Curaçao and the Folding Diaspora: Contesting the Party Tambú in the Netherlands

[...]the folded diaspora affords Curaçaoans a place of perceived safety and strength-an arena in which (borrowing from James Clifford) to construct "alternative public spheres, forms of community con- sciousness and solidarity that maintain identifications outside the national time/space [of the Netherlands] in order to live inside, with a difference" (Clifford 1994,308). Conclusion The "folded diaspora" concept offers a new perspective on how the terms host country and homeland are defined, extending diasporic discourse by further articulating what is meant by "there" and "here."