Media and Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12
Published: Oct. 15, 2024
While digital media can be seen to keep alive social connections among migrants across borders, the impact of how disconnection has redrawn migrants’ boundaries not been adequately researched. Migrants subjected dual border-and-boundary work Western host countries and their non-Western home make for complicated self–other boundary narratives. This study explores everyday originating from Hong Kong, a former British colony, who have chosen relocate UK through National (Overseas) (BN[O]) visa scheme. The scheme was catalysed by 2019 political upheaval in Chinese Kong UK–Hong colonial affiliation. Through lens dis/connection assemblage, we conceptualise dis/connections as form conduct in-depth interviews thematic analysis 14 BN(O)s. We demonstrate that socio-political practice related identity regulation situating BN(O)s’ practices within projects belonging UK, China. matrix disconnected approaches, BN(O)s shape around politics terms positions, sense belonging, relations. meaning is highlighted its fracture connected space-time resilient management relationships<strong>.</strong>
Language: Английский