“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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