Everyday life practices and grounded home of transnational elite immigrants: The case of Guangzhou

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.04.2021618

Abstract

Abstract:

Taking Guangzhou as a case, this study explores the process and daily strategies of establishing the grounded home of transnational elite immigrants from the global north to the global south from the micro perspective of everyday life through semi-structured interviews, observation and tracing. Study found that firstly, "grounded home" is a process and the concept of comprehensive; the realization of the roots need through concrete and small daily practice to complete, and family factors, external environment factors, emotional factors and integrated element such as day-to-day convenience become the main factor of transnational elite decision rooted. Secondly, transnational elite immigrants who have established roots usually use localized daily practice strategies to realize local integration, including housing strategy, food strategy, language strategy and identity strategy, to realize the transformation from strangeness to familiarity and then to root. Thirdly, Mobility changes the sense and understanding of the past home, the present home and the future home of the rooted elite immigrants, and reconstructs the cognition of "being with family". The research has developed the concept of the "grounded home" and embedded daily life in the geographical study of the home, with innovative theoretical and practical significance.

Key words: grounded home, everyday life, transnational elite migration, mobility, Guangzhou City

摘要：

研究以广州为案例地，通过半结构化访谈、观察法和追踪法，借助日常生活的微观视角探究从全球北方流动到全球南方的跨国精英移民扎根的日常策略和家的营造过程。研究发现：①“扎根的家”是一个过程性和综合性的概念，扎根的实现需要通过具体和细小的日常实践来完成，而家庭要素、外部环境要素、情感要素以及日常便利性等综合要素成为跨国精英移民决策扎根的主要因素；②扎根类型的跨国精英移民通常使用在地化的日常实践策略来实现地方融入，包括住房策略、食物策略、语言策略和身份策略，实现从陌生到熟悉再到扎根的转变；③流动性改变了扎根类型的精英移民对于过去的家、现在的家和未来的家的意义感知和理解，重构了“与家人同在”的认知。研究发展了“扎根的家”的概念，并将日常生活嵌入家的地理学研究中，具有创新性的理论和现实意义。

关键词: 扎根的家, 日常生活, 跨国精英移民, 流动性, 广州市

Meixin LIU, Xiaomei CAI, Hong ZHU. Everyday life practices and grounded home of transnational elite immigrants: The case of Guangzhou[J]. World Regional Studies, 2023, 32(4): 144-155.

刘美新, 蔡晓梅, 朱竑. 跨国精英移民的日常生活实践与扎根的家：广州案例[J]. 世界地理研究, 2023, 32(4): 144-155.

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编码	国籍	性别	年龄	来GZ时长	职业	家庭情况
G-1	法国	男	54	13年	法语培训中心老板	已婚，太太是中国潮汕人，有一女
G-2	法国	男	30	1年多	法国餐厅老板	单身，父母离异，爸爸法国人，妈妈中国人
G-3	法国	男	43	10多年	商人	已婚，太太中国东北人，有一儿
G-4	法国	男	35	2年多	红酒酒庄老板	恋爱，女朋友中国广州人
G-5	丹麦	男	35	9年多	英语培训机构老板	已婚，太太广州人
G-6	意大利	男	45	9年多	酒店总厨	已婚，太太中国江西人，有两儿一女
G-7	墨西哥	男	25	6个多月	工程师	单身
G-8	法国	女	38	2年多	大学老师	已婚，先生中国湖北人，有一女
G-9	法国	女	35	4年半	银行高管	已婚，先生中国安徽人，有一儿
G-10	美国	男	39	7年多	电商创业	单身，父母离异
G-11	美国	女	34	8年7个月	艺术家	已婚，先生外国人
G-12	英国	女	32	2年3个月	跨国企业高管	恋爱，男朋友中国江西人

编码	国籍	性别	年龄	来GZ时长	职业	家庭情况
G-1	法国	男	54	13年	法语培训中心老板	已婚，太太是中国潮汕人，有一女
G-2	法国	男	30	1年多	法国餐厅老板	单身，父母离异，爸爸法国人，妈妈中国人
G-3	法国	男	43	10多年	商人	已婚，太太中国东北人，有一儿
G-4	法国	男	35	2年多	红酒酒庄老板	恋爱，女朋友中国广州人
G-5	丹麦	男	35	9年多	英语培训机构老板	已婚，太太广州人
G-6	意大利	男	45	9年多	酒店总厨	已婚，太太中国江西人，有两儿一女
G-7	墨西哥	男	25	6个多月	工程师	单身
G-8	法国	女	38	2年多	大学老师	已婚，先生中国湖北人，有一女
G-9	法国	女	35	4年半	银行高管	已婚，先生中国安徽人，有一儿
G-10	美国	男	39	7年多	电商创业	单身，父母离异
G-11	美国	女	34	8年7个月	艺术家	已婚，先生外国人
G-12	英国	女	32	2年3个月	跨国企业高管	恋爱，男朋友中国江西人

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