Su, XiaoboXia, Jingshu2021-09-132021-09-132021-09-13https://hdl.handle.net/1794/26682This thesis explored how certain Chinese international sojourners attempted to adapt through placemaking regarding food- and place-related everyday life strategies before and during the pandemic of COVID-19 in 2020. Using data retrieved from photovoice-induced semi-structured interviews with Chinese international students and newly graduated expatriates living in Eugene, Oregon during 2020, this research explored their perceptions, experiences, and adopted strategies regarding everyday life in a foreign urban environment before and during the pandemic. Several factors related to the spatial-temporal context, one’s identity, cultural background, and social relations were located for affecting one’s everyday life in a foreign urban environment. Factors like mobility, car ownership, and cultural and social conflicts were found to specifically affect one’s everyday life during the pandemic. In addition to connecting studies focused on identity-related food choices and relations between environment, food access, and food choice, this research may inspire future studies about life in a pandemic.en-USAll Rights Reserved.Chinese international studentsCultureEveryday lifeFoodPandemicPlacemakingElectronic Thesis or Dissertation