Place and Lifestyle Migration: The Discursive Construction of ‘Glocal’ Place-Identity

Abstract

International lifestyle migration is a rapidly growing worldwide phenomenon. Within Europe, increasingly large numbers of northern Europeans are moving south in search of what they perceive as a better quality of life. The typical representation of this form of migration suggests that it is consumption-led, tourism-related and leisure-based; it is to be located within late modern, global, elitist, borderless and highly mobile social practices. The question arises as to the role of local place in this type of migration process and in the construction of individual and collective social identities. Using data from advertising texts produced by a residential-tourism resort and from indepth interviews with British residents in the Golden Triangle area of the Algarve, Portugal, this article explores the relationships between discourse, identity, g/local place and lifestyle migration.     

Menopause Symptoms' Predictors: The Influence of Lifestyle,Health- and Menopause-Related,and Sociodemographic Characteristics

This research explores a causal model of menopausal symptoms in peri- and postmenopausal women. A community sample of 710 women was assessed regarding menopausal symptoms, and sociodemographic, health- and menopause-related, and lifestyle characteristics. Structural equation modelling was used. Menopausal status predicted skin/facial hair changes (β = .156; p <.001), vasomotor (β = .122; p <.001) and sexual symptoms (β = .158; p <.001). Age was significantly associated with cognitive impairment (β = .087; p = .003), aches/pain (β = .072; p = .006), urinary (β = .115; p = .004) and also sexual symptoms (β = .107; p = .021). Several menopausal symptoms are predicted, not only by menopausal status, but also by age progression, among other variables; this should be considered in the context of a well-adapted menopausal transition.     

Self‐Employment as a Strategy for Dealing with the Competing Demands of Work and Family? The Importance of Family/Lifestyle Motives

In this paper, we test the argument that self‐employment may be a strategy for dealing with competing demands of work and family. We do this by comparing work–family conflict experienced by self‐employed and employed men and women. By examining to what extent the self‐employed versus regularly employed value time for themselves and their family — i.e., whether they are driven by family/lifestyle motives in their working life — we examine whether self‐employment can help reduce work–family conflict among those guided by family/lifestyle motives. Using data from a 2011 Swedish survey of 2483 self‐employed and 2642 regularly employed, the analyses indicate that experiences of work–family conflict differ between self‐employed and employees. Self‐employed men and women, especially those with employees, generally experience more work–family conflict than do employees. However, self‐employment can sometimes be a strategy for dealing with competing demands of work and family life. The presence of family/lifestyle motives generally decreases the probability of experiencing work–family conflict, particularly among self‐employed women with employees.     

生活方式指标体系初探

随着“以人为核心”的可持续发展观的确立 ,生活方式在人类社会发展中的地位日益重要。生活方式通过对社会生活的调适和对生活资源的有效配置 ,满足人的生存、发展、享受的需要 ,实现人的全面发展。建立生活方式指标体系 ,加强对社会生活的监测和引导 ,具有重大的理论意义和实践意义。生活方式指标体系应该包括客观指标、主观指标、行为指标三个子系统     

基于低碳生活方式背景下对高碳生活方式的伦理反思

低碳生活方式是实现经济可持续发展和人自身发展的内在要求,是低碳经济发展的必然产物。在全球气候变暖、生态危机日益凸显的今天,针对"物本"至上的道德主体物化,利益至上的人际关系物化,"符号意义"至上的审美感官物化,享乐至上的家庭生活物化等生活异化现象,从伦理学角度来反思,以生态价值观为指导,使一种追求天人合一和身心均衡发展的低碳生活极大地普及,以实现人和自身、人与人、人与自然的和谐发展。     

低碳经济环境下的山西旅游服务创新

低碳经济是实现经济可持续发展、建设和谐社会战略思想的要求。山西作为旅游大省,应通过建立绿色、科技、数字化的低碳旅游服务体系,将新能源、新材料和环保产品延伸到旅游服务中来,促使山西旅游企业尽早介入低碳商品交易市场,全面提升综合竞争力。     

