@ARTICLE{Buler_Marta_Tracking_2021, author={Buler, Marta and Pustułka, Paula}, number={No 4}, journal={Studia Socjologiczne}, pages={135-155}, howpublished={online}, year={2021}, publisher={Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN}, publisher={Komitet Socjologii PAN}, publisher={Wydział Socjologii UW}, abstract={This article explores the dynamics of personal relationships within a geographically mobile, large peer group (PG) over time. Based on a case-study of a PG examined within the broader Qualitative Longitudinal Study (QLS) on ‘Peer Groups & Migration’ in Poland, the analysis focuses on the transformations of friendships from early adolescence to adulthood. The paper sheds light on friendship relationships and gauges strength of bonds over fifteen years from a spatial perspective. By specifically examining three critical moments of the PG formation (ca. age 15), leaving home (ca. 18–19), and the current transition to mid-adulthood (ca. 27–29), a retrospective and temporally dynamic portrait of friendships continuously affected by mobility is proposed. We demonstrate the entanglement of youth friendships in space (mobility) and time, arguing that a rise of transnationalism did not alleviate the preference for having one’s friends in close spatial proximity.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Tracking Friendship Across Space and Time: A Case Study of a Mobile Peer Group}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/121857/PDF-MASTER/Studia_Socjologiczne_2021_nr4_s.135_155.pdf}, doi={10.24425/sts.2021.139725}, keywords={migration, youth, friendship, peer group, qualitative longitudinal study (QLS)}, }