295 KB63 KB199020252025Lorenzetti, LuigiRossinelli, Fabioštevilka:62str. 79-97ISSN:0353-6777DOI:10.3986/2025.2.5COBISSID_HOST:247769859URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-UNOPIHGVen= Institute for Slovene Emigration ResearchInštitut za slovensko izseljenstvoDve domovinidobrodelnostenterpreneurshipmigracijemigrationphilanthrophypodjetništvopovratništvoreturn migrationReturn migration and real estate projects: philanthropy or speculation? The examples of Le Locle and Locarno (Switzerland), from the mid-19th century to the 1910s|The migration experiences of the past often generated financial flows linked to remittances or capital repatriation, whose main market was the private construction sector. It usually consisted of the construction of dwellings intended to complete the conservative project of the return to the homeland and represent the success of the personal career. The article draws on two real estate projects realized in two Swiss towns to show how, for two figures with a migration background from the mid-19th century onwards, the construction sector represented an entrepreneurial strategy based on a different balance between philanthropic idealism and speculative logicMigracijske izkušnje v preteklosti so pogosto ustvarjale finančne tokove, povezane z denarnimi nakazili ali repatriacijo kapitala, katerih glavni trg je bil zasebni gradbeni sektor. Običajno je šlo za gradnjo stanovanj, s katero naj bi se zaključil konservativni projekt povratka v domovino in ki bi simbolizirala uspešno osebno kariero. Avtorja v prispevku na podlagi dveh nepremičninskih projektov, izvedenih v dveh švicarskih mestih, pokažeta, kako sta dve osebi z migrantskimi izkušnjami od sredine 19. stoletja dalje uporabljali gradbeništvo kot podjetniško strategijo, ki je temeljila na ravnovesju med človekoljubnim idealizmom in špekulativno logikoTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZRC SAZU