Between Mobility and Belonging

The Meanings of Locality among Youth in Lapland in the Transition to Adulthood

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12476708
AutoresTarja Juvonen (0000-0002-0611-6747, Lecturer, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, autor correspondente), Marjo Romakkaniemi (Lecturer, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland)
Ano2018
Volume27
Fascículo4
Páginas321-335
Data de publicação2018-08-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoYoung (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1103-3088 • E-ISSN: 1741-3222
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1103308818791672
OpenAlexW2888202671
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas33

The article analyses mobility and belonging to a place among young people living in rural areas in Finnish Lapland. Our focus is on the meanings of locality when young people make decisions concerning education, work and their living environment. The data consist of 24 interviews of persons in the transition stage to adulthood and in need of support in finding educational or training opportunities. The article highlights the diversity of young people’s aspirations as regards leaving, staying in or returning to their home region. We challenge the cultural discourse urging young people to move to growth centres from sparsely populated areas. Locality was found to play an important role in their lives and transitions. The key factors identified in the decisions of young people were embeddedness in one’s home region and local, social relations and the prospects of meaningful life choices in either the rural or urban context

Context (archaeology · Diversity (politics · Embeddedness · Focus group · Geography · Locality · Political science · Rural area · Social science · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Work (physics · Anthropology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Rural development and sustainability · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics