8. Biographieanalytische Vergleiche: Gemeinsamkeiten und Differenzen in Migrationsprozessen und Subjektkonstruktionen

Ruokonen-Engler, Minna-Kristiina

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“…Migration to the rural, in the younger migrants, is presented as a way of restarting life (Roukonen‐Engler 2012), unlike the older and retired migrants who narrate this migration as a continuance in the time trajectory of their lives. Migration narratives are far from being a finished account, but rather emerge as a clear project under construction.…”

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“…These contexts and practices provide a means to rekindle faith in ideas beyond what modernity has already bestowed upon Western societies, allowing individuals to reengage in the pursuit of meaningful life experiences. Ruokonen‐Engler's (2012) work delves into the quest for personal projects through a biographical examination of migrants striving for self‐realization. The author interprets this process as a significant rupture in the migrant's life story, representing an opportunity for fresh beginnings and the creative exploration of untapped potential that migrants bring with them.…”

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Narratives and Self‐Reflective Process of Lifestyle Migrants: The Quest for the “Good Life”*

Sagner‐Tapia,

Matarrita Cascante,

Zunino

et al. 2023

Rural Sociology

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This article analyses the self‐reflective process and narratives of 12 lifestyle migrants who settled between 1990 and 2010 in a rural Andean community in southern Chile. The results show that the time of their arrival and the migrants' life stages were relevant in their reflective process regarding belongingness to the local community and other migrants, the search for an ontological sense and a critical perspective into how their migration affected rurality. The article discusses how rural fantasies and dissatisfaction with modern urban life are central elements in constructing a self and we‐image, as well as a compass that enables them to integrate into the rural community while becoming increasingly aware of how their presence inevitably changes rurality.

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