This presentation examines the role of memory among members of first-generation Chilean emigrants to Australia and Melbourne; more specifically looking at how they adapt to Australian society while they still remain anchored to their home...
moreThis presentation examines the role of memory among members of first-generation Chilean emigrants to Australia and Melbourne; more specifically looking at how they adapt to Australian society while they still remain anchored to their home country in soul and spirit. The analysis will be inserted into a memory studies framework, with Ricoeurian theories primarily drawn from. His reflections on nostalgia, memory and belonging are readily applicable to our focus on citizens who fled their country under difficult circumstances, carrying with them wounds that needed healing. And yet, they eventually managed to carve a new space for themselves in a territory far away from their homeland, where they embarked on a new chapter that would leave them forever changed while at the same time they were able to connect with their Chilean motherland in a different way.
