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Sara Bäckström

Ph.D. student in etnology, studying the contemporary interest in deserted houses.

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Affiliation
Doctoral student at Department of Culture and Media Studies Units: -
Location
Humanisthuset, Biblioteksgränd 3 (huvudentré) Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Ph.D. student in etnology, studying the contemporary interest in deserted houses. In Sweden, people are buying, renovating, and moving into deserted houses, often while sharing their processes on social media. But what does it mean to "save" a deserted house? Therefore, as an ethnologist interested in the cultural aspects of everyday life, I will therefore collect people’s stories to analyze these "rescuing processes" and capture and present the conditions and fantasies that make practices of "saving" deserted houses meaningful.