The British on the Costa del Sol Twenty Years On: 'A story of liquids and sediments'

This paper is based on ethnographic research with British migrants in Spain over a 20-year period: a period of mass migration and some return migration. British in Spain, who became a mass media and academic phenomenon during this time, have often been understood as performing liquid or mobile mobil...

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Main Author:	Karen O’Reilly
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Helsinki University Press 2017-09-01
Series:	Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Subjects:	liquid sediments british migration communities
Online Access:	https://journal-njmr.org/articles/227

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spelling	doaj-68552f5aea3b4473bac6b0e9c8e658122020-11-25T03:54:17ZengHelsinki University PressNordic Journal of Migration Research1799-649X2017-09-017313914710.1515/njmr-2017-0017213The British on the Costa del Sol Twenty Years On: 'A story of liquids and sediments'Karen O’Reilly0Loughborough UniversityThis paper is based on ethnographic research with British migrants in Spain over a 20-year period: a period of mass migration and some return migration. British in Spain, who became a mass media and academic phenomenon during this time, have often been understood as performing liquid or mobile mobilities, and little attention has been given to the long-term impacts of their migration. This paper examines environmental and infrastructural changes in Spain, traces in the shape of abandoned properties and closed-down businesses and also the new long-lasting organisations, institutions and relationships that have emerged and taken on a form of permanence over time and daily practice of these migrants as agents. Drawing on practice theory to draw attention to outcomes of migration, this paper argues that even the most fluid of migrant communities and lifestyles leave sediments and traces that shape the future for prospective migrants and those who are settled.https://journal-njmr.org/articles/227liquidsedimentsbritishmigrationcommunities
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title	The British on the Costa del Sol Twenty Years On: 'A story of liquids and sediments'
title_short	The British on the Costa del Sol Twenty Years On: 'A story of liquids and sediments'
title_full	The British on the Costa del Sol Twenty Years On: 'A story of liquids and sediments'
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series	Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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description	This paper is based on ethnographic research with British migrants in Spain over a 20-year period: a period of mass migration and some return migration. British in Spain, who became a mass media and academic phenomenon during this time, have often been understood as performing liquid or mobile mobilities, and little attention has been given to the long-term impacts of their migration. This paper examines environmental and infrastructural changes in Spain, traces in the shape of abandoned properties and closed-down businesses and also the new long-lasting organisations, institutions and relationships that have emerged and taken on a form of permanence over time and daily practice of these migrants as agents. Drawing on practice theory to draw attention to outcomes of migration, this paper argues that even the most fluid of migrant communities and lifestyles leave sediments and traces that shape the future for prospective migrants and those who are settled.
topic	liquid sediments british migration communities
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The British on the Costa del Sol Twenty Years On: 'A story of liquids and sediments'

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