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Placing African cities in Chinese lives: a comparative study of migrant geographies
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Abstract Based on ethnographic research on Chinese migrants in Nigeria, Botswana, and Namibia from 2011 to 2015, this article has three lines of argumentation and contribution. First, it proposes a framing of migrant geographies from a humanistic comparative perspective in order to complement the political e... view more
Based on ethnographic research on Chinese migrants in Nigeria, Botswana, and Namibia from 2011 to 2015, this article has three lines of argumentation and contribution. First, it proposes a framing of migrant geographies from a humanistic comparative perspective in order to complement the political economy approaches in geographies of migration. Second, lying in the intersection of urban studies and migration studies, it illustrates the different positionalities of cities in three aspects of migrant geographies - migrant space, network, and belonging - echoing the multiscalar analysis of city-making in migration processes. Third, specifically in the context of Chinese migrant geographies, three African cities, Lagos, Gaborone, and Windhoek, are placed in three migrants' geographic worlds, not always according to their positions in multiscalar power structures, but partly through migrant experiences in which top-down power horizontally works.... view less
Keywords
China; migration; migrant; Nigeria; Botswana; Namibia; ethnic group; life style; network; social relations; group membership; town; Africa
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Free Keywords
Arbeit/Beschäftigung; Netzwerk (institutionell/sozial); Zuwanderer; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Page/Pages
p. 130-151
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 53 (2024) 1
Issue topic
Chinese Migrants in Metropolises Abroad: Agency, Interactions, Belonging
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed