This article explores the significance of space in international student identity formation, focusing specifically on the experiences of female Singaporean undergraduate students in the UK. By examining three spatial scales (public, institutional, and room spaces), this article employs a mixed methods approach to investigate how identity is spatially situated and spatially performed. Findings indicate that public and institutional spaces shape students’ feelings of Otherness, racial hypervisibility, and individual invisibility. Students’ strategies for resisting negative identities also differ across these spaces. On the other hand, room spaces and their objects and layouts are agentically used by participants to perform their identities to others and themselves. Thus, this article highlights the importance of the spatial dimension in producing a nuanced understanding of international student identity formation.

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空间与身份建构

本文探讨了空间在国际学生身份形成中的重要性，特别关注新加坡女本科生在英国的经历。通过考察三个空间尺度（公共空间、制度空间和房间空间），本文采用混合方法研究身份在空间上的定位和空间表现。调查结果表明，公共和制度空间塑造了学生对他者、种族超可见性和个人隐身的感觉。在这些空间中，学生抵制负面身份的策略也各不相同。另一方面，房间空间及其对象和布局被参与者代理用于向他人和自己展示他们的身份。因此，