Village-City Mobility in the Everyday Life of the “New Villagers”: Practices and Specifics Cover Image

Мобилността между селото и града във всекидневието на „новите селяни“: практики и особености
Village-City Mobility in the Everyday Life of the “New Villagers”: Practices and Specifics

Author(s): Desislava Pileva
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Rural and urban sociology, Migration Studies, Globalization
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: urban-rural migration; commute; lifestyle migrants

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present within the context of urban-rural migration the role of mobility between the village and the city in structuring the everyday life of the household members in the implementation of different activities related to work, education, leisure, social contacts and consumer practices. Therefore, various examples of mobility patterns of individuals and families in active age – some commuting daily and others visiting the city several times a month, some travelling short distances and others visiting more remote locations – are presented. From a theoretical point of view, in the article, migration is not perceived as a“movement from one place to another” (according to the classical migration definition)but as socio-spatial lifestyle strategies and practices of multi-place connectedness based on variable engagements with rural and urban activities.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 71-90
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bulgarian