Those who left: Local emigrants and their connection with Fjallabyggð

• Main Author: Huijbens, Edward H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: School of Social Sciences 2015
• Subjects: Siglufjörður; Ólafsfjörður; Ísland; ferðamál; frístundahús; unaðsjaðar; fjármálavæðing; Iceland; second homes; pleasure periphery; financialisation; Fjallabyggð; Héðinsfjörður; Lokka; Vinnu
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3770

This article presents findings from a survey amongst those that have departed two communities in Fjallabyggð municipality, focusing on their patterns of visitation to their former homes. Through their travel and visitation these departed former community members express relations to their respective...