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Lohanakakul, Apichanat (2021)

Sense of place, sense of belonging, and identity development among Thai international students studying in London and The Hague: a comparative study

Bachelor thesis | Urban Studies (BA)

Thai international students have to form a sense of belonging and a sense of place during their stay in the host city to feel as a part of society. The paper tries to understand differences in process of forming a sense of belonging and a sense of place. Moreover, the paper also focuses on how the process of forming a sense of belonging and a sense of place are relevant to identity development. A literature review is used to explain relevant concepts such as superdiversity, multiculturalism, individualism, collectivism, and bicultural bilinguals. These concepts will be mainly used to understand what Thai international students experience and how it affects them in the process of forming a sense of belonging, a sense of place, and a new identity. An one on one qualitative interview is conducted. The sampling selection methods are purposive and snowball sampling with the number of three participants in each city.

sense of belonging

sense of place

identity development

Author

Lohanakakul, Apichanat

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Multicultural city, Healthy city

Supervisors

Dr. Cesko Voeten

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en