This article analyses the self-reflective process and narratives of 12 lifestyle migrants who settled between 1990 and 2010 in a rural Andean community in southern Chile. The results show that the time of their arrival and the migrants' life stages were relevant in their reflective process regarding belongingness to the local community and other migrants, the search for an ontological sense and a critical perspective into how their migration affected rurality. The article discusses how rural fantasies and dissatisfaction with modern urban life are central elements in constructing a self and we-image, as well as a compass that enables them to integrate into the rural community while becoming increasingly aware of how their presence inevitably changes rurality.

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生活方式移民的叙事与自我反思过程：对“美好生活”的追求*

本文分析了 12 名生活方式移民的自我反思过程和叙述，他们于 1990 年至 2010 年间定居在智利南部安第斯乡村社区。结果显示，他们到达的时间和移民的情况都不同。生命阶段与他们对当地社区和其他移民的归属感、寻求本体论意义以及对他们的移民如何影响农村的批判性视角的反思过程相关。文章讨论了乡村幻想和对现代城市生活的不满如何成为构建自我和我们形象的核心要素，以及使他们融入乡村社区的指南针，同时越来越意识到他们的存在将如何不可避免地改变乡村。