Constructing a Theory of Individual Space: Understanding Transnational Migration through the Experience of Return Chinese Immigrants from Canada in Beijing

Autor/in	Ding, Yueya
Titel	Constructing a Theory of Individual Space: Understanding Transnational Migration through the Experience of Return Chinese Immigrants from Canada in Beijing
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 13 (2015) 2, S.260-275 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2014.934074
Schlagwörter	Asians; Immigrants; Social Integration; Acculturation; Lifelong Learning; Citizenship; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Social Adjustment; Self Concept; Futures (of Society); Mobility; Interviews; Canada; China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Soziale Integration; Akkulturation; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Staatsbürgerschaft; Korrelation; Ausland; Soziale Anpassung; Selbstkonzept; Future; Society; Zukunft; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kanada
Abstract	Drawing on life history research, this study critically examines the transnational experiences of return Chinese immigrants from Canada in Beijing. Through the accounts of their experiences, it explores different integration and reintegration strategies, including self-adjustment, lifelong learning and flexible citizenship. A native concept of "space" is examined and a theory of individual space (IS) is constructed. The study demonstrates that immigrants' integration is a process of constant construction and reconstruction of their expected IS in various societies. This space defines the self and its relationship to others and the outside world. By spatial transformation, migrants break spatial limitations to seek a better future. The tension between IS and the society the migrant enters determines the ongoing characteristics of contemporary transnational migration. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01