The Journey of the third culture kids 
in search of home
The definition of home is varied when third culture kids (TCKs) have multiple places they call “home”. The domestic space of a home is nothing but a temporary dwelling to TCKs; instead, spaces full of memories and experiences are the ones they call “home”. Globalization accelerates the numbers of TCKs like me, in which self-identity and rootlessness become our “unresolved grief”. In this research, the meaning of home is specified into four phases: the BEGINNING, the IN-BETWEENS, the ENCOUNTER, and the RETURNS. The acknowledgement of home might change during each phase which either TCKs find a temporary sense of belonging or are rejected by their surrounding. The process of dealing with such changes becomes elements that TCKs use to construct “home”, like how they weave their experiences and backgrounds into their own unique story to share. Each phase portrays different meanings of homes to TCKs in their life stages and their journey in the search for the home.
YEAR
2020
GENRE
Writing, Graphics
PUBLICATION
Museum of Domestics Design and Architecture
AWARD
Interior Educator Award "RE-DEFINE"
Writing | Nomination

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