styling. Recently, devastating earthquakes strengthened ties to Nepal. Nepali youth in Britain responded with arts- related fundraisers to rebuild schools, art centres and assist health projects. Further disruptions in Nepal grew after a new constitution and a blockade by India. The urgency of these crises changed the context for young Nepalis who already hoped to utilise arts in projects for sustainability and development. Between anxieties about a homeland and creating new selves, this project examines how a young generation navigates between learning what it means to be "Gurkha" and becoming British.

这项研究的目的是观察英国的尼泊尔青年时尚，艺术，活动和教育，以了解如何保存尼泊尔文化以及如何制作新文化。自2004年以来，古尔卡（Gurkha）家庭根据新的英国定居点将多代家庭移民到英国。到达英国后，尼泊尔青年迅速组织了音乐，舞蹈和时尚活动，并开始参加艺术课程，而没有压力，专注于其他南亚社区经历的职业专业培训。这项研究探讨了通过时尚和艺术教育和艺术教育和活动的新跨国认同塑造新跨国认同的原因和结果的原因。它试图通过观察社区和青年事件来绘制创造性生产，以通过移民来推进文化，阶级和现代性的定义。当代研究通过数字技术构建的身份，为全球时尚消费的新探索做出了贡献。研究年轻的艺术家，博客和时尚学生，该项目通过考虑跨代谈判，将父母和长老的声音经常带入青年亚文化研究，从而扩展了青年亚文化研究的框架。它将研究文化保护和变革；父母在小时候就通过传统来帮助他们提供“英国”风格的细节。最近，毁灭性地震加强了与尼泊尔的联系。英国的尼泊尔青年以与艺术相关的筹款活动做出了回应，以重建学校，艺术中心和协助健康项目。尼泊尔的新宪法和印度封锁后，尼泊尔的进一步破坏不断增长。这些危机的紧迫性改变了年轻的尼泊尔人的背景，他们已经希望将艺术在可持续性和发展中利用艺术。在对祖国的焦虑和创造新的自我之间，该项目研究了年轻一代在学习成为“古尔卡”和成为英国的含义之间如何导航。