MIGRATORY STORY OF THE LOPAC FAMILY: SENJ, VIROVITICA, CANADA, CROATIA

Kroz migrantsko življeno iskustvo prikazuje se heterogenost migracijskih kretanja kao karakteristika stanovništva senjskog zaleđa. Analizira se migrantska priča obitelji Lopac koja svjedoči o transkontinentalnoj emigraciji (Senj (Krivi Put) - Kanada), unutarnjoj remigraciji iz Senja (Krivi Put-Lopci) u Viroviticu - (Sv. Đurađ i Podgorje), transkontinentalnoj emigraciji (Virovitica-Toronto (Kanada)) te o povratničkoj migraciji u Hrvatsku (u Zaprešić, u tzv. Kanadsko naselje). Kroz sve navedene migracijske mobilnosti promatra se važnost socijalnog kapitala i propituju teorije migrantskih mreža.This paper presents the heterogeneity of migratory movements as a characteristic of the inhabitants of Senj\u27s hinterland. Talking with Lopac family members carried out through multisited fieldwork. The starting point and view of migration and mobility refers to the hinterland area of Senj whilst the consequences of migration focus not only on the geographic region, but wider, one that surpasses the geographical area in becoming a social space. The author analyzes the migratory story of the Lopac family who went through transcontinental emigrations (Senj (Krivi Put) - Canada), internal migrations from Senj (Krivi Put – Lopci) in Virovitica – (Sv. Đurađ and Podgorje), transcontinental emigrations (Virovitica – Toronto (Canada)) and aboutreturn migrations to Croatia (in Zaprešić, to the so-called Canadian settlement). Through all of this migratory mobility is observed the importance of social capital and the question about the theory of migrant networks. With all kinds of migration the connections between the emigrants and their families is observed, inhabitants who didn\u27t emigrate, in lone places, and the interpersonal connections of extended family members who immigrated to various areas. Also researched are cross-material practice of belonging and being, in relation to the importance of material objects for a sense of home