Insularisation and lifestyle migration on the island of Hvar

Perinić Lewis, Ana (author), Oroz, Tomislav (author)

The paper analyses lifestyle migration on the island of Hvar through the lens of an ethnographic approach. The diversity of migratory experiences among the interviewees, who were interviewed for the purposes of this research, is examined through the concept of insularisa-tion, approached as a profoundly ambivalent phenomenon encompassing both distancing and isolation, as well as the need for connection and integration into the rhythm of island communities. Through the concept of insularisation, the authors explore the discrepancy between imagined ideas about islands and their Mediterranean identity, and the practical experiences of lifestyle migrants, which highlight various obstacles and challenges. This approach enables a more nuanced understanding of the concept of lifestyle migration and the connections formed with the notion of islandness.

• Language: English
• Keywords: ethnology, lifestyle migration, insularisation, ethnographic approach, island of Hvar, Croatia, Mediterranean
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication date: 01.07.2025
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 36-55
• Numbering: Letn. 3, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179541
• UDC: 314.15:39(497.5Hvar)
• ISSN on article: 2820-6088
• DOI: 10.4312/svetovi.3.2.36-55
• COBISS.SI-ID: 245477379
• Publication date in RUL: 16.02.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Svetovi
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2820-6088
• COBISS.SI-ID: 148550403

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Otočenje in migracije zaradi spremembe življenjskega sloga na otoku Hvaru

Abstract

Prispevek na podlagi etnografskega pristopa analizira migracije zaradi spremembe življenjskega sloga na otoku Hvaru. Avtorja raznolikost migracijskih izkušenj med intervjuvanci, ki so sodelovali v raziskavi, preučujeta skozi koncept otočenja, globoko ambivalenten pojav, ki zajema tako oddaljevanje in izolacijo kot tudi potrebo po povezovanju in vključevanju v ritem otoških skupnosti. Na podlagi koncepta otočenja raziskujeta neskladje med predstavami o otokih in njihovi sredozemski identiteti ter dejanskimi izkušnjami migrantov, ki se v realnosti srečujejo tudi z različnimi ovirami in izzivi. Ta pristop omogoča bolj niansirano razumevanje koncepta preseljevanja zaradi življenjskega sloga in povezav, ki se oblikujejo na podlagi pojma otočnost.

• Keywords: etnologija, migracije zaradi spremembe življenjskega sloga, otočenje, etnografski pristop, Hvar, Hrvaška, Sredozemlje