They go to the city, and sometimes they come back

Conceptualising rural and urban spaces through experiences of circular migration in Paraguay

Bibliographic Data

ID2361035
AuthorsE Finnis (0000-0002-1688-0108, University of Guelph, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume37
Issue4
Pages383-400
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritique of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308275x17735366
OpenAlexW2760853513
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited51

In this paper, I examine what people's reasons for migrating from, and subsequently returning to, a rural community can tell us about the inter-related ways that rural and urban spaces are conceptualised. Drawing on research in a small, agricultural community in Paraguay, I explore two illustrations of women who are circular migrants, in order to demonstrate some of the potential circumstances, aspirations, and experiences that can shape decisions to migrate for work and then eventually return to rural spaces. My discussion demonstrates the importance of migration in the construction of a rural present and future, in which movements between rural and urban spaces help to support rural life and aspirations

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Order (exchange · Political science · Rural area · Rural community · Rural history · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Work (physics · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Engineering · Gender Studies · Rural development and sustainability

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