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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/li-miaos-talk-title-tba/
SUMMARY:Retaining Desire for Social Mobility Within and Beyond Schooling: A
  Longitudinal Ethnography of Migrant Youth in China
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\nBa
 sed on the results of China’s seventh national population census in 2020
 \, 71.09 million children of migrant-peasant workers have participated in 
 rural-urban migration for family reunion and educational purposes. How do 
 they make sense of the value of schooling and their prospects for upward m
 obility in an increasingly stratified society? Drawing on ethnographic dat
 a from a longitudinal study (2011 to the present)\, this talk examines the
  educational experiences of a group of migrant youth over ten years of cir
 cular migration between Beijing and Zouping\, a county-level city in Shand
 ong Province. These youth retain desire for upward mobility by resisting 
 “gratitude education” in urban schools\, questioning the incorporation
  of live-streaming technologies in rural education\, forming the “shehui
  ren” (society man) subculture\, and exploring opportunities in the gig
  economy. Their sustained efforts highlight the obstacles posed by structu
 ral and institutional constraints in the larger society.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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