À propos de la conférence
The Tibetan diaspora today have undergone significant structural changes since Miller’s (1956) formative work on kyidu in the early days of exile in Nepal and India. Grounded in findings from a larger fieldwork conducted between 2020–2022 in the Tibetan communities of metro Vancouver and Toronto, I examine how the shifting dynamics of intra-group kinship formations and power relations within the larger diaspora influence kyidu articulations and practices today. Focusing on the fluidity of the term’s conceptual scope, role and formations, I discuss how kyidu members and proponents locate its organizational practices as being in the service of the larger social good (spyi tsogs zhabs zhu). Situating kyidu’s symbolic and performative presence as the ‘other space’, I underline how diasporic subalternity (re)produces the notion of culture itself as social helping.
Zoom: https://ulaval.zoom.us/j/8892424519?pwd=TFBKS3ZmRFppZmVNWUZJaXBpR1djQT09&omn=63106567514
À propos de la conférencière : Tsering Dolkar Watermeyer (Memorial University)
Tsering Dolkar Watermeyer (she/her) is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work, Memorial University. Her research explores diasporic social work(s), kinship care practices and the development of decolonial social welfare systems. Tsering’s ‘practice’ area focuses on immigrants and refugee resettlement and trauma-informed care within Addictions and Mental health.
Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici.
