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The second problem is that a focus on the city as the key site for inter- group relations can lead to misconceptions on its relative autonomy. The city is no more self-sufficient nor closed-off than the nation-state. Rather, it should be understood as a node where various types ofglobal networks inter- sect, The transnational communities can be seen as one form of such net- works. Thus, members of transnational communities are likely to have both transnational ethnic consciousness and local hybrid consciousness — in vary- ing measures and at different times, Notions such as ‘code-switching’ and ‘negotiating identity’ (Kastoryano, 1996) are useful in understanding this. | The second problem is that a focus on the city as the key site for inter- group relations can lead to misconceptions on its relative autonomy. The city is no more self-sufficient nor closed-off than the nation-state. Rather, it should be understood as a node where various types ofglobal networks inter- sect, The transnational communities can be seen as one form of such net- works. Thus, members of transnational communities are likely to have both transnational ethnic consciousness and local hybrid consciousness — in vary- ing measures and at different times, Notions such as ‘code-switching’ and ‘negotiating identity’ (Kastoryano, 1996) are useful in understanding this. | ||
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