Reconstruction and negotiation of old drifters and “home” from the perspective of intergenerational support
Received date: 2024-08-23
Accepted date: 2025-04-24
Online published: 2025-10-09
In the context of rapid increase in China's migrant population, shrinking family size, and aging population, the “old drifters” (parents who move to cities to live with their adult children) have become an indispensable group that cannot be ignored. Unlike other migrant groups, the spatial activities of “old drifters” are mainly concentrated in their children's “home” space, making the micro “home” space an important entry point for a comprehensive reflection of their lives. This study, based on the critical geography of “home”, integrates the perspective of intergenerational support into the analysis framework, starting from the everyday life practices of intergenerational interaction of “old drifters”, to explore the reconstruction and negotiation of their “home”. The study found that: (1) The forced spatial mobility has complicated and obscured the “old drifters” understanding of “home”, gradually transforming it into a translocal “home” space shaped by interacting with material, emotional, and power dynamics. (2) “Old drifters” and their offsprings have experienced the process of “one-generation residence” to “multi-generation residence”, “the main character of life” to “a supporting role in life”, “rooted home” to “rootless home”. Factors such as the shift in intergenerational priorities, changes in intergenerational power dynamics, the demanding work schedules of adult children, and the separation of elderly couples have contributed to the neglect of the genuine emotional needs of “old drifters.” As a result, their children's homes have become spaces of emotional distance, while their rooted sense of “home” has turned into a place of no return. (3) “Old drifters” can reconstruct their “home” space, and in the process of migration, they have practiced social interaction through re-tribalization, localized food adaptation practices, and cross-place spatial practices, so that the emotional identification, concepts, and meanings of “home” are continuously extended and reshaped in the process of deconstruction. This study depicts the daily life picture of “old drifters” who are living under an unequal intergenerational interaction relationship with their offsprings under the same roof.
Key words: “old drifters”; intergenerational support; family; reconstitution; negotiation
LU Lin , WANG Fang , CHEN Jieqi , FU Lijun , HUANG Ting . Reconstruction and negotiation of old drifters and “home” from the perspective of intergenerational support[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2025 , 44(10) : 2862 -2877 . DOI: 10.11821/dlyj020240841
表1 访谈对象基本信息Tab. 1 Basic information about the interviewee |
| 编号 | 性别 | 年龄 | 职业 | 编号 | 性别 | 年龄 | 职业 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT-1 | 男 | 63 | 公务员 | FT-21 | 女 | 65 | 公务员 |
| FT-2 | 女 | 56 | 务农 | FT-22 | 女 | 61 | 私企员工 |
| FT-3 | 女 | 75 | 会计 | FT-23 | 女 | 79 | 务农 |
| FT-4 | 女 | 62 | 建筑工人 | FT-24 | 女 | 75 | 医生 |
| FT-5 | 女 | 67 | 教师 | FT-25 | 女 | 69 | 务农 |
| FT-6 | 女 | 59 | 个体户 | FT-26 | 女 | 72 | 个体户 |
| FT-7 | 女 | 63 | 临时工 | FT-27 | 女 | 74 | 务工 |
| FT-8 | 女 | 72 | 教师 | FT-28 | 女 | 76 | 下岗人员 |
| FT-9 | 女 | 74 | 公务员 | FT-29 | 女 | 77 | 下岗人员 |
| FT-10 | 男 | 68 | 医生 | FT-30 | 男 | 76 | 务工 |
| FT-11 | 女 | 67 | 个体户 | FT-31 | 女 | 75 | 自由职业 |
| FT-12 | 女 | 64 | 务工 | FT-32 | 女 | 62 | 银行职员 |
| FT-13 | 女 | 59 | 务农 | FT-33 | 女 | 57 | 警察 |
| FT-14 | 女 | 60 | 教师 | FT-34 | 女 | 68 | 教师 |
| FT-15 | 男 | 66 | 教师 | FT-35 | 女 | 79 | 公务员 |
| FT-16 | 女 | 67 | 会计 | FT-36 | 女 | 73 | 务农 |
| FT-17 | 女 | 71 | 护士 | FT-37 | 女 | 69 | 护士 |
| FT-18 | 女 | 69 | 务农 | FT-38 | 女 | 57 | 务农 |
| FT-19 | 女 | 72 | 务工 | FT-39 | 女 | 56 | 务工 |
| FT-20 | 女 | 55 | 公务员 | FT-40 | 女 | 78 | 公务员 |
注:数据根据访谈资料整理。 |
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