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Post-Socialist Mobility Cultures
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Abstract The concept of migration culture is sometimes used to suggest that migration became normalised in particular sending locations. It is helpful however to explore the cultural context of migration more thoroughly, investigating norms and beliefs about how to ‘do’ migration. I analyse why cultures chan... view more
The concept of migration culture is sometimes used to suggest that migration became normalised in particular sending locations. It is helpful however to explore the cultural context of migration more thoroughly, investigating norms and beliefs about how to ‘do’ migration. I analyse why cultures change, and how this links to broader changes in society. In some respects post-2014 Ukrainian migration to Poland and, for example, Polish migration pre-2004 are strikingly similar, for example regarding informal networks, and migration to finance children’s higher education. To some extent Ukrainian migration can be labelled ‘post-socialist.’ I argue however that it is also shaped by the specific 21st century context, such as enhanced opportunities for communication between migrants and potential migrants on social media and in receiving countries, as well as Ukrainians’ encounters in Poland with Polish return migrants. Hence Ukrainian mobility discourses and practices have to be studied transnationally, not just locally.... view less
Keywords
Ukraine; Russia; Poland; EVS; post-socialist country; migration; livelihood; twenty-first century; transnationality; communication technology; social media
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
migration culture; livelihood strategies; Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 Dataset (Joint EVS/WVS) (ZA7505)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 443-456
Journal
Polish Sociological Review (2022) 4
ISSN
1231-1413
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0