Abstract
This paper examines British Chinese communities’ lived experiences of leisure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data that inform this paper are based on my ongoing ethnographic research with British Chinese students in two supplementary schools in the United Kingdom (UK) about their leisure and health-related experiences (supported by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship 2019–2020). The current findings are discussed in relation to my field notes, interviews with the students and their significant others from the schools, and social media sites that report on Chineseness and COVID-19. Results include the participants’ change of lifestyles; fear and the pandemic; experiences of racism in relation to their leisure; and leisure and solidarity among Chinese communities. As a Hong Kong Chinese Australian researcher situated in the UK, I have an “insider and outsider” positionality which has an impact on data collection with the participants amidst the pandemic.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 111-117 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Leisure Sciences |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Early online date | 24 Jun 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by H2020 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions. The author would like to thank Emeritus Professor Anne Flintoff, Dr Beccy Watson and the editors and reviewers for their comments which helped to improve an earlier version of this short paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
- British Chinese students
- COVID-19
- health-related experiences
- leisure
- racism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Sociology and Political Science
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management