Citizenship Circuits Across The Life Course : The Trans Territorial Journeys Of Mainland Chinese Migrants - Associate Professor Elaine Ho
| Dates: | 24 January 2019 |
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| Times: | 16:30 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester China Institute |
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| Speaker: | Professor Elaine Ho |
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Amid the hype over China’s diaspora strategies, there are areas of neglect and tension that deserve critical scrutiny. Chinese diaspora strategies target the migrant professionals who studied overseas (haiwai xuezhe), rather than the professionals who completed their education in China and moved only when they became accomplished professionals and could capitalise on opportunities for skilled immigration to another country. Such Chinese professionals found Canada an attractive destination for lifestyle reasons and the educational opportunities for their children, but they experienced deskilling abroad and re-migrated to China again. This presentation considers the trans territorial migration circuits of such Mainland Chinese migrants, how they negotiate social reproduction concerns that extend across international borders, and their aspirations for recognition and rights as they journey between China and Canada across the life course. Analysing the multidirectional aspects of migration direct us toward evaluating what it means to stake claims to different components of citizenship in more than one political community across a migrant’s life course.
Speaker
Professor Elaine Ho
Role: Speaker
Organisation: National University of Singapore
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