Being Away; Being at Home; Being Both

Hovgaard, Gestur

doi:10.4324/9781315605180-11

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“…These changes are contributing factors to a society where fewer people work in the primary sector of the economy (fishing and agriculture), but where it is still possible to live a modern life in the smaller remote communities while commuting to work in the larger towns. Nowadays a smaller proportion of men work at sea compared to the past, which has had an impact on how everyday life is organized and structured, including altered work mobility and cyclical migration (Hayfield, 2018), as well as changes to the division of labor and gender relations (Dahl, 2023;Hayfield, 2020;Hovgaard, 2015).…”

Section: Economic Factors: Economic Fluctuations and Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

The tunnels are a prerequisite for living here: lessons from the Faroe Islands on how push-pull factors affect populations in small remote communities

Kongsager

2024

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Small remote communities in the Nordic countries face unique challenges due to their geographical isolation, limited resources, and sparse population. The latter is affected by migration, which can have both positive and negative implications for communities’ development, and so understanding the factors influencing migration patterns is essential for ensuring balanced regional development. This paper focuses on the population trends over the last two centuries in the Faroe Islands; more specifically, in the two small remote communities Hvannasund and Viðareiði in the Northern Islands. The overall theoretical framework applied is the push-pull migration concept. By examining the push-pull factors that drive migration patterns in these communities, the paper explores the impact on socio-economic development, and by analysing the interplay between these factors, this study aims to provide insights into the dynamics of movements and their implications for the development of small remote communities. The main findings are that economic factors are the main push-pull factors to explain the population changes in the investigated communities, while the social/demographic, political, and environmental factors to a lesser degree can explain the fluctuations but impact the more linear trends over time.

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Section: Economic Factors: Economic Fluctuations and Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

The tunnels are a prerequisite for living here: lessons from the Faroe Islands on how push-pull factors affect populations in small remote communities

Kongsager

2024

Frit

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“…While the contemporary fisher working on one of the large ultramodern trawlers normally will have a high annual income (many fishers earning more than university professors and medical doctors), and hardly have the look of the stereotyped fisherman (his common attire, fishy smell, gait, etc. ), his lengthy and recurrent temporal absence from home, which unavoidably impacts his social and family life, is something keeping many aspirants away (Gaini 2006;2016;Hovgaard 2015). Very few women are fishers, so the vessel is a man's world.…”

Section: The Family and The Seamentioning

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'He understands me in a different way than others do'

Gaini

2021

Suomen Antropologi

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In this paper a group of young people from Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, share their personal reflections and views on the ‘Faroese father’ in present-day society. The material from this qualitative study is used to examine and analyse the role and position of the father in relation to his family and working life, his masculinity and identity, and his general historic status in society. The main aim of the paper is to outline and illustrate a pattern of transition in Faroese fatherhood resonating new gender and family values, but also a social shift towards a (late) modern and diversified labour market with emerging female-dominated professions. Seen from the son’s and the daughter’s perspective, this paper suggests, the father’s place in the life of his children mirrors a very special relation associated with feelings of affection, safety, and guidance. Drawing on theoretical scholarship from fatherhood research in the tradition of critical men’s studies, as well as from anthropological family studies, this paper contributes to scientific reviews of fatherhood and masculinity in small island communities in shift. This study is part of the larger research project called Faroese Fatherhood in Transition (2018-2021) financed by Research Council Faroe Islands. Keywords: fatherhood, masculinity, family life, fishermen, small islands, young people

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Being Away; Being at Home; Being Both

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The tunnels are a prerequisite for living here: lessons from the Faroe Islands on how push-pull factors affect populations in small remote communities

The tunnels are a prerequisite for living here: lessons from the Faroe Islands on how push-pull factors affect populations in small remote communities

'He understands me in a different way than others do'

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