From Going Abroad to Settling Down… While Remaining Mobile? Polish Women in Norway Narrate Their Migration Experiences

Bibliographic Data

ID17810522
AuthorsI Main (0000-0002-9881-6838, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, corresponding author), Elżbieta M Goździak (0000-0002-8793-0379, Georgetown University), Leszek Nowak (0000-0002-1910-8041, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
Year2021
Volume11
Issue1
Publication date2021-03-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNordic Journal of Migration Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1799-649X • E-ISSN: 1799-649X
PublisherHelsinki University Press (PUBLISHER • FI)
DOI10.33134/njmr.331
OpenAlexW3136498307
LanguageEN
References cited25

This article analyses mobility of Polish women living transnational lives between Poland and Norway. The emphasis is on the emic (insider’s) versus etic (outsider’s) points of view regarding issues of migrant identity, mobility before arriving in Norway, and temporality, permanence, fluidity and settlement after moving to Norway. The article is based on an online survey of 485 Polish women and 126 ethnographic interviews with Polish women residing in Norway. The study findings suggest that while many Polish women are working and raising families in Norway, they maintain strong links to Poland and continue to be very mobile. The way they narrate their mobility and migration experiences are contrasted with categories devised by policy makers and scholars

Art · Emic and etic · Ethnography · Insider · Political science · Sociology · Temporality · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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