Hunting a ‘good life’: young lifestyle migrants in Finnish Lapland

IF 2 Q3 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL Polar Geography Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI:10.1080/1088937X.2023.2182383
Adams Ria-Maria
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ABSTRACT This article focuses on young lifestyle migrants in Arctic Finland, individuals who can be described as active agents of their own fate in having made a conscious choice to move to a place they consider worth living in. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, the study brings to light newcomers’ motivations for migrating to a geographically remote area and discusses structural conditions that support the process of moving to Finnish Lapland. The search for personal wellbeing and a desire to construct “authentic” lifestyles in rural environments emerged as driving factors for young people who consider moving to the Arctic. While access to nature and nature-based leisure activities proved to be the most attractive feature of the region, opportunities to work in the tourism industry, well-connected transport infrastructures and educational opportunities also figured significantly in the migrants’ decisions. Social media channels play a pivotal role as a platform promoting their lifestyle. In engaging regularly with young people who have moved to the Arctic, where they pursue their chosen lifestyle in a harsh climate with high living costs, the research challenges the prevailing argument in the lifestyle migration debate whereby middle-class people move to places with lower living costs and sunny climates.
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寻找“美好生活”:芬兰拉普兰的年轻生活方式移民
本文关注的是芬兰北极地区年轻的生活方式移民,这些人可以被描述为自己命运的积极代理人,他们有意识地选择搬到他们认为值得居住的地方。通过长期的民族志研究,该研究揭示了新移民迁移到地理偏远地区的动机,并讨论了支持迁移到芬兰拉普兰过程的结构条件。对个人幸福的追求和在农村环境中构建“真实”生活方式的渴望成为年轻人考虑搬到北极的驱动因素。虽然接近自然和以自然为基础的休闲活动被证明是该地区最具吸引力的特征,但在旅游业工作的机会、连接良好的交通基础设施和教育机会也在移民的决定中发挥了重要作用。社交媒体渠道作为推广他们生活方式的平台发挥着关键作用。在定期与搬到北极的年轻人接触中,他们在恶劣的气候和高昂的生活成本中追求自己选择的生活方式,研究挑战了生活方式迁移辩论中的主流观点,即中产阶级搬到生活成本较低、气候晴朗的地方。
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Polar Geography
Polar Geography GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL-
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期刊介绍: Polar Geographyis a quarterly publication that offers a venue for scholarly research on the physical and human aspects of the Polar Regions. The journal seeks to address the component interplay of the natural systems, the complex historical, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and security issues, and the interchange amongst them. As such, the journal welcomes comparative approaches, critical scholarship, and alternative and disparate perspectives from around the globe. The journal offers scientists a venue for publishing longer papers such as might result from distillation of a thesis, or review papers that place in global context results from coordinated national and international efforts currently underway in both Polar Regions.
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