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Research on Expatriates in London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai. Presentation at the Association of American Geographers Meeting in New York City, 28 Feb 2012
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“There’s No Place Like Home”
Kennie Ting Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
28 February 2012
New Conceptions of Home for Young Mobile Persons in 6 Global Cities
6 Global Cities
30 Young Mobile Persons
Methods
Ethnographic Approach o Everyday Challenges, Frustrations and Pleasures of
Relocation and Home-making? o What is Home?
Deconstructive Close-reading o Paying attention not just to what they say but how
they say it o Analysing moments of clarity in the conversation
“There’s No Place Like Home because…
Home is not a Place.
…Home is a Non-place
…Home is an In-between Place
…Home is a Bricolage of Ordinary E/Affects
…Home is a State of Emergency
…Home is a Strong Network of Weak Ties
…Home is a Cloud
Going Home?
Thank you
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