ISLAND SOJOURNS

ABSTRACT. Islands have long held a central place in Western cultures' mythical geographies. They have been associated for centuries with heroic journeys and holy quests, imagined realms of magical transformations. Islands have also been sites of significant rites of passage, and they continue to perform this function in the modern secular world. Today, popular islomania is expressed in the frequency of seasonal sojourning on European and American archipelagos. No longer destinations of permanent residence, islands now provide access to a sense of temporal and spatial rootedness that is no longer available on mainlands. They loom large on the mental maps even of those who rarely, if ever, visit them.     

广州日本移民的生活活动与生活空间

改革开放后广州对外贸易持续快速增长,吸引了大批外籍人士迁入,其中日本移民的增长尤为显著。本文以问卷调查和半结构化访谈的方法,对居住在广州市的日本移民的生活活动空间进行研究。从宏观上探讨其聚居形态,从微观上把握其居住、购物、饮食、教育、交友等生活活动的空间行为特征及其制约因素。研究表明,在广州的日本移民主要为受企业派遣的旅居移民及其家属,其生活活动空间相对孤立和封闭。促成其封闭性或源于两方面因素：一是由于多语言环境、针对移民的政策法规及社会保障制度缺失等制度环境的影响,二是由移民的生活习惯及民族性格所造成的文化特性使然。日本移民的生活空间具有主动集聚和被动隔离的特征,而提高城市的国际化水平有助于增加其选择机会,减少封闭性的形成。