Longing for the mountains
Mobilising geographic categories in the biographic narratives of inhabitants of Switzerland’s rural municipalities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9266124 |
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| Authors | Mathieu Petite (0000-0002-2546-3437, University of Geneva, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 102-3 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue de géographie alpine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-1121 • E-ISSN: 1760-7426 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/rga.2625 |
| OpenAlex | W1969707839 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Residential migration in the mountainous regions of Switzerland has changed over the past twenty years. Such changes of residence now concern in part individuals and families drawn by a living environment that is deemed superior to that of cities. This article focuses on the residential trajectories of these inhabitants which led them to settle in mountainous regions. These inhabitants view the path that brought them to their current address through the prism of geographic categories like city, countryside, and mountains. The article analyses the mobilisation and characterisation of the latter category, mountains, in the biographic narratives of inhabitants of three small so-called mountain municipalities in Switzerland. The approach both complements and deepens the question of residential choices by also bringing in the inhabitant’s perspective in all its complexity
Geography · Narrative · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Residence · Rural area · Sociology · Visual arts · Demography · French Urban and Social Studies · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability
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