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Remember digital nomads? Those lucky, carefree millennials who ditched the office and the daily urban grind in favour of a blissful existence in some far-flung tropical beach cafe, their only limitation being the quality of the wifi. The pandemic’s remote working revolution has given this alternative lifestyle “project” new impetus – and now its pioneers want to get rid of our traditional concept of the nation state too.
Anthropologist Dave Cook meets the people behind this radical vision, and describes his adventures tracking digital nomads around the planet over the past seven years. It turns out the realities of this lifestyle are much less idyllic than you might imagine – from daily worries about money, tax and Amazon algorithms, to the shady practice of “dropshipping”. Meanwhile, Rachael A. Woldoff and Robert Litchfield
discover friction amid changed economics and demographics in destination towns and cities.
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Dave Cook, UCL
As an anthropologist, I have chronicled the digital nomad lifestyle for the past seven years. The reality is far less glamorous than you might imagine
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A tourist has makeup done ahead of Day of the Dead on Oct. 30, 2021, in Mexico City.
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Rachael A. Woldoff, West Virginia University; Robert Litchfield, Washington & Jefferson College
Locals usually see tourists as a way to boost the economy. But at a certain point, resentment starts to build.
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New Tory leader and Brith Prime Minister Liz Truss.
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Nicholas Westcott, SOAS, University of London
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Nicholas Allen, Royal Holloway University of London
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Safiyya Hosein, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Gail Iles, RMIT University
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Stephen Hall, University of Bath
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Alexander Hill, University of Calgary
There’s no question the Russian population is subject to a Russian media largely loyal to the Kremlin. But that doesn’t mean Vladimir Putin lacks genuine supporters.
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Zafar Adeel, Simon Fraser University
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Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University; Mathew Gillings, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Mitchell Nathanson, Villanova School of Law
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