Alcoholism of local residents in the perception of young people in the Pskov region: stigmatization, place identity and migration attitudes

On January 11 Julia Belova (PhD in Sociology, Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Political Research, Laboratory for Political Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "Alcoholism of local residents in the perception of young people in the Pskov region: stigmatization, place identity and migration attitudes".

The report demonstrated how young people in the Pskov region represent alcohol consumption by local residents, how differences are marked by judgments about alcohol, and what characteristics are given to people suffering from alcoholism. The results of the analysis of in-depth interviews indicated that images of alcoholism are stigmatized and perceived as threats to identity, persistently present in discussions on the topic “leave or stay”.