Radically Ordinary Lives:Young Rural Stayers and the Ingredients of the Good Life in Finnish Lapland
This article focuses on young people who, despite the general tendency towards youth outmigration in rural areas, have decided to stay in their home town. We explore the agency of young, conscious stayers, as well as the process of staying in the northern Finnish town of Kemijärvi. The stayers’ valu...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/cf4946a5-211d-4b56-b954-d868e3a772b9 2024-06-23T07:50:26+00:00 Radically Ordinary Lives:Young Rural Stayers and the Ingredients of the Good Life in Finnish Lapland Adams, Ria-Maria Komu, Teresa 2021 https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/cf4946a5-211d-4b56-b954-d868e3a772b9 https://doi.org/10.1177/11033088211064685 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357174720_Radically_Ordinary_Lives_Young_Rural_Stayers_and_the_Ingredients_of_the_Good_Life_in_Finnish_Lapland eng eng https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/cf4946a5-211d-4b56-b954-d868e3a772b9 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Adams , R-M & Komu , T 2021 , ' Radically Ordinary Lives : Young Rural Stayers and the Ingredients of the Good Life in Finnish Lapland ' , Young : Nordic journal of youth research . https://doi.org/10.1177/11033088211064685 Well-being Arctic rural youth rural stayers youth agency /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/14/3 name=Social anthropology article 2021 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.1177/11033088211064685 2024-06-03T23:40:39Z This article focuses on young people who, despite the general tendency towards youth outmigration in rural areas, have decided to stay in their home town. We explore the agency of young, conscious stayers, as well as the process of staying in the northern Finnish town of Kemijärvi. The stayers’ values and perceptions of the constituents of a good life could be taken as an alternative to the prevailing Western ideal that emphasizes mobility and ambitious educational and career plans, and is, in part, driving young people to leave their rural hometowns. The stayers in this study are active participants in their own fate and are content with their choice of staying. Applying ethnographic methods, we undertake to learn what rural stayers consider the building blocks of a good life in a small-town setting, one offering comparatively limited options in terms of jobs, education and leisure activities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Kemijärvi Lapland LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System Arctic YOUNG 110330882110646 |
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This article focuses on young people who, despite the general tendency towards youth outmigration in rural areas, have decided to stay in their home town. We explore the agency of young, conscious stayers, as well as the process of staying in the northern Finnish town of Kemijärvi. The stayers’ values and perceptions of the constituents of a good life could be taken as an alternative to the prevailing Western ideal that emphasizes mobility and ambitious educational and career plans, and is, in part, driving young people to leave their rural hometowns. The stayers in this study are active participants in their own fate and are content with their choice of staying. Applying ethnographic methods, we undertake to learn what rural stayers consider the building blocks of a good life in a small-town setting, one offering comparatively limited options in terms of jobs, education and leisure activities. |
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Radically Ordinary Lives:Young Rural Stayers and the Ingredients of the Good Life in Finnish Lapland |
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Adams , R-M & Komu , T 2021 , ' Radically Ordinary Lives : Young Rural Stayers and the Ingredients of the Good Life in Finnish Lapland ' , Young : Nordic journal of youth research . https://doi.org/10.1177/11033088211064685 |
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