‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore

With increased movements across the globe for education purposes, Singapore is a unique locale with government-sponsored scholarships for international students. Having a specific interest in the Senior-Middle 1 (SM1) scholarship for high school students from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), th...

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Main Author: Goh, Estee Pei Shan
Other Authors: Ian Rowen
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73730
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-737302019-12-10T12:23:12Z ‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore Goh, Estee Pei Shan Ian Rowen School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Societies With increased movements across the globe for education purposes, Singapore is a unique locale with government-sponsored scholarships for international students. Having a specific interest in the Senior-Middle 1 (SM1) scholarship for high school students from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), this paper explores the identity of SM1 scholars, with an interest to their sense of attachment to Singapore. Based in grounded theory and in-depth interviews, a narrative of the SM1 scholars’ experiences is presented. Through the conceptual framework of transnationalism, an original term ‘sandwich transmigrant’ is proposed to better address the group identity of the SM1 scholars, who find themselves negotiating between being a ‘Singaporean’ and ‘Chinese’ simultaneously. This state of being a ‘sandwich transmigrant’ is explored through the scholars’ affective connection to Singapore, and their support networks in both China and Singapore in a broader context of xenophobia. This paper hopes to contribute to the concept of transnationalism. Bachelor of Arts 2018-04-06T01:46:58Z 2018-04-06T01:46:58Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73730 en Nanyang Technological University 32 p. application/pdf
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Goh, Estee Pei Shan
‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore
description With increased movements across the globe for education purposes, Singapore is a unique locale with government-sponsored scholarships for international students. Having a specific interest in the Senior-Middle 1 (SM1) scholarship for high school students from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), this paper explores the identity of SM1 scholars, with an interest to their sense of attachment to Singapore. Based in grounded theory and in-depth interviews, a narrative of the SM1 scholars’ experiences is presented. Through the conceptual framework of transnationalism, an original term ‘sandwich transmigrant’ is proposed to better address the group identity of the SM1 scholars, who find themselves negotiating between being a ‘Singaporean’ and ‘Chinese’ simultaneously. This state of being a ‘sandwich transmigrant’ is explored through the scholars’ affective connection to Singapore, and their support networks in both China and Singapore in a broader context of xenophobia. This paper hopes to contribute to the concept of transnationalism.
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title ‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore
title_short ‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore
title_full ‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore
title_fullStr ‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore
title_full_unstemmed ‘Sandwiched transmigrants’ : senior-middle 1 (SM1) scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their sense of attachment to Singapore
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