Open AccessTransnational Trajectories and Cultural Identity: Lessons from the Chilean-Australian Experience
Author(s) -
Philippa Collin
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
portal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1449-2490
DOI - 10.5130/portal.v1i2.60
Subject(s) - identity (music) , reading (process) , regional integration , political science , national identity , cultural identity , process (computing) , economic geography , economic growth , geography , gender studies , regional science , sociology , economics , negotiation , politics , computer science , law , operating system , physics , acoustics
This paper raises questions about the development of cultural identity as it will transform and impact upon the process of regional integration in the Asia Pacific Rim, through a consideration of the post-national tendencies created by migrant populations, in this case the Chilean diasporic community. I am specifically interested in how nationalisms impact on regional integration projects and how a post-national reading of the region might be beneficial in developing strategies in regional integration