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"Despite violent, overnight transformations of familiar spaces, elderly Chinese women are still dancing in the streets, enjoying themselves, circulating their qi. The purpose of this paper is twofold: (1). to give an account of on-going doctoral research on the improvised uses of interstitial spaces within Beijing’s urban system for health, and (2). to suggest new research directions that further examine urban experience from the perspective of users."

Paper available in English and Chinese