Leaving or staying?: Youth agency and the liveability of industrial towns in the Russian Arctic
Many young people finishing schools in mining towns in the Russian Arctic express their desire to escape from their hometowns. I examine historical roots and current reasons for the “orientation toward leaving” which is common among the young generation. However, the focus of this chapter is on thos...
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ftaaltouniv:oai:aaltodoc.aalto.fi:123456789/110796 2023-05-15T14:23:09+02:00 Leaving or staying?: Youth agency and the liveability of industrial towns in the Russian Arctic Bolotova, Alla Stammler, Florian Toivanen, Reetta Department of Architecture Aalto-yliopisto Aalto University 2021-10-11 application/pdf https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/110796 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003110019-5 en eng Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities Bolotova , A 2021 , Leaving or staying?: Youth agency and the liveability of industrial towns in the Russian Arctic . in F Stammler & R Toivanen (eds) , Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities . Routledge , Abingdon, United Kingdom , pp. 53-74 . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003110019-5 978-0-367-62629-7 978-0-367-62630-3 9781000464672 978-1-003-11001-9 PURE UUID: 249edf0b-7e9a-4675-8361-6d402128e7f9 PURE ITEMURL: https://research.aalto.fi/en/publications/249edf0b-7e9a-4675-8361-6d402128e7f9 PURE FILEURL: https://research.aalto.fi/files/72875206/Leaving_or_staying_Bolotova.pdf https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/110796 URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202111049969 doi:10.4324/9781003110019-5 openAccess A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa publishedVersion 2021 ftaaltouniv https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003110019-5 2022-12-15T19:33:52Z Many young people finishing schools in mining towns in the Russian Arctic express their desire to escape from their hometowns. I examine historical roots and current reasons for the “orientation toward leaving” which is common among the young generation. However, the focus of this chapter is on those young adults who have stayed in the North. I explore how they find their ways, experience control in their life and exercise personal agency in the particular structural conditions of northern single-industry towns. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Murmansk region, I analyse the migratory decisions, life choices and agency of stayers and returners. Staying also requires agency, though the perception of this situation can vary significantly depending on the degree of (in)voluntariness. This in-depth qualitative perspective on young people staying in northern industrial cities enriches the current research dominated by scholarship on outmigration from the North. Peer reviewed Other/Unknown Material Arctic Arctic Aalto University Publication Archive (Aaltodoc) Arctic Murmansk 53 74 London |
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Many young people finishing schools in mining towns in the Russian Arctic express their desire to escape from their hometowns. I examine historical roots and current reasons for the “orientation toward leaving” which is common among the young generation. However, the focus of this chapter is on those young adults who have stayed in the North. I explore how they find their ways, experience control in their life and exercise personal agency in the particular structural conditions of northern single-industry towns. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Murmansk region, I analyse the migratory decisions, life choices and agency of stayers and returners. Staying also requires agency, though the perception of this situation can vary significantly depending on the degree of (in)voluntariness. This in-depth qualitative perspective on young people staying in northern industrial cities enriches the current research dominated by scholarship on outmigration from the North. Peer reviewed |
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Leaving or staying?: Youth agency and the liveability of industrial towns in the Russian Arctic |
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