Due to land loss from sea level rise, subsidence, and hurricanes, coastal Louisiana residents face decisions about whether and how to move to live more securely. These (seemingly) biophysical processes are compounded by sociocultural evolution and technological progress, which often make rural people and communities feel devalued. Using these observations as a background, we ask: how do disaster‐related migration strategies correspond to broader migration trends nationally and globally? And, how do local, place‐based cultures influence and permeate these migration decisions and strategies? We rely on 32 interviews with those who are from southeastern Louisiana and are connected to local seafood industries. Using the Intracoastal Canal as a line of risk demarcation, respondents were recruited as either stayers (those residing south of the canal) or migrants (those who moved north of the canal or elsewhere). We find that within both groups, many individuals and/or their family members participate in watershed migration and cultural curation, practices of moving up the bayou toward safer ground and bringing place‐based practices along with this movement. We conclude by highlighting how the non‐linear experiences of migrants are part of larger historical narratives and practices of change, migration, and cultural and physical survival.

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寻找高地：灾难余波中的流域迁移和文化策展*


由于海平面上升、沉降和飓风造成的土地损失，路易斯安那州沿海居民面临着是否以及如何搬迁以过上更安全生活的决定。这些（看似）生物物理过程与社会文化进化和技术进步相结合，这往往使农村人民和社区感到被贬低。以这些观察结果为背景，我们提出了以下问题：与灾害相关的移民战略如何与国内和全球更广泛的移民趋势相呼应？以及，基于地方的当地文化如何影响和渗透这些移民决策和策略？我们依赖于对来自路易斯安那州东南部并与当地海鲜行业有联系的人的 32 次采访。使用内陆运河作为风险分界线，受访者被招募为留存者（居住在运河以南的人）或移民（搬到运河以北或其他地方的人）。我们发现，在这两个群体中，许多个人和/或其家庭成员参与了流域迁移和文化管理，即沿着河口向上移动到更安全的土地的做法，并将基于地方的做法与这种运动一起带来。最后，我们强调了移民的非线性经历如何成为更大的历史叙事和实践的一部分，这些叙述和实践涉及变化、迁移以及文化和物理生存。