| KALA, Lukáš, Lucie GALČANOVÁ and Vojtěch PELIKÁN. Residential preferences in the context of voluntary simple lifestyles: What motivates contemporary Czech simplifiers to reside in the countryside? Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly. De Gruyter Open, 2016, vol. 26, No 4, p. 410-421. ISSN 1210-3055. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2016-0035. |
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@article{1357929,
author = {Kala, Lukáš and Galčanová, Lucie and Pelikán, Vojtěch},
article_number = {4},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2016-0035},
keywords = {Relocation motivations; voluntary simplicity; environmentally friendly lifestyles; qualitative longitudinal research; Czech Republic},
language = {eng},
issn = {1210-3055},
journal = {Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly},
title = {Residential preferences in the context of voluntary simple lifestyles: What motivates contemporary Czech simplifiers to reside in the countryside?},
volume = {26},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1357929
AU - Kala, Lukáš - Galčanová, Lucie - Pelikán, Vojtěch
PY - 2016
TI - Residential preferences in the context of voluntary simple lifestyles: What motivates contemporary Czech simplifiers to reside in the countryside?
JF - Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly
VL - 26
IS - 4
SP - 410-421
EP - 410-421
PB - De Gruyter Open
SN - 12103055
KW - Relocation motivations
KW - voluntary simplicity
KW - environmentally friendly lifestyles
KW - qualitative longitudinal research
KW - Czech Republic
N2 - The aim of our paper is to broaden the international discussion on environmentally friendly lifestyles. In most of the previous research, via a survey technique involving the self-nomination of participants, voluntary simplifiers are presented as part of a social movement typically connected with an urban environment. Our paper follows the third wave of longitudinal research conducted in the post-socialist Czech Republic in the years 1992, 2002 and 2015. The data were collected using in-depth interviews combined with observations in 20 voluntary modest households. The biographical style of interview enables us to interpret the sources of the participants’ motivation for relocating to the countryside or staying in the urban environment as they interpret it retrospectively. Four dominant narratives emerged: 1) narrative of distaste for city life, 2) narrative of a nice life, 3) narrative about living in freedom, 4) narrative of a return to roots.
ER -
KALA, Lukáš, Lucie GALČANOVÁ and Vojtěch PELIKÁN. Residential preferences in the context of voluntary simple lifestyles: What motivates contemporary Czech simplifiers to reside in the countryside? \textit{Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities \&{} Social Sciences Quarterly}. De Gruyter Open, 2016, vol.~26, No~4, p.~410-421. ISSN~1210-3055. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2016-0035.
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