Navigating Belonging: Exploring settlement for South Asians in
Hong Kong through narratives and participatory photography
// 為歸屬感確定方向：通過敘事和參與式攝影探索在香港的南亞群體的聚居地
“It's not easy for us to go to back again our country, but I want to feel the presence of my country. (...) When I go [to the temple] I feel that I am present in my own country. That's the belonging which I feel my life.” //「對我地嚟講，要返去自己嘅國家真係好難 ....... 但我依然想喺度尋找『家』嘅依歸、『家』嘅蹤影。當我去到到寺廟嗰陣，我忽然覺得自己恍如置身故鄉：呢種熟悉感，對我嚟講，就係『歸屬感』。」
Laxmi, participant from Photovoice workshop
研究參與者 Laxmi
/ 為歸屬感定方向：
研究項目概要
《為歸屬感確定方向》主要透過參與式攝影同埋數碼媒體故事，探討在港南亞裔人士嘅歸屬感。
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Our project Navigating Belonging explores belonging, for people from South Asian backgrounds in Hong Kong through participatory photography and digital storytelling.
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/ navigating belonging:
a project overview
// But if we ask, “what is belonging to you”, or even, “what does it mean to (or not to) belonging”, the answer becomes vastly varied and personal.
// 但如果問深一層：「『歸屬感』對你黎講係乜嘢一回事？」，又或者「一個人究竟點樣先算『屬於』（或者唔屬於）一個空間？」，成件事就會截然不同。對於呢兩條問題，每個人都會有唔同嘅反思 —— 甚至發覺呢個根本係無既定答案嘅無底深洞。
// The working definition for the researchers on this project is "a person’s experience of who they are, in relation to those around them, and to places, spaces and communities.”
要取字面廣義嘅話，『歸屬感』可籠統解作「一個人同周圍嘅人、地方、空間同社群嘅關係及個人體驗」。
The Navigating Belonging project is an activity of Nexus: The Belonging Research Network, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (https://nexusbrn.hkust.edu.hk) in collaboration with the community arts-for-education lab be/longing (https://belonginghk.wordpress.com/). It is funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (GRF16600322, 1/10/2022-31/3/2024, lead investigator James Simpson).
呢項研究旨在了解在港南亞裔人士點樣透過個人故事敍述及攝影去定義、感受、尋找佢哋嘅歸屬感。
/ navigating belonging: / aims to understand how people from South Asian backgrounds in Hong Kong define, sense, find and negotiate their belonging – or in other words, how they navigate belonging – through narrative and participatory photography.
Navigating Belonging: Exploring settlement for South Asians in Hong Kong through narratives and participatory photography
// 為歸屬感確定方向：通過敘事和參與式攝影探索在香港的南亞群體的聚居地
“It's not easy for us to go to back again our country, but I want to feel the presence of my country. (...) When I go [to the temple] I feel that I am present in my own country. That's the belonging which I feel my life.” //「對我地嚟講，要返去自己嘅國家真係好難 ....... 但我依然想喺度尋找『家』嘅依歸、『家』嘅蹤影。當我去到到寺廟嗰陣，我忽然覺得自己恍如置身故鄉：呢種熟悉感，對我嚟講，就係『歸屬感』。」
Laxmi, participant from Photovoice workshop
研究參與者 Laxmi
Our project Navigating Belonging explores belonging, for people from South Asian backgrounds in Hong Kong through participatory photography and digital storytelling.
We first ask: What is belonging? This question can be answered in multiple ways:
The working definition for the researchers on this project is "a person’s experience of who they are, in relation to those around them, and to places, spaces and communities.”
// But if we ask, “what is belonging to you”, or even, “what does it mean to (or not to) belonging”, the answer becomes vastly varied and personal for everyone.
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《為歸屬感確定方向》主要透過參與式攝影同埋數碼媒體故事，探討在港南亞裔人士嘅歸屬感。
但要探討呢個議題就先要明白何謂『歸屬感』。呢條問題，仔細咀嚼下，亦可以有千千萬萬個答案。
要取字面廣義嘅話，『歸屬感』可籠統解作「一個人同周圍嘅人、地方、空間同社群嘅關係及個人體驗」。但如果問深一層：「『歸屬感』對你黎講係乜嘢一回事？」，又或者「一個人究竟點樣先算『屬於』（或者唔屬於）一個空間？」，成件事就會截然不同。對於呢兩條問題，每個人都會有唔同嘅反思 —— 甚至發覺呢個根本係無既定答案嘅無底深洞。
> What is this project about? 其實呢項研究係做咩㗎？歸屬感？即係點？
/ navigating belonging:
a project overview
為歸屬感定方向：
研究項目概要
The Navigating Belonging project is an activity of Nexus: The Belonging Research Network, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (https://nexusbrn.hkust.edu.hk) in collaboration with the community arts-for-education lab be/longing (https://belonginghk.wordpress.com/). It is funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (GRF16600322, 1/10/2022-31/3/2024, lead investigator James Simpson).
aims to understand how people from South Asian backgrounds in Hong Kong define, sense, find and negotiate their belonging – or in other words, how they navigate belonging – through narrative and participatory photography
呢項研究旨在了解在港南亞裔人士點樣定義、感受、尋找同埋商榷佢哋嘅歸屬感 —— 換句話講，我哋想知道究竟佢哋點樣為自己嘅歸屬感定方向。
/ navigating belonging: /