I Live Out in the Countryside. Exploring Extreme Processes of Individualization in Rural Spain

Bibliographic Data

ID5850528
AuthorsÁngel Paniagua Mazorra (0000-0002-2188-9932, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, corresponding author), Angel Paniagua
Year2010
Volume126
Issue1
Pages9-23
Publication date2010-01-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueScottish Geographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2541 • E-ISSN: 1751-665X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14702540903499116
OpenAlexW2035948302
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited38

The objective of this paper is to study in depth the perspective of the individual in rural geographic studies, specifically relationships between the position of the individual in the community and the physical space they inhabit. The focus of the study is individuals living alone in Spain, in the middle of the countryside in depopulated nuclei, with space but almost without a community. The analysis is based on a quantitative study of individuals who live alone in a village, from a geographical perspective and, also, the testimonies of various individuals who live alone, presented ethnographically. The conclusions show the temporary nature of the phenomenon, its wide distribution at a municipal level, a clear male predominance, the value of the absence of a community, the appreciation of values of the surroundings and the disappearance of the limits of the community in terms of spatial continuity

Phenomenon · Position (finance · Rural community · Value (mathematics · French Urban and Social Studies · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability

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