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Co-habitation of three generations in a migrant family in Shanghai

Housing and family: intergenerational relationships in the residential strategy

A case study of the co-habitation of three generations in a migrant family in Shanghai

  • « Zhufang yu jiating : juzhu celuo zhong de daiji guanxi – shanghai yimin jiating sandai tongju gean diaocha 住房与家庭:居住策略中的代际关系 – 上海移民家庭三代同居个案调查», Qinnian yanjiu,  2011 n°6, p.33-42.

Full text available in Chinese  on the CNKI : http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTOTAL-QNYJ201106005.htm

 The residential strategies, including the motivation of house – purchasing, the selection of house-types and the arrangement of residential space, are all closely related to the family relationships. On one side, the use of residential space reflects the conflicts and compromises among family members. On the other side, it also contributes to shape the family relations. Through observations and interviews with family Li (a migrant family of three generations in Shanghai), this paper examines the role of housing in defining the intergenerational relationships from the two angles of residential track and space practice. It also attempts to disclose in-depth family relationships and its evolution behind the space of everyday life.

购房的动机、住宅类型的选择和住宅空间的安排等居住策略与家庭 关系紧密相关。对住宅空间的使用一方面体现着家庭成员的冲突和妥协,另一方面也形塑着家庭内部的人际关系。本文通过对上海移民李先生一家三代同居生活的观 察和访谈,从居住轨迹和空间实践两个角度来考察住房在代际关系形成过程中所扮演的角色,并揭示住宅空间背后深层次的家庭关系及其变化。

Jacqueline Nivard

Jacqueline Nivard, Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine

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Yang Chen has defended his thesis

Photo credit: J. Teisera

Yang Chen has defended his thesis on  “ Social changes and spatial transformations of working-class neighborhoods of Shanghai (1949-2010): the case of Caoyang city ”, at  the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)  –  190-198 avenue de France, salle 1  –  75013 Paris, on October 16th 2012 and received the  mention very honourable distinction with congratulations from the jury.

  • Thesis advisor: François Gipouloux (CNRS)
  • Thesis committee: Françoise Ged (Observatoire de l’architecture de Chine contemporaine), Roland Lin Chih-Hung (CREOPS-Unesco), Isabelle Thireau (CNRS-EHESS), Alain Viaro (Université de Genève)

Jacqueline Nivard

Jacqueline Nivard, Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine

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