Published: 2019-12-31

How does a “jar” live? The process of settling in Warsaw on the example of students originating from outside the capital

Katarzyna Zarzycka
Journal of Urban Ethnology
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE17.2019.011

Abstract

Based on studies conducted between the year 2013 and 2016, the article describes a process of settling within a place and its practical aspects among students of Warsaw public universities who come from outside of the capital city (commonly known as słoiki – “jars”). In this paper, the process of settling is understood as a relation with the city, shaped and transformed by the practices of everyday life. It describes students’ motives for migration, responses to a new situation of living in a new city, changes regarding the knowledge of topography, renting a flat, travelling and movement, social relations, and anchoring of everyday memories in the space of the city.

Keywords:

dwelling, migration, everyday life, space, city

Citation rules

Zarzycka, K. (2019). How does a “jar” live? The process of settling in Warsaw on the example of students originating from outside the capital. Journal of Urban Ethnology, 17, 187–202. https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE17.2019.011

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