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A small but growing group of today's knowledge workers actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their jobs, traveling far and wide, and moving as often as they like. These digital nomads have left their local coffee shops behind and now proudly post their "office of the day" photos from exotic locales, but what do their lives really look like?

In Digital Nomads, Rachael Woldoff and Robert Litchfield take readers into an expatriate digital nomad community in Bali, Indonesia to better understand this growing demographic of typically Millennial workers. Through dozens of interviews and several stints living in a digital nomad hub, Woldoff and Litchfield present new answers to classic questions about community, creativity, and work. They further show why digital nomads leave their conventional lives behind, arguing that creative class and Millennial workers, though successful, often feel that their "world class cities" and desirable jobs are anything but paradise. They first follow their transitions into freelancing, entrepreneurship, and remote work, then explain how digital nomads create a fluid but intimate community abroad in the company of like-minded others. Ultimately, Woldoff and Litchfield provide insight into digital nomads' efforts to live and work in ways that balance freedom, community, and creative fulfillment in the digital age.

A sympathetic yet critical take on this emerging group of workers, Digital Nomads provides a revealing take on the changing nature of work and the problems of the new economy.

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"... Woldoff and Litchfield's grounded analysis provides a thorough description of the social psychological factors that inform the choice to flee unsustainably expensive cities when faced with the uncertainty of "creative" life." -- Michael L. Siciliano, Queen's University, American Journal of Sociology

"A wonderful mix of business, philosophy, and sociology."--Booklist

"The COVID-19 crisis has made remote work a reality. The members of the creative class can now choose where they want to live and work. And they are no longer bound to the superstar cities and tech hubs of the United States or other advanced economies. Rachael A. Woldoff and Robert Litchfield take us inside the thriving global digital nomad community of Bali, Indonesia where the expatriate creative class have come to realize their dreams."
--Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class

"Digital Nomads is an important, eye-opening account of young people grappling with an unlivable world, where hard work is no longer rewarded and creativity has become just another commodity--in Bali. Well-written and suggestive, it offers a scathing criticism of the failures of the 'new economy,' and may portend the dystopian future of the digital world of work--or an alternative to that future."--Elijah Anderson, Sterling Professor of Sociology, Yale University

"In the idyllic island of Bali, digital nomads flourish through networks. This important book shows that high-speed computer networks allow them to work far from home offices. Networks of fellow expatriates allow them to find information, community, and support."
--Barry Wellman, Director, NetLab Network

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Rachael Woldoff and Robert Litchfield take readers into an expatriate digital nomad community in Bali.

About the Author

Rachael A. Woldoff is Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University. Her books include Priced Out: Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle-Class Neighborhoods and White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood, which was awarded the Best Book Award from the Urban Affairs Association.

Robert C. Litchfield is Associate Professor of Economics and Business at Washington & Jefferson College.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (January 4, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0190931787
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0190931780
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    Robert C. Litchfield is an associate professor of management at Washington & Jefferson College. His research focuses on creativity and innovation, identity, and the future of work. He received his Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from The Ohio State University.

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    Rachael A. Woldoff is an urban sociologist and Professor of Sociology. She received a PhD in sociology from The Ohio State University, specializing in crime and community. Her research and publications have focused on neighborhood crime and disorder, urban redevelopment, and racial/ethnic differences in neighborhood attainment, as well as the subjects of neighborhood racial change, gentrification, housing affordability, and creative class cities. Her work has appeared in Social Forces, Urban Affairs Review, and Urban Studies. Her book, White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood, was awarded the Best Book Award from the Urban Affairs Association. Dr. Woldoff received the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Researcher Award. She has coauthored three other books: High Stakes: Big Time Sports and Downtown Redevelopment (The Ohio State University Press 2004) and Priced Out: Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle-Class Neighborhoods (New York University Press 2016). Dr. Woldoff is a Deputy Editor of the ASA journal City and Community. Her newest book, Digital Nomads: In Search of Freedom, Community, and Meaningful Work in the New Economy (Oxford University Press 2021), examines community, creative class cities, and the rise of remote work.

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