Munhen: Kubon&Sagner, 131–145. (original) (raw)

Abstract

The main focus of the article is the dynamics of family structures and relationships in the process of labour mobility during the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. In the text I present a comparative study of two groups in the Republic of Macedonia: Muslim Macedonians and Albanians. I chose to present two personal stories: the first is the story of Tefic, Macedonian Muslim from Janče village; the second is that of Imer, an Albanian from Skopje. These are the stories not only of two men, but of them and their relatives and friends. Both stories are different, but comparable when put into the more general context of labour mobility patterns in Macedonia. These two case studies allow for the examination of the atypical process when migrants return and start their own business, namely in the context of a previous and/or ongoing migratory experience. The chosen presentational strategy presumes that migrations and migration experience are a part of reality that does not exist separately from people’s perceptions – on the contrary, they exist within and throughout the perceptions of that reality; through and in people’s attitude toward it, depending on the circumstances in their experience of life.

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