The unintended segregation of transnational students in central Melbourne

Links between the rapid growth of tertiary students resident in a city and that city's gentrification have recently been proposed in a UK-based literature about 'studentification'. These analyses frame student subjectivity, identity, and experience in particular ways - students are ag...

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Published inEnvironment and planning. A Vol. 41; no. 8; pp. 1884 - 1902
Main Authors Fincher, Ruth, Shaw, Kate
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2009
Pion Ltd, London
SeriesEnvironment and Planning A
Subjects
Australia
Building design
Buildings
Built environment
Community characteristics
Foreign students
Geographic distribution
Geographic location
Higher education
Housing
Human geography
International students
Interpersonal relationship
Melbourne
Municipalities
Neighbourhood integration
Neighbourhoods
Place of residence
Population growth
School segregation
Social integration
Spatial relationship (Facilities)
Student housing
Student residences
Students
Subjectivity
Universities
University environment
University students
Urban areas
Urban development
Urban environment
Urban planning
Australia
Victoria
Melbourne (Vic)
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Summary:Links between the rapid growth of tertiary students resident in a city and that city's gentrification have recently been proposed in a UK-based literature about 'studentification'. These analyses frame student subjectivity, identity, and experience in particular ways - students are agents of urban change, propelling shifts in neighbourhood housing and entertainment submarkets in a manner that local host communities often resent. Consideration of the experiences of the students themselves, through the effects of the host society and the city on them, is less common. Based on research conducted in Melbourne, the authors focus on transnational students, who are seen as consumers for a major export industry. They use the voices of transnational students recently arrived in the city to make the claim that an unintended sociospatial segregation of these students is occurring, largely driven by institutional practices. Students' agency is fundamentally affected by their institutional context, which determines the conditions of their entry to Australia and to university there, their housing, and, to a remarkable degree, their opportunities for social interaction. [Author abstract, ed]
Bibliography:Refereed article. Includes bibliographical references.
Environment and Planning A; v.41 n.8 p.1884-1902; 2009
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ISSN:0308-518X
1472-3409
DOI:10.1068/a41126