An academic Geography workshop relating to the topic of Earth from Space, taught by an Aberystwyth University lecturer.
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"Lifestyle migration: affording a good life in ‘less popular’ destinations" - Geography AberWorkshop
This workshop draws on recent research undertaken at Aberystwyth University to understand the ways that ideas of living a particular lifestyle encourages migration. While longstanding counter urbanisation research has emphasized the desirability of (rural) locations, this workshop considers why people move to areas that aren’t seen as so attractive. Drawing on urban (Swansea) and rural (Ceredigion) examples, the workshop draws on qualitative data to understand the attraction to areas that don’t feature so prominently as ‘lifestyle destinations’. It explores the way that regional inequalities allow a middle-class lifestyle that could not otherwise be afforded to be pursued. Similarly, access to the physical landscape is also an important factor, as are ties to the area (both pre-existing and made). However, there are more negative aspects, such as feeling ‘stuck’ in an area, or contributing to the unaffordability of local house prices.
This workshop is also available through the medium of Welsh.
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