From Survivalism to Rooted Cosmopolitanism

Transformations of a Chinese Voluntary Association in New Zealand

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2149607
AutoresKrista Mcjarrow-Keller (Independent Scholar, Graduate of Duke Kunshan University), Keping Wu (0000-0002-1440-8766, Duke Kunshan University)
Año2024
Volumen47
Número16
Páginas3467-3487
Fecha de publicación2024-12-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2024.2363516
OpenAlexW4399739951
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas17

Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, this paper investigates the response of a Chinese voluntary association in New Zealand to demographic changes in the national Chinese community since the 1990s. The Chinese Community Association developed from the closed-off and inward-facing Chinese community of New Zealand - the "old Chinese" whose ancestors arrived from rural Cantonese-speaking counties in Guangdong in the 1860s. Immigration law changes in 1989 brought new communities speaking different languages, with different political, social and economic backgrounds into New Zealand, creating new diversification to what it means to be a Chinese New Zealander. This paper investigates how this "old Chinese" association has adapted to "new" Chinese groups. We argue that a unique "rooted cosmopolitanism" has developed in this association, where local practices and resources have enabled it to manage potential tensions and growing pains of serving diverse groups in the current multi-ethnic context of New Zealand

Association (psychology · Cosmopolitanism · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Voluntary association · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development