ABSTRACT

The article demonstrates how large social associations are operating at the locus of a community-making related to the networks of Swedish migrants in Southern Spain. The associations are selectively targeting relatively wealthy older (ethnic) Swedish individuals, offering them a home-like social arena with access to a club equipped with well-known facilities and activities from the Swedish tradition. In addition, these associations offers valuable information and services that ensure their members a comfortable lifestyle in Spain but also facilitates a life with close connection to the Swedish society. In this social space, the Swedish migrants meet, socialise and to some extent, consume, rather than making efforts to participate and becoming integrated in Spanish society. It is also obvious how this environment becomes a hub for maintaining links and societal life with the Swedish society. The article argues that the practices used by the social associations in their mobilisation, are becoming part of a ‘diasporisation’ of Swedes in Southern Spain. It is also argued that these practices are both reflecting assumed needs and requests from the individuals in the migrant networks as well as orientating them into a lifestyle that promotes comfort and transnational links with their country of origin.

摘要

这篇文章说明了在西班牙南部与瑞典移民网络有关的社区建设中，大型社会协会是如何运作的。这些协会有选择地针对相对富裕的年长（种族）瑞典人，为他们提供一个家庭般的社交场所，让他们可以使用配备有瑞典传统知名设施和活动的俱乐部。此外，这些协会还提供有价值的信息和服务，以确保其成员在西班牙享有舒适的生活方式，同时也促进了与瑞典社会的紧密联系。在这种社会空间中，瑞典移民会聚，社交并在某种程度上消费，而不是努力参与并融入西班牙社会。同样明显的是，这种环境如何成为维持与瑞典社会的联系和社会生活的枢纽。文章认为，社会团体在动员中使用的做法正在成为西班牙南部瑞典人“移民”的一部分。也有人认为，这些做法既反映了移民网络中个人的假定需求和要求，又将他们定位为一种生活方式，可促进与原籍国的舒适和跨国联系。