Abstract
Here I look at how the Armenian Diaspora community deals with the world outside the ethnic boundaries of the group. Overall the Armenians are a well integrated minority, but there is a fear within their narrative that can be linked to the Armenian genocide. Integration and assimilation are highly interlinked and the fear of disappearing is prevalent.
“A recent study of Armenians in London suggests that the commitment and efforts of members of an ethnic group to delineate its boundaries and assert its identity are greatest when other lines of demarcation between it and ‘outsiders’, for example occupational, residential or economic, are becoming even more blurred.”
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Manoug’s life story is also atypical to a certain degree. He has unique reasons for emphasizing the Armenian genocide. Whereas most Armenians emphasize it because it connects them to the group, Manoug’s motivation is more personal. It is the only thing that does not directly clash with his Armenian or Assyrian identity. Genocide is what his parents share in their collective histories.
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I would prefer to replace objectivity here with intersubjectivity. It is namely in the sharing of ideas that they become tangible.
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Holslag, A. (2018). Jermag Charrt. In: The Transgenerational Consequences of the Armenian Genocide. Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69260-9_8
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