Naslov
Return Migration to the Island - Paradigm Change

Autori
Klempić Bogadi, Sanja ; Podgorelec, Sonja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts Islands: Nature and Culture / Čuka, A. ; Oroz, T. ; Klarin, T. - Zadar : Sveučilište u Zadru, 2022, 42-42

ISBN
978-953-331-384-9

Skup
18th Islands of the World Conference ISLANDS: NATURE AND CULTURE

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 13.06.2022. - 17.06.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Croatian islands, Dugi otok, return migrations, temporality

Sažetak
This paper aims to examine the role of time by analysing the migration experiences of returnee islanders. Migration always has, regardless of the direction (island - mainland - island) or time (changes in historical and economic living conditions, but also the perspective of each individual - the perspective of life course), determined the way and quality of life of islanders and island communities. Analysing the role of certain types of migrants in the structure of island communities, especially the small ones found on most inhabited Croatian islands, confirms the importance of a group of returnees whose migration decisions, but also behaviour (new knowledge, experience) significantly affects the quality of life in contemporary communities. Return migration is investigated mainly as a process of closing the migration cycle of an individual, particularly as the outcome of migration by permanent return or the relocation of external migrants (who emigrated primarily to another country) to the country of origin, regardless of the length of stay. A survey of returnees on Dugi Otok conducted in October 2021 confirmed that the more practical explanation is that returnees are islanders who have moved from the island at some point and returned temporarily or permanently ; hence, those who spent some time outside the island in other parts of Croatia. At the same time, regular weekly commuters from the mainland centre where the island gravitates - Zadar - were excluded from the potential sample of returnee respondents. The research confirms that modern returnees to the island should be viewed mainly through the prism of temporality, often with their regular semi-annual migration between the island and the country or settlement to which they moved. That way, an important part of the sample is the so-called ‘circulating emigrees’, a significant group in the typology of Croatian island migrants. The research on Dugi Otok was conducted using a biographical method in semi-structured interviews, which collected the life stories of 17 interviews in five island settlements. Based on the results of previous research conducted by authors on other Croatian islands, the researchers intended to determine the rhythm (irregularity) and reasons for visits and returns of emigrants during and after their life working period. Namely, most contemporary returnees to the islands are older people whose migration represent a subtype of circular migration with elements of different conceptual models of retirement migration. Therefore, the main hypothesis of the research is: along with economic factors, the most important reason for emigrated islanders to visit and return (temporary or permanent) is the feeling of belonging to the island as a social and physical space.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Demografija, Geografija

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