Increasing numbers of ‘Western’ families spend several months a year in Goa, India, and the rest of the time in the parents’ native countries or elsewhere. These ‘lifestyle migrants’ are motivated by a search for ‘a better quality of life.’ This article asks whether their children can be labeled as Third Culture Kids (TCKs) by elaborating and critically probing this concept. Based on extensive ethnography, the study not only examined what children say in interviews, but also paid attention to what they do. Findings from the study problematize the presumed elitist privilege of TCKs and the assumption that the parents have an unproblematic sense of belonging to their native ‘cultures.’ The article elaborates on what it means for the children to live in the global subcultural center of Goa and on their agency in creating the social and cultural environment in which they live.

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他们自己的（亚）文化？印度果阿生活方式移民的孩子

越来越多的“西方”家庭每年在印度果阿度过几个月，其余时间在父母的祖国或其他地方度过。这些“生活方式移民”的动机是寻求“更好的生活质量”。本文通过阐述和批判性地探讨这个概念，询问他们的孩子是否可以被标记为第三文化儿童 (TCK)。该研究基于广泛的民族志，不仅检查了儿童在采访中所说的话，而且还关注他们的所作所为。研究结果质疑了 TCK 假定的精英特权以及父母对他们的本土“文化”的归属感没有问题的假设。