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RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2010, 1st-3rd September, London UK. Sponsored
by the Geography of Leisure and Tourism Research Group.
CFP: Migration Blurrings: Exploring the Social Orientated Motives for Mobility
and Migration
Convenors: Maria Thulemark (Dalarna University, Sweden) and Tara Duncan
(University of Otago, New Zealand)
Moving for lifestyle, leisure, retirement or amenity seeking reasons has, in
much of the literature and as Benson and O’Reilly (2009: 609) suggest, failed
to capture the complexity of these various bounded terms. As such, it is the
blurring between these various types of migration that this session seeks to
explore. Rather than limiting the session to, for instance, lifestyle or amenity
migration, this session is more about the social and cultural motivations and
impacts on both those who migrant/move and the local community.
We suggest that the personal, or social, aspects of certain types of migration
have been under-researched. As such, it is the experience of those who move
that becomes important. Yet the focus should not be solely on these groups.
The session will also aim to raise questions about how these migrants affect
the local community that they enter and what difference such an in-migration
can have for a community.
The session aims to look beyond traditional studies of lifestyle, amenity,
retirement and leisure migration to consider themes including:
• The social orientated motives for mobility and migration
• Movement to less urban and/or rural areas
• The impact of such migration on existing communities
• The impact of tourism on this type of migration
• The experience of the migrants after their move(s).
Please submit abstracts (of no more than 200 words) to both Maria Thulemark
([log in to unmask]) and Tara Duncan ([log in to unmask]) by Friday February
12th, 2010.
Many thanks and kind regards
Tara Duncan
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