ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the concept of 'transversal crossing and diasporic intersections', and describes the everyday practices and associated transformations that occur in situations of lived difference. The concept 'transversal crossing' spotlights the people and places that produce transformations and intersections between groups in quotidian situations of lived difference. The concept 'diasporic intersections' points to how these processes come to bear on identity orientations of diasporic individuals and groups. The chapter provides some illustrative examples of each of three transversal aspects as they relate to diasporic intersections. Quotidian transversality comprises practices, people and places. The chapter details transversal practices, transversal enablers and transversal places. Generally speaking, transversal enablers like Naser and the Maori farmer's wife serve a number of important functions which create threads of connection across cultural difference – for themselves, and for their local communities.
