Home is often understood as a fixed point in space that’s tied to territory, but nomadic communities remind us that home can be cultivated on the move.
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By signing up to co-working and co-living spaces, nomads can drop into communities as they move around the world, getting their social needs met whilst still retaining their freedom of movement. But this “community” comes at a cost, literally.
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As self-proclaimed “citizens of the word,” what role – if any – do digital nomads play in sociological cosmopolitanism, and how do their mobility practices align with Stoic ideals of a cosmic society? In this article, I delve into this interesting discursive territory.
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“Home is where the heart is” is a commonly accepted trope in the popular imagination. And yet, despite this seemingly uncontroversial claim, it actually stands in direct opposition to the sedentary biases of modernity that tethers home to territory.
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Whilst nomads have historically been seen as a threat to the unity of the nation-state and actively disciplined, denounced and derided, several countries around the world are turning this politico-historical practice on its head and actively seeking to attract a growing legion of nomads via new remote work/digital nomad visas.
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This article analyses the global mobility patterns of digital nomads through a Beckian model of risk. It argues that digital nomads use mobility as a hedge against the precarious (and risky) employment relations they often find themselves in. At the same time, however, these same mobility practices introduce different forms of risk back into the hypermobile lifestyle.
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