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“diaspora”

Oxford dictionary definition:

diaspora /dʌɪˈasp(ə)rə / noun the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland: ▸the diaspora of boat people from Asia

Synonyms: scattering, displacement, dispersion, separated

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“root”

Oxford dictionary definition:

root1 /ruːt / ▸ noun the part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres: 1 cacti have deep and spreading roots a tree root

[as modifier] root growth.

Synonyms: roots(heritage), decent, breed, origin, pedigree, line

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“identity”

identity /ʌɪˈdɛntɪti / ▸ noun

(plural identities)the fact of being who or what a person or thing is:

Synonyms: self, existence, name, status, integrity

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“Generational trauma”

Wikipedia description:

Transgenerational trauma is the psychological and physiological effects that the trauma experienced by people has on subsequent generations in that group. The primary mode of transmission is the shared family environment

words that share a link:

heirloom, ancestral, survival, fractured, fragmented

Themes: lack of identity, trying to reconnect roots, confused and lost as too what they should connect too

Reconnect: puzzle, sewing, mending, healing

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a bird from Asia that's migration path has been disrupted and have been spotted in Europe 

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yellow- browned leaf warbler; migration pattern.

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yellow- browned leaf warbler; migration pattern.

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"Halle/Saale. Migratory birds make mistakes in terms of direction, but not distance. These are the findings of a team of ornithologists and ecologists from the University of Marburg, the Ornithological Society in Bavaria and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), writing in the Journal of Ornithology. The scientists assessed several thousand reports of Asian birds from the leaf-warbler and thrush families that had strayed to Europe. They discovered that the distance between the breeding grounds in northern Siberia and the wintering sites in southern Asia was often similar to the distance between the breeding grounds and Europe. The more similar the distances and the more numerous a particular species, the higher the probability of this species of bird straying to Europe."

site;https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=35611

analysis: how dose this link with mt irp?

my irp's starting point is the ethics of precolonial tattooing however, the overarching themes i want to explore is migration within the Filipino diaspora, specifically those of us who have relocated to white-centred western countries and the complex identity that comes with it - through my worksheet i wanted to expand on the imagery tied to migration and found a link too the migration patterns of birds and human migration. i started to research birds with a flight pattern from Asia to Europe and found that it's actually not a natural occurrence and is hypothesised to be a genetic error within these two families of bird.

this resonated with me and i want to make these the point of focus and also find a way for it to still be recognisable to my target demographic as i plan to use this poster to link to a survey i can use in my irp research

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roots, a easily recognisable way to vissually represent heritage.

how can I evolve this imagery to reference my irp?

-i could illistrate filipino specific imagry into tangled within the roots

- uproot the plant

-the process of repotting a plant into soil that it's not native too is a visual metaphor that links well to my irp

analysis; while it is a very clear way to depict reconnecting to your roots i feel as if it's too obvious and if i where to incorporate it into my poster i'd like for it to be more deconstructed and a textural element to elevate a point of focus

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Spanish illustration of a 'pintados' precolonial filipino  

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incorporation;

the illustrative link to my irp is the art of 'batok' i want to incorporate the patterns and symbolism within this art form to communicate the underlining theme of mt irp.

using patters; the patterns are repetitive and simplistic, they communicate the tattooed persons story, using the research i did for my proposal i can incorporate the symbolism that links to migration but i also want to have my own artistic spin, potentially fading or disconnecting certain lines to show how foreign it is to most of the Filipino diaspora

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why stamps? - the imagery chosen on these stamps are specifically chosen because they are what clearest represents the Philippines

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the BIG thing that stuck - Catholicism, a symbol of Spanish imperialism and ancestorial erasure and assimilation is potentially the biggest impactful thing to come prom the colonisation of the Philippines, its influence dictates the majority of our holidays, how families are relationships should be, what the Filipino mindset is lead by

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historical vs cultural Filipinos, when asking a Filipino whether migrant or not if they are more familiar with Batok or karaoke culture i can almost granite karaoke has played a more significant part in their filipino identity.

analysis; there is a clear divide between cultural and historical heritage especially in countries with an expansive history of colonialism - but why do people seek historical tattoos over cultural ones?

the want to return to the precolonial practises is a rejection of western ideals, a way to honor your ancestors and arguably a way to morn the culture you could have had

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why is this a dumb tat?

its Polanyian - Hawaii -

this uses a mixture of Batok and Polanyian symbols without proper research this dum dum has plastered a whole other cultures heritage on his arm and slapped the Filipino sun over it, this is was way more common during the early 2000's but still happens present day,

note - this is genuinely what i thought Filipino tattoos where

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why is this a sick tat?

similar to the dumb tat it has the Filipino sun on it which is a very common design but why is this one sick and the other not?

this person has researched and gone to an actual artist who is educated and clearly knows what Batok is, this is a reflection of their ancestors and a really beautiful way of honouring them and your culture.

opposition; even if someone this was someone's intention why still dose it need to be so permanent? and are these symbols from different provinces all melded together? is this inauthentic?

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baybayin is the most well known precolonial pinoy skript that has recently had a resurgence as first gen filipinos attempt to learn it to reconnect to their precolonial ancestors.

fun fact; every letter is a consonant

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the yellow leaf wadler is a from Asia that due to a migratory issue has been found in Europe