Abstract
This essay discusses how migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong negotiate leisure within severe spatial, temporal, and social constraints. Drawing on observations of weekly gatherings in the city’s financial district, it introduces the lens of leisure constraint negotiation to highlight collective strategies of adaptation, creativity, and resilience. Through communal practices such as shared meals, conversation, and dance, MDWs transform limited public spaces into sites of rest, connection, and dignity. These negotiated forms of leisure expand theoretical understanding beyond free time or activity, reimagining leisure as a collaborative practice of endurance within structural inequality.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1255-1258 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Leisure Sciences |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2026 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Keywords
- Collective leisure
- leisure constraint negotiation
- migrant domestic workers
- public space
- structural inequality
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