| dc.description.abstract | One can argue that diaspora and dance have a common denomination which is the physical movement of the body in space and time but with different emotional expressions. While diasporans might be living, and settled in a host country, the connection to their home countries either by physical travels, remittance, or phone calls indicates their inextricably continuous attachment to their homes, just as movement is attached to dance. This research was set out to investigate the impact of diaspora on dance heritage practices and transmission of Ugandans in Trondheim, Norway. It necessitated the quest into their lived dance experiences through family visits, football events and parties, to try and address the continuity and transmission of their dance practices. The research was guided by two main questions; How/when do Ugandans perform and continue their dance heritage in Trondheim? What are the notions of dance heritage transmission in the diasporic context? To answer those questions, ethnographic research methods were applied to collect the necessary material for analysis. Nonetheless, some tools of data collection had limitations partly due to the COVID-19 Pandemic restrictions. The concepts of social cohesion, communality and learning in situ as transmission theories were evident on most social occasions which propels the continuity of dance practice and transmission. They propose new models of learning through social interactions rather than the formal processes of cognitive learning. | en_US |
