diasporas
Communities living abroad
Diasporas is the plural of diaspora, which refers to a population scattered from its homeland.
The Jewish diaspora is the original and paradigmatic example—communities dispersed across the world while maintaining cultural and religious identity.
The term now applies broadly to any ethnic or national group living outside their ancestral territory: the African diaspora, the Armenian diaspora, the Irish diaspora.
Members of diasporas often preserve traditions, maintain ties to homeland, and form distinct communities in their adopted countries.
Banishment from homeland
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- asylumShelter from persecution
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
expulsion · deportation · persecution · statelessness · exodus · banishment · uprooting · scattering
Family line of descent
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- cultureCollective social practices
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
customs · folklore · language · cuisine · rituals · genealogy · legacy · motherland
State of fitting in
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- communityCollective of connected people
- kinshipState of being related
solidarity · nostalgia · alienation · in-between · code-switching · second-generation · minority · self-identification
Territories surrounded by another
- ChinatownAsian immigrant neighborhood
- KoreatownDistrict with Korean culture
- barrioHispanic urban district
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
settlement · neighborhood · networks · associations · remittances · churches · mosques · temples
Spanning national boundaries
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- brain-gainInflux of educated immigrants
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
technology · communication · travel · globalization · networks · mobility · ties · bridges
exile
Banishment from homeland
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- asylumShelter from persecution
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
immigration · expulsion · deportation · persecution · statelessness · exodus · banishment · uprooting · scattering · flight
ancestry
Family line of descent
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- cultureCollective social practices
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
lineage · customs · folklore · language · cuisine · rituals · genealogy · legacy · motherland · fatherland
belonging
State of fitting in
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- communityCollective of connected people
kinship · solidarity · nostalgia · alienation · in-between · code-switching · second-generation · minority · self-identification · rootedness
enclaves
Territories surrounded by another
- ChinatownAsian immigrant neighborhood
- KoreatownDistrict with Korean culture
- barrioHispanic urban district
ghetto · settlement · neighborhood · networks · associations · remittances · churches · mosques · temples · synagogues
cross-border
Spanning national boundaries
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- brain-gainInflux of educated immigrants
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
philanthropy · technology · communication · travel · globalization · networks · mobility · ties · bridges
Jewish
Of a Semitic people
Chinese · Indian · Greek · Palestinian · Lebanese · Caribbean · Vietnamese · Korean · Filipino · Italian
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- human geographycultural landscape, demographics, migration, demography, urbanization
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- BalkansAlbania, Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kosovo
diasporashomelands
Countries of origin
indigenous populations · native populations · indigenous peoples · native peoples · aboriginals
diasporasingathering
Act of assembling together
repatriation · aliyah · homecoming · convergence · reunification
- African diasporaGlobal spread from one continent
- Jewish diasporaScattered population from Israel
- Irish diasporaIrish population outside Ireland
- Asian diasporaMigration from Eastern continent
- Cuban diasporaEmigrants from the island nation