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Adapting for Survival: Self-Learning as a Trajectory to Overcome Precarity Among Young Urban-to-Rural Migrants in Vietnam (91783)
Session Chair: Rémi Cogranne
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Saturday, 29 March 2025 14:30
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream Room 3
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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The trend of urban-to-rural migration in Vietnam among young people from 20 to 35 has emerged in recent years in Vietnam, especially post-covid 19. This paper explores how these individuals keep enhancing their skills and knowledge through online platforms or short-term courses, even after relocating from urban to rural areas. Based on data acquisition from two fieldworks in Vietnam Central Highland in Da Lat and Gia Lai since 2016, along with follow-up interviews in Hanoi, the study examines the motivation and experiences of these migrants when they seek and take part in different learning settings. The findings indicate that while big cities are often perceived as hubs of learning opportunities that attract young people to migrate, my interlocutors even demonstrated a stronger motivation for self-improvement upon returning to rural areas rather than to urban centers. Particularly, they frequently participate in online courses, travel within Vietnam and abroad, and engage in a diverse range of educational activities. The study also aims at exploring the concepts of Susanne Klien’s experimental ground as these individuals show an on-going process of learning and acquiring new skills and knowledge in each moving journey. The research also compares the context of the post-growth society in Klien’s work with that of developing countries like Vietnam. In particular, it argues that despite a lack of government incentives, accumulated capital, or the societal maturity found in developed countries, these individuals display an even more self-learning commitment to overcome the precarity and sustain their relocation.
Authors:
Mai Huong Tran, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
About the Presenter(s)
Mai Huong Tran- PhD student at Vietnam National University, general interests: East Asia philosophy, counter-urbanization, rural development, creative class.
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