This paper uses the case study of rural–urban migration from the small island of Paama, Vanuatu over a period of almost 30 years to argue that longitudinal restudies offer valuable insights into processes of continuity and change. Between the early 1980s and 2011, there was great continuity in Paamese demography and rural social organization, circular mobility had decreased, the trend towards urban permanence had continued, and gendered mobility norms had altered. The dialectic nature of mobility was manifest in these changes and continuities, which both reflected and contributed to wider social, economic and political trends over the period. Significantly, many of the mobility trends noted above would not have been apparent without longitudinal data, the use of which allowed for detailed analysis of mobility behavior beyond general observations. Furthermore, while existing restudies tend to focus on change, it is argued that recognizing continuity is also important, and emphasizes the processual nature of mobility.

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以前，它不是这样的……：瓦努阿图城乡移民的纵向研究和一代人的连续性和变化

本文使用瓦努阿图帕马小岛近 30 年来的农村-城市移民案例研究，论证纵向再研究提供了对连续性和变化过程的宝贵见解。在 1980 年代初期到 2011 年间，Paamese 人口结构和农村社会组织具有很大的连续性，循环流动性下降，城市永久性趋势仍在继续，性别流动性规范发生了变化。这些变化和连续性体现了流动性的辩证性，它们反映并促成了这一时期更广泛的社会、经济和政治趋势。重要的是，如果没有纵向数据，上面提到的许多流动趋势将不会很明显，使用纵向数据可以对一般观察之外的流动行为进行详细分析。