The process of place identity iteration from a life-course perspective: An analysis of individual-family mobility
Received date: 2018-11-08
Request revised date: 2019-01-15
Online published: 2019-06-27
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 41801155
Open Project for Research Center for Economy of Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of Ministry of Education, No. KFJJ2018005
Chongqing Social Science Planning Project, No. 2018QNSH43.
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Driven by the social process of modernization and urbanization, place identity is undergoing transition and iteration. Different from other sectional studies of place identity from a static perspective, the authors adopted a dynamic perspective based on the life-course theory and mobility of home. The authors selected an individual and his family with a life span of 70 years as the research subject, tracked the change of their place identity with migration and through time, and analyzed its social meaning with a life-history approach. The conclusion is that, place identity undergoes dynamic changes, including transition and iteration during spatiotemporal transition and life experience accumulation, in the process of rural-urban migration of the earliest Guangzhou migrants, Mr. Y and his family (the individual-family subject). This dynamic change connects tightly with the mobility of home. While migrating, the individual and his family members produced place resistance and place thrust, which combined and resulted in the iteration of place identity. Social environment and social scenes, family roles, cultural adaptation, and individual behavior adjustments are important factors influencing place identity iteration in the process of urbanization. This case study also found that, the changes of family types and generation gap could affect the extent to which place identity iteration occur. Therefore: 1) Place identity is not a static sense of place. It will dynamically transform and iterate with the change of time and space and the layering of life experience. 2) The individual-family life course is an important dimension to elaborate and interpret the local economic and social development. The flow of the family is the basis for uncovering the iterative process of place identity. Because the flow of the family connects different places, the life and personality of the family members brand different localities in the process of flow, and then place identity changes dynamically. 3) Different macro geographic conditions are the binding conditions for the iterative change of individual-family place identity. The more places experienced by individual-family, the more likely that the place identity has an iterative process.
Key words: mobility; alien land; homeland; urban-rural migration; urbanization; family
WANG Li , ZHANG Jianjun . The process of place identity iteration from a life-course perspective: An analysis of individual-family mobility[J]. PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY, 2019 , 38(6) : 896 -903 . DOI: 10.18306/dlkxjz.2019.06.010
Fig.1 Analytical framework of place identity from a life-course perspective图1 生命历程视角下的地方认同分析框架 |
Fig.2 Flow diagram of the interview process图2 访谈过程及其动态变化 |
Fig.3 Mr. Y's migration routes since 1960图3 1960年以来Y叔居住地变迁 |
Tab.1 Mr. Y’s migration path表1 Y叔居住地变化 |
地点 | 时段或时间 | 搬迁原因 | 家庭成员 | 居住状态 | 行政区属 |
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A | 1960—1963年 | 入城读书,借宿 | 与姚家6人 | 寄人篱下 | 海珠区 |
B | 1963—1966年 | 工作单位分配宿舍 | 自己 | 独居 | 天河区 |
1966年 | 帮助姚家 | 与姚家4人 | 报答恩人 | ||
1967—1975年 | 结婚生子 | 妻子、儿女 | 一家四口 | ||
1975—1983年 | 父亲搬入林场宿舍 | 父亲、妻子、儿女 | 一家五口 | ||
1983—1990年 | 父亲去世 | 妻子、儿女 | 一家四口 | ||
C | 1990—1994年 | 干部在市区分房 | 妻子 | 夫妻居住 | 天河-白云-越秀区 |
1994—1995年 | 购买房改房,儿子结婚 | 妻子、儿子儿媳 | 一家四口 | ||
1995—1996年 | 孙子出生 | 妻子、儿子儿媳、孙子 | 一家五口 | ||
D | 1996—2015年 | 旧城广园路扩路改造,城中村拆迁 | 妻子、儿子儿媳、孙子 | 一家五口 | 天河-白云-越秀区 |
E | 2015年至今 | 年事高,寻求电梯房 | 妻子、儿子儿媳、孙子 | 一家五口 | 白云区 |
Fig.4 Activities in different stages of Mr. Y's life图4 Y叔不同生命阶段的生活活动 |
Fig.5 Influencing factors for place identity iteration图5 地方认同迭代的影响因素 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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