Meanings

So I suppose vistors to this blog may wonder what this all means...What is multinationality? What exactly is a Multicultural Conundrum? Well now, let's get into it:

These terms refer to the perspectives and thoughts of individuals who share an identity and likewise a viewpoint that spans across cultures, nations, spaces and places. Generally speaking, I guess the multicultural conundrum is the experience of feeling that you are able to identify with a number of places and people all at once, but at the same time you find yourself unable to shake the feeling that by understanding multiple perspectives, you are perpetually unable to identify with just one, resulting in a notion that you, your viewpoints, and your personal experiences somehow exist in a space that lies "betwixt and between"(to use a favourite anthropology quote) the normative views of whatever society you might find yourself in.

This kind of splendidly schizophrenic sense of identity will unavoidably lead to various conundrums - I'd say it leads to more personal conundrums than the average person deals with on a regular basis. Multinationality is similar, referring to a sense of plurality when it comes to national identity and belonging (and probably a general repulsion to patriotism as a result).

Aside from the more general meanings of these silly terms I've come up with, there's also the idea that these terms lay the foundation for all the posts to come - from politics to fashion to random diatribes, we are all seeing the world through a multicoloured lens and from my experience we all feel a need now and then to share comments and thoughts that are inevitably unique and deviant from the norm. Which is a wonderful thing. In short, this isn't just about where we come from, it's about where we are, what we're doing, and where we're going. The whole multinationality/multicultural conundrum thing is just the mainspring.

So hemm. How does this lead to a blog? Well naturally, we're all individuals, and so the blog will act as a prism that differentiates and disseminates these balready multifaceted views, and incidentally we are at the moment spread across 4 countries, and so this is also a space in which we can share, connect, and discuss....without being interrogated as to why and how we come to the conclusions that we do.