Neighbourhoods in London
Chinese students in London, living in the same neighbourhoood. In a new cultural environment, the neighbourhoods is more individualized. How do they fit into a new networking system?
Understanding cultures
Communication: Xiong wants to go to the community church to learn about local culture and social events.
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Privacy: "neighbours in London respect privacy, and they really listen to me."
​Community Church
Traveller / Neighbours
Lei thinks hotels guests living in seperate rooms can be neighbours. This was shot on her first day in London, she was in a mindset of traveller.
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Neighbours are people living in the same small geographic area.
Belonging
Xixi often goes to Regent's Park nearby, she gains a sense of belonging of the space because she is familiar with the environment, through interactions and connections with space.
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Regent's Park
Londoner?
London city can be a neighbourhood for Chinese people, a relative concept of distance.
Lei: Some (Chinese) friends from different cities in the UK gathered in London, and the first place for us to go was Chinatown.
I see Chinese emigrants and their families of several generations. Are they Londoners?
It's about mindset of expectations and satisfaction.
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​Hotel
Friend → neighbour
Lei describes her dream neighbourhood as living in a house at Thames bank, with her friend to be her neighbour.
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A future aspiration for neighbourhood. What matters most is choosing neighbours.
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