This is an initial appropriation (with new theoretical perspective) of my MA research project conducted in urban China (with the supervision of Dr.Yvonne Hébert in University of Calgary). It is a 2010 study exploring the interworking of education, mobility and identity concerning rural migrants in two megacities in China, based on interviews with eighteen migrant families (both parents and children without local residence permit Hukou), observations in migrant communities, and analysis of local policy documents that manage migrant population in and through education.

Xiao, Y. (2013). The good, the bad, and the ugly: Educational narratives of migrant families in urban China. Presented on Asian-Pacific World In Motion (APWIM) International Conference, May 30-31, St.John’s College, UBC, Vancouver.

http://apwim.org/files/APWIM_2013_Conference_Schedule.pdf