This piece introduces the author's doctoral research, “Roots: establishing British Caribbean Diasporic identity through dance.” The research identifies how choreographic and movement practices function to establish and affirm British Caribbean Diasporic identities, focusing on how this occurs within two generations of British Caribbean Diasporic artists who have been creating and performing work since the 1970s to 2019. In this introduction, the author details her entrance into the research, the methods and approaches used, and one of the key theoretical concepts of the research: practices of rooting.

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根源：通过舞蹈的具体空间探索英属加勒比流浪汉身份

这篇文章介绍了作者的博士研究，“根源：通过舞蹈建立不列颠加勒比的流浪汉身份”。这项研究确定了编舞和运动实践如何建立和确认不列颠加勒比流浪者的身份，重点研究了自1970年代至2019年以来一直在创作和表演作品的两代不列颠加勒比流浪者艺术家中是如何发生的。详细介绍了她的研究工作，所用的方法和方法，以及研究的关键理论概念之一：生根实践。