VIRTUAL EVENT: Youth mobility in East Asia
This webinar is the second event in the youth mobility series and will focus on student mobility in East Asia.
VIRTUAL EVENT: Youth mobility in East Asia
11 May 2021, 12:00 – 13:00
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Presentations
Cross-boundary mobilities for education in East Asia: tiredness and exhaustion
Drawing on her primary research with families in Hong Kong, Professor Johanna Waters (UCL Geography) will share her findings on how families discuss emotions and feelings in their narratives of daily trans-border commutes for schooling, focusing on the prevalence of tiredness and exhaustion.
Urbanised, liminal, permeated, and twisted: four orientations of habitus in rural students’ transitions to urban life
Jiexiu Chen (UCL Institute of Education) will present findings from her research in China on rural students’ experiences of settling down in the city.
Building on Bourdieu to examine migration across social boundaries, Jiexiu proposes four orientations of habitus to demonstrate individuals’ tendencies to maintain continuity or embrace changes: urbanised habitus, liminal habitus, permeated habitus, and twisted habitus.
After the presentations, Dr Cora Xu (Durham University) will identify cross-cutting themes and invite questions from webinar participants.
CGY Youth Mobility seminar series
The Centre for Global Youth (CGY) is hosting a series of webinars to explore youth mobility practices in different parts of the world. Over 5 weeks in May and June, the seminars will examine how and why young people become mobile, drawing on the experience of young people in India, China, Australia and the UK.
The events will consider internal mobility, international students, service workers, graduates, and young unaccompanied asylum seekers.
Links
- Centre for Global Youth blog: Youth mobility webinar series week 2: China
- Tweet with #YouthMobilities
- Centre for Global Youth
- Department of Education, Practice and Society
Image: Robert Bye via Unsplash
Professor of Human Geography and Co-Director of the Migration Research Unit
UCL
Johanna has worked for a number of years on aspects of transnational families, education and migration, with a particular interest in East Asia.
Jiexiu Chen
PhD candidate
UCL Institute of Education
Jiexiu's research interests include social mobility, urban-rural migration, cross-cultural adaptation, and higher education policy.
Further information
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Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes