Chapter Seven Problematizing “Chinatowns”: Conflicts and Narratives Surrounding Chinese Quarters in and around Paris

Chuang, Ya-Han; Trémon, Anne-Christine

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“…In Costa Rica, a Chinatown proposal raised comparable issues about "the perils and promise of a new development partnership with China" (Dehart 2015, 184). Chuang and Trémon (2013) describe this as the situation of space, referring to "the scalarity process of situating that portion of space at the more or less local or global level, thereby attaching a specific image to it" (193). Chuang and Trémon (2013) describe this as the situation of space, referring to "the scalarity process of situating that portion of space at the more or less local or global level, thereby attaching a specific image to it" (193).…”

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“…Deploying the conceptual terminology developed by Low (2000) and expanded by Chuang and Trémon (2013), the next three sections discuss the social production, construction, and situation of Chinatown space in Jyatha, respectively. Deploying the conceptual terminology developed by Low (2000) and expanded by Chuang and Trémon (2013), the next three sections discuss the social production, construction, and situation of Chinatown space in Jyatha, respectively.…”

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“…Meanwhile, the social construction of space refers to the symbolic, cultural dimensions of space-or, if one prefers, the experience of place. Building on this framework in their study of Chinese enclaves in France, Chuang and Trémon (2013) add a third term, the situation of space, to capture the ways in which communities ascribe particular scalar properties to sites.…”

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“…Drawing on Low's (2000) and Chuang and Trémon's (2013) conceptual frameworks of space, this article analyzes three central dimensions to the emergence of a Chinatown in Jyatha. Its landscape is heavily populated with Chinese businesses, leading Nepalis (and others) to increasingly refer to the space with the English term "Chinatown."…”

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“…Its landscape is heavily populated with Chinese businesses, leading Nepalis (and others) to increasingly refer to the space with the English term "Chinatown." Drawing on Low's (2000) and Chuang and Trémon's (2013) conceptual frameworks of space, this article analyzes three central dimensions to the emergence of a Chinatown in Jyatha. First, it describes the social production of Chinatown space, the physical conversion of the material landscape.…”

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“This Looks Like Chinatown!”: Contested Geographies and the Transformation of Social Space in Jyatha, Kathmandu

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2019

City & Society

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As tourists from China account for a larger and larger share of Nepal's tourism economy, Jyatha-a small neighborhood in Kathmandu-has absorbed a substantial portion of the Chinese businesses catering to this booming demographic. Its landscape is heavily populated with Chinese businesses, leading Nepalis (and others) to increasingly refer to the space with the English term "Chinatown." Drawing on Low's (2000) and Chuang and Trémon's (2013) conceptual frameworks of space, this article analyzes three central dimensions to the emergence of a Chinatown in Jyatha. First, it describes the social production of Chinatown space, the physical conversion of the material landscape. Specifically, I analyze the prevalence and prominence of commercial signs as a proxy for quantifying the degree of Chinese incursion into Jyatha. Second, the article turns to the social construction of Chinatown space, or the way in which the material space of Jyatha gets encoded with ambivalent meanings. Nepali narrations of the neighborhood highlight local anxieties regarding cultural autonomy and, more acutely, differential economic advantage. Third, the article discusses the social situation of Chinatown space, or the way in which the site of Jyatha gets discursively rescaled to address regional and global concerns. Nepalis frequently understand Jyatha to embody broader geopolitical narratives-regarding China's ascendance on the world stage, and especially as this relates to the Nepal's regional center of gravity vis-à-vis India. These three aspects-production, construction, and situation-converge in Jyatha. Through such practices, Nepalis simultaneously reiterate and contest the emergence of Chinatown. In so doing, they discursively challenge sociopolitical, economic, and spatial inequality at several scales. [Production of Space; Chinatown; Signs; Kathmandu] Finally the journey leads to the city of Tamara. You penetrate it along streets thick with signboards jutting from the walls. The eye does not see things but images of things that mean other things … (Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities)The narrow labyrinthine streets of the former hippy enclave of [Thamel] in downtown Kathmandu used to be the place to go for mountaineering gear, cashmere shawls or thankas. Those shops are still there, but a mini Chinatown has appeared within the winding streets which are now dotted with Chinese-language signs, Chinese restaurants, and Chineseowned three-star hotels.

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2019

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Chinese migrants’ spatial politics of belonging, identity, and citizenship in Santiago de Chile

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2020

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The new Gold Coast Chinatown: stakeholders’ development preferences

Dupré

2015

Int Journal of Tourism Cities

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Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between culture-based tourism development and cultural sustainability in the established tourism destination of Gold Coast, Australia. It seeks to contribute to the debate on local development and tourism through evaluating the development of the newly-born Gold Coast Chinatown. Design/methodology/approach-Two types of analysis were developed for this study. The first one aims at assessing the general features of the case study site. It was done by the urban analysis of the precinct, the count of the shops associated with the identification of their function (e.g. retail, services, etc.), street visual survey, and the assessment of ethnic expression/representations. The second analysis aims at assessing place-attachment, development impacts and cultural attitude. It was done by questionnaire surveys. Findings-The analysis evidences mainly two findings. First, tradition, authenticity or ethnicity are not perceived as key drivers, and tangible prerequisites do not appear as a priority for a culture-based tourism development. Second, correlation studies show the longer the length of residence the higher is the attitude towards positive perceived economic impacts and positive cultural attitudes. It is the opposite of what is usually found in literature review. As such, it challenges the concept of cultural sustainability, and helps us to reconsider the weight of the evaluative factors of community attachment, development impact and cultural attitude in tourism development. Originality/value-The recent creation of the Gold Coast Chinatown not only raises the question of the rationale of what is usually recognised as a community-based settlement, hence its cultural foundation and the legitimacy of transfer of cultural models, but also the processes at stake between cultural sustainability and tourism development. To the knowledge, no publication exists on this case study.

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Chapter Seven Problematizing “Chinatowns”: Conflicts and Narratives Surrounding Chinese Quarters in and around Paris

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“This Looks Like Chinatown!”: Contested Geographies and the Transformation of Social Space in Jyatha, Kathmandu

“This Looks Like Chinatown!”: Contested Geographies and the Transformation of Social Space in Jyatha, Kathmandu

Chinese migrants’ spatial politics of belonging, identity, and citizenship in Santiago de Chile

The new Gold Coast Chinatown: stakeholders’ development preferences

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