By Aude Etrillard A few weeks ago, a query regarding the volume of Lifestyle Migration (LM) was made on the LM hub mailing list and tickled the interests of the hub members. Undeniably, many of us seem to have been facing the challenge of evaluating the volume of the populations we are studying on our … Continue reading On measuring Lifestyle Migration and the case for a qualitative definition
Plotting lifestyle migration
Plotting Lifestyle Migration VI: Exploring Dutch migration to rural Sweden
By Marco Eimerman (Örebro University, Sweden) Over the past ten years or so, an increasing number of Dutch have become interested in living in rural Sweden. This trend is mirrored in a number of annual Emigration Expos and information meetings, one of which is visited by approximately 12,000 visitors. At this Expo – the largest … Continue reading Plotting Lifestyle Migration VI: Exploring Dutch migration to rural Sweden
Plotting Lifestyle Migration V: When Austrians move to New Zealand
Freedom, lifestyle and opportunity By Johanna Stadlbauer (University of Graz, Austria) In 2007 I spent three months in New Zealand to live and talk with Austrians who made this country, situated on the opposite hemisphere to their birthplace, their new home. What I found were stories about their “newly found sense of freedom and possibility” … Continue reading Plotting Lifestyle Migration V: When Austrians move to New Zealand
Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part IV: liveaboard lifestyle migrants in the Mediterranean
By Nataša Rogelja A few years ago I lost my job, sold my apartment, and embarked together with my family on a sailing boat, sailed around the Mediterranean, wrote articles for touristic magazines and - as an anthropologist - I was of course doing also an ethnographic research among liveabaords in Mediterranean. Since the beginning … Continue reading Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part IV: liveaboard lifestyle migrants in the Mediterranean
Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part III: the Swedish in Malta
’Best of both worlds’ – balancing mobility and moorings Contributed by Lifestyle Migration Hub member Ulrika Åkerlund. In this, my first ever blog post, I will briefly present my case study of Swedish lifestyle movers in Malta, and also make a summary of some of the threads of my research. My academic background is in … Continue reading Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part III: the Swedish in Malta
Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part II: India
Contributed by Hub Member Mari Korpela India is a popular lifestyle migration destination. Hippies arrived there in late sixties and since then, Westerners in search of an alternative lifestyle have been gathering there. Many search for Eastern spirituality (practicing yoga, meditation etc.), whereas others like to party on the beaches of Goa. Lifestyle migration to … Continue reading Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part II: India
Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part I: the Turkish sunbelt
Contributed by Hub Member Ilkay Sudas "The Mediterranean and the Aegean coastal zone of Turkey have emerged as a new destination for lifestyle migrants from Northern Europe in the last two decades. However Turkey is known as an emigration country and a transition country for the irregular population movements, as Tolay (2012) attracts attention; immigration … Continue reading Plotting Lifestyle Migration Part I: the Turkish sunbelt
Plotting lifestyle migration destinations
In the last few years, knowledge of the extent of Lifestyle Migration and related phenomenon has increased as researchers have come together through the Lifestyle Migration Hub and through various conferences, workshops and dissemination activities. This has led to the development of a mental map of the coverage of this form of migration, which has yet … Continue reading Plotting lifestyle migration destinations
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