COP Group Tutorial

After taking part in a tutorial about the progress of our essays, I have received some suggestions about more direct themes to explore. I was recommended to look at the term 'Hybridity', and the idea of British Identity in the 21st Century, and how since the turn of the millennium, British Identity has become more of a complex thing to define. 

The Singh Twins, the artists that have influenced my project, can be described as having a Hybrid identity, which is a mixture of different cultural backgrounds. This ideology can be used to refer to a  large portion of people in the UK, leading to the question, what does the term 'British Identity' mean? There are obvious traditional discourses surrounding Britishness, which in some ways are highlighted by the BNP political party, as dated as their beliefs may be viewed. However, in modern British society things are alot different. 

The link below is to an article that I found quite interesting and relevant, which covers what people in todays society believe to be British.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7577539.stm

After discussion in my tutorial, I have decided to focus on the subject 'The Complexity of British Identity in the 21st Century'. I think this is a really relevant idea for my initial research, and is something that is very relevant to society today. I feel that not only would this question be interesting to research, but also it is an interesting theme to be explored visually.