This article aims to explore the impact of border multiculturalism on mobility and integration, as well as the potential challenges faced by border residents in their daily lives. Through research on cross-border villages of ethnic minorities, this paper analyzes the parallelism and interaction of border social networks across three levels: personal life course, social flow and integration, and national immigration policy. The article uses qualitative social network analysis methods, with a focus on the historical memory and life course of Burmese immigrants. It investigates the synergistic effect of border politics, society, economic status, and individual flow, outlining the multicultural border rural society. The study adopts anthropological fieldwork, including participatory observation and recording of daily life in multi-ethnic border villages, as well as in-depth interviews to collect qualitative analysis data.
From the perspective of cultural relativism and practical theory, border multiculturalism has practical implications for mobility, with individual mobility being dependent on the organic coordination of individuals, society, and the country. It is necessary to promote tolerance and integration in multicultural border villages to improve the social adaptability of border families and the cultural integration ability of border villages. These findings are relevant for cross-border flow and integration in the context of globalization, particularly in the aftermath of the pandemic, and provide valuable insights into cultural integration, group equality, and social harmony at the border from a Chinese perspective.
