Temporality of Living - Places of Emotional Belonging and Everyday Practices

一般来说，住房或多或少被认为是永久性的，无论是在日常生活中还是在科学研究中。在大都市的背景下，居住时间有限、波动和多地性已成为最近的住房现象。然而，在郊区中小城市，假定居住时间明显更长，波动较小，多地居住的人口比例较低。本项目对这些假设进行了批判性的检验。相反，我们假设住房的临时性不仅仅是大都市或市中心的现象，在郊区也可以观察到，因为由于工作环境的变化而增加的临时性和流动性既是社会现象，也是普遍现象。我们认为，临时性包括范围很广，从几个月的短期停留到几年的长期停留，这通常是由于大学教育和定期就业合同造成的。临时生活也可以包括多地或跨地的生活方式，其（临时）生活安排无论如何可以覆盖数年。在此背景下，本项目旨在研究住房临时性的定量维度及其对人们地方依恋的影响。我们将地点依恋理解为既包括对地点的情感引用，也包括具体的与地点相关的实践（例如日常实践和社会参与）。此外，还从人们的角度调查了住房临时性的原因和对这些安排的看法。此外，这种现象是在个人传记的背景下考虑的。因此，时间的过去和未来阶段也被考虑在内。为了实现这些目标，我们采用了不同的实证研究方法：专家访谈、居民代表性定量调查、临时居民定性访谈和专家研讨会。作为研究区域，我们选择了法兰克福和莱比锡两个主要城市以及四个郊区的中小城镇。这种选择使我们能够从经验上检验假定的普遍存在的生活时间性分布。

In general, housing is conceived as more or less permanent, both in everyday life as well as in scientific research. In the metropolitan context, limited duration of residence, fluctuation and multilocality have been addressed as recent phenomena of housing. In suburban small and medium-sized cities, however, it is assumed that the duration of residence is significantly longer, that there is less fluctuation and that the proportion of people living multilocally is lower. This project critically examines these assumptions. Rather, we assume that the temporality of housing is not an exclusively metropolitan or inner-city phenomenon, but can also be observed in suburban locations, because the increasing temporality and mobility due to changing working environments are both societal and ubiquitous phenomena. In our view, temporality encompasses a broad spectrum ranging from rather short-term stays of a few months to longer-term stays of several years, which are often caused by university education and fixed-term contracts of employment. Temporality of living can also include multi- or translocal lifestyles, whose (temporary) living arrangements can by all means cover several years. Against this background, this project aims to investigate both the quantitative dimensions of the temporality of housing and its effects on people's place attachment. We understand place attachment to include both emotional references to places and concrete place-related practices (e.g. everyday practices and social engagement). In addition, reasons for the temporality of housing and perceptions of these arrangements are investigated from the perspective of the people. Furthermore, the phenomenon is considered in the context of individual biographies. Thus, past and future phases of temporality are also taken into account. We pursue these goals with different empirical research methods: expert interviews, representative quantitative surveys of residents, qualitative interviews with temporary residents and expert workshops. As study areas we have selected the two major cities of Frankfurt and Leipzig as well as four small and medium-sized towns in their suburban surrounding. This selection enables us to empirically test the assumed ubiquitous distribution of the temporality of living.