Second installation of the network series! In this part, I’m going to get into the ways networks work with migration. There are two important and distinct stages of social network utilization for migrants, the migration phase and the adaptation phase. In both phases, individuals’ social networks play an indispensable role in the ultimate success of…
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Social networks and the influence of gender: Part 1
The exchange of resources and information among rural women in East Africa What this post is all about In this post, I want to tell you all a little bit more about the path that led me to my current project and then to delve into the literature on social networks and their importance in…
Resilience: A Strengths Based Perspective
For this most recent installment of my WONK Blog, I wanted to pivot to my current work. While I can’t share any definitive findings from the present project as I am still in the early phases of data collection, I will be using this post to describe the theories and orientation I am utilizing, the…
Why the market blew up: factors affecting demand for care work in China
This second blog post is going to attempt to describe the situation on the ground regarding supply and demand for domestic work in China, which is part of what drew me to this puzzle in the first place. This rise in demand for care work has been a global phenomenon, occurring as a result of…
Domestic work in China and in the world
The term that keeps popping up in my blog posts and when I describe my research is “domestic work.” However, I fear that for those readers outside the field, this term may be unfamiliar. So, for this inaugural post I am going to provide background information for my readers, namely: what is domestic work, demographics…
a lone 老外 in China 