Diaspora as Living Continuity

Research Focus

We introduce the framework of living continuity to explore how dispersed populations maintain deep connections to their origins despite physical separation. Drawing on the Indigenous Australian philosophy of Kanyini, the text argues that belonging is a dynamic process of relational responsibility rather than a static attachment to a location. We identify storytelling, collective memory, and kinship networks as the vital infrastructure that allows cultural identity to travel across generations and borders. By prioritizing relational persistence over geographic displacement, our research offers a new lens for understanding how homeland and ancestry remain active influences in a mobile world. We suggest that diasporic life is defined by the ongoing labor of renewing ties to people and places across vast distances.