Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The equipment level of second homes has developed over recent decades, which has also been reflected in the technologization of second home living. However, the views of second-home dwellers on the acquisition and use of technology have been relatively under-researched. Previous studies have mainly touched on the subject briefly or focused primarily on the quantity of technological equipment and remote work technology. Through interview data, we examine the cultural negotiations through which second home users structure their relationship with technology as part of second-home living. We particularly focus on the preferences, conditions, and suspicions associated with the acquisition and use of devices, and how technology is utilized in household chores, paid work, and entertainment. Our results indicate that second-home dwellers negotiate between a traditional, reserved attitude towards technology and a modern view that values technological equipment. Between the clearly negative and openly technology-positive attitudes, there are also negotiation settings where the technology practices of second home living are constructed as cultural compromises. This manifests in the preference for more traditional technology, the need to justify the presence of devices at the second home, and the tendency to downplay the significance and technological level of devices. The diversity of technology views and the associated balancing reflect the changing second-home culture and the need to reconcile the tension between traditional ideals and modernizing practices of second-home living.
Source: Matkailututkimus
DOI: 10.33351/mt.162838
Authors: Loviisa Léman, Janne Poikolainen, Minna Autio
Language: Finnish
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7113894795
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