Digital Nomads
This article questions the field of mobility as a way of life from the phenomenon of digital nomads, people who, thanks to the use of wireless technologies, materialize their possibility to discover the world while pursuing their professional activity without being confined to specific localities. Analyzing the dynamics between the ethos of freedom, accountability and commodification through Anthony Giddens’ theory of individualism, the text examines the role played by transnational mobility in a “project of the self” that questions a sedentary lifestyle and emphasizes the creation of an individual history, assuming the risks that this entails. The empirical materials are based on a combination of investigation methods, combining virtual ethnography, conventional fieldwork and analysis of online content (interviews, articles, personal blogs).