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Extra-urban Localities: Hybridization of 'Rural' and 'Urban' in the Process of Migration of Citizens to the Countryside
 
PIIS013216250007751-9-1
DOI10.31857/S013216250007751-9
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Alyona Y. Makshanchikova 
Occupation: Ph.D. stud. of Doctoral School of Sociology
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Egor A. Nikishin
Occupation: Ph.D. stud. of Doctoral School of Sociology
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Dmitry S. Popov
Occupation: Leading Researcher; Associate Professor
Affiliation:
Institute of Sociology of FCTAS RAS
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameSotsiologicheskie issledovaniya
EditionIssue 12
Pages61-70
Abstract

Article examines the migration of urban working age middle-class citizens to rural areas. Research focuses on de-urbanization processes, mobility (both physical, from the city to rural areas, and socio-cultural), the construction of rural localities by the ex-citizens, and their interaction with local and city communities, as well as the new social realities emergence.  The research is concentrated on the non-urban spaces of the Near North, where in-depth interviews were carried out during a cross-disciplinary expedition. Article is focused on moving from urban to non-urban spaces, professional activities of the settlers, and their interaction with social environment We examine the ‘production of locality’ concept, specifics of new hybrid identities, and lifestyles of those moved to rural areas. There are several trends in the process of constructing new localities. On the one hand, the locality produced by city migrants fills rural space with ‘humanistic’ meanings, opens the door to its rational use, making it attractive while forming the resource streams, strongly connected to the city. However, at the same time there is a tendency of production of quasi-traditional ‘rurality’ and ‘theme parks’ construction, simulacrum-like in its nature and not culturally rooted in the Near North and local rural communities everydayness.

Keywordsdeurbanization, locality production, mobility, Near North
AcknowledgmentThis work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant 17-33-00065-OGN.
Received30.11.2019
Publication date11.12.2019
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