An approach which stresses that the behaviour of an individual is made within the context of her or his past. It is ‘a way of understanding the relationship between people and place that focuses on an individual’s life course’ (N. Castree, R. Kitchin, and A. Rogers, 2013). Halfacree and Boyle (1993) PHG 17, 3, 333 use in-depth investigation of the biographies of migrants in order to gain an appreciation of the intentions implicated in the migration decision.