Rural‒Urban mobilities in turkey: Socio-spatial perspectives on migration and return movements
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, cilt.20, sa.5, ss.513-530, 2018 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/19448953.2018.1406696
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.513-530
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Rural-Urban Mobilities, Peasants, Precarity, Counter-Urbanization, Turkey
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Based on original data, this article discusses rural‒urban mobilities and the contemporary employment‒migration relationship. Starting with the observation of reduced rural population but maintained family-farm numbers, it engages with multiple issues, including rural employment, the process of urban migration, settlement in the city, the relation of migrants to the rurality and (return) countermigration. It supports the thesis that migration is not so much about a ‘movement from one place to another’, the classical migration definition, and more about a coupling of practices (related to mobilities, residence, employment, etc.) with places over time. Thus, migration and counter-migration are conceptualized as socio-spatial strategies, conceptualized as ‘multi-place living’ or ‘dual life’, which are based on variable engagements with rural farming, urban wage labour and return movements (for retirement, refuge, etc.). The newly emergent and growing dual/multi-place structures that result from this are re-shaping village life in particular, expressed in various ways, such as in a changing village demography and function.