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Young people steer their life trajectories against the backdrop of profound transformations of rurality. They are considered protagonists in the present and future of rural areas; however, their experiences and perspectives on life in, and away from, the countryside have been scarcely acknowledged in academia. Considering conceptual thoughts on new mobilities, place-based belonging, and new ruralities, we argue that young people are a highly dynamic and continually reassessing group. In four case studies realized independently in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Mexico, we closely involved young people with multiple participative methods to express their perceptions, concerns, and demands. We experiment on ways to integrate our insights for future comparative studies. Beyond the diversity in local contexts, we found convergences in young people’s visions, which motivate them to stay or leave, with wider implications for the sustainability of rural places. “Living in between” thereby encapsulates multifaceted hybrid possible countrysides away from constraining dichotomic views.

抽象

在乡村发生深刻变革的背景下，青年人的人生轨迹不断前行。他们被认为是农村地区现在和未来的主角；然而，他们对乡村生活和乡村生活的看法和看法在学术界几乎没有得到承认。考虑到关于新的流动性、基于地方的归属感和新农村的概念性思考，我们认为年轻人是一个高度活跃且不断重新评估的群体。在阿根廷、玻利维亚、厄瓜多尔和墨西哥独立完成的四个案例研究中，我们让年轻人通过多种参与方式来表达他们的看法、担忧和要求。我们尝试将我们的见解整合到未来的比较研究中。除了当地环境的多样性之外，我们发现年轻人的愿景趋同，这促使他们留下或离开，对农村地区的可持续性产生更广泛的影响。因此，“生活在两者之间”将多方面的混合可能的乡村封装起来，远离限制性的二分法观点。