The Edge of Place & Identity
Boston is a city of neighborhoods, but it’s not the only one.
People are settlers, seeking place and identity. We simultaneously seek to belong and to stand out.
Cultural groups form niches in the urban fabric and form an idyllic, shared view of the homeland.
The post-immigration identity is shared in the diaspora group and displayed to the host society through food, media and recreation.
At the edges of these cultural neighborhoods the boundaries are blurred. Cultures share and adapt their traditions. Identities are called into question and, sometimes, lost in translation.
The edge is a transitional space between cultures; a space to celebrate both heritage and assimilation.
Is identity enough to create place? If the answer is yes, then how do we navigate cultural space, learn from it and inform it?
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