This article is concerned with the experience of children whose parents are highly mobile professionals, also known as ‘Third Culture Kids’ (TCKs). Through a focus on everyday practices and local emplacement, it shows how the cities of Melbourne and Singapore influence TCKs’ individual trajectories and complex forms of identification. By observing their engagement, or lack thereof, with the local majority population, the article demonstrates how ethnicity, among other factors, influences their experience of place and position of privilege. Participants learn to negotiate ‘national’ and ‘international’ elements of culture by drawing on social distance, international networks, language skills and geographic mobility.

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在跨国社会领域协商“民族”和“国际”文化元素

本文关注的是父母是高度流动的专业人士（也称为“第三文化儿童”（TCK））的儿童的经历。通过对日常实践和当地安置的关注，它展示了墨尔本和新加坡城市如何影响 TCK 的个体轨迹和复杂的识别形式。通过观察他们与当地大多数人口的接触或缺乏接触，文章展示了种族等因素如何影响他们的地方体验和特权地位。参与者通过利用社会距离、国际网络、语言技能和地理流动性来学习协商“国家”和“国际”文化元素。