社会转型下浙江省女性的生活方式

根据浙江省第三期妇女社会地位调查结果,对选取的浙江省2567名对象的研究结果和数据,从活动范围及社会交往、生活时间分配、休闲方式、消费方式和宗教信仰五个维度进行考察,研究社会转型下浙江省女性的生活方式,以及对在生活方式方面存在的性别和城乡差异进行分析,并与2000年浙江省第二期妇女社会地位的调查结果进行比较。研究显示,十年来,浙江女性的生活方式有较大的发展,在生活方式各维度上存在的两性之间、城乡之间的差别将随着人们社会性别意识的提高不断缩小,由生活方式折射出的女性的社会地位有了较大的提高。     

生活方式、社会网络与疾病防控--重大传染病疫情的人类学研究框架

2019新型冠状病毒疫情自暴发以来,迅速蔓延,已酿成全球性的公共卫生危机。作为以人类社会文化为研究对象的学科,人类学无可回避地承担着研究流行病和关怀受疫情影响的弱势群体的职责。通过讨论疾病与社会文化、防控与社会文化以及不同群体在疫情暴发中的遭遇及其社会文化解释这三个维度,叙述、分析与反思疫情所表征的社会文化,并认为民族志方法、跨学科合作方法、多种研究方法的综合应用是人类学研究重大疫情的重要研究方法。     

The discreet charm of the children of the bourgeoisie: economic capital and its symbolic expressions at an elite business school

We address a largely neglected issue in contemporary research on cultural class divisions: economic capital and its associated lifestyles and symbolic expressions. Using qualitative interviews, we explore how adolescents from wealthy elite backgrounds, namely students at Oslo Commerce School (OCS), traditionally one of the most prestigious upper‐secondary schools in Norway, demarcate themselves symbolically from others. They draw symbolic boundaries against students at other elite schools in Oslo, more characterized by backgrounds with high cultural capital, accusing them of mimicking a ‘hipster’ style. Within the OCS student body, we describe identity work centring on styles of material consumption and bodily distinctions. The most salient dividing line is between those who manage to master a ‘natural’ style, where expensive clothes and the desired bodily attributes are displayed discreetly, and those who are ‘trying too hard’ and thus marked by the stigma of effort. We also show some interesting intersections between class and gender: girls aspiring to the economic elite obey the ‘rules of the game’ by exercising extensive control over their bodies and adhering to demanding bodily norms for their weight and slimness. Such rules are less evident among the boys, where a lack of discipline, unruliness, hard partying and even fighting constitute parts of the lifestyle valued. This article contributes to the field of cultural stratification, highlighting the importance of the ‘hows’ of material consumption when expressing elite distinction. It also adds new insight to the research field of elite education by showing how a mastery of ‘high‐end’ consumer culture is involved in fostering favourable dispositions at elite schools.     

媒介新技术、新媒介环境与青少年社会化

石义彬文从"分割与拼贴"、"真实与虚拟"、"全球与地方"等不同向度,集中分析了传播新技术的文化影响,主张以社会化的方案与规划而非纯技术手段来应对这种文化挑战.张卓文以中外媒体广泛关注的网络事件为研究个案,探讨网络监管与网络暴民之关系、公众对网络监管之态度,并在联合国互联网治理的理论框架下,强调以网络治理取代网络监管.王勇文分析了传播新技术所建构的新媒介环境,以及新媒介环境对青少年社会化的影响,并从优化媒介资源配置、严格媒介管理、加强传媒职业道德建设、提高公民的媒介素养等维度,倡导构建健康的媒介环境.刘中望文从"自媒体"、新"社群主义"、新公共性等角度,探讨了互联网对当代生活方式的多种影响,强调对其研究要突破"可能性"、"实在性"这两种逻辑视角.