Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15176/vol61no17
The Time of “New” Island Women: Ethnography of Creating the Future of Women Incomers to Lastovo
Ana Perinić Lewis
; Institut za istraživanje migracija, Zagreb
Marina Blagaić
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb
Abstract
In this paper, we analyze the experiences of women moving to the island of Lastovo in the last twenty or so years, focusing on the reasons for their migration, their perception of “island time” and their reflections on the temporalities that they live in their everyday life. We also focus on the processes of creating the future, regarding future as a socially and culturally determined modes of experiencing temporality. Based on material collected through semi-structured interviews, we attempt to interpret the women incomers’ processes of imagining the future. We note the importance of island residence as a prerequisite for the realization of such imaginaries, where one’s lifestyle, free time and creativity play a significant role. We were interested in how the desired and realized quality of life on the island was created and negotiated. Moreover, we analyzed the experience of island time and rhythm and the evaluation of the (lack of) integration of these “new” island women into perceived island temporalities. The paper explores the intersections of what is personal and collective, what is island-related and off-island, as well as what is cultural, gender and class-related in the context of various temporalities that appear as a result of the incomers’ experience of island life.
Keywords
incomers, island women, Lastovo, island time, temporalities
Hrčak ID:
317941
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Publication date:
17.6.2024.
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