Temporariness in the Life Course of Multi‐local Residents: Processuality of Home

ABSTRACT In late modern societies characterized by increasing mobility and individualization, temporary living and working arrangements are no longer a rare phenomenon. In many life biographies, temporary and multi‐local periods, with more than one place of residence, have become common. This paper adopts a life course perspective to explore how temporary experiences influence individuals’ perceptions of their current multi‐local arrangements and future aspirations. Moreover it investigates how multi‐local residents perceive and realize home in their life course. Based on biographical interviews with multi‐local residents in two German cities, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig, this study aims to deepen our understanding of multi‐local living arrangement from a life course perspective and to examine its implications on the processuality of home .