Browsing by Subject "muutto"
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(2016)Objectives. Today migration and mobility have become easier and more common, which will affect people's relations to place. The purpose of this study was to examine the link between identity and place from the perspective of an individual, who belongs to diverse groups. This means that the meaningful places for identity formation were not necessarily mutually shared with the larger group. The aim was, above all, to bring out an individual's perspective on the importance of place in identity building process and to determine the impact of changed places due to occurred migration for an individual and his identity construction. The research task is to describe, analyze and interpret the significance of place for identity formation process for young adults who once lived in at least two countries. The link between identity and place occurs in the research groups place relationships and social contacts, which have evolved in the context of migration. Methods. The research data consisted of three interviews of young adults who had lived in at least two countries. All of the people from the research group had dual nationalities of both parents' homelands. From all of the interviewees one of the parents was Finnish and the other from another European country. Theme interview was used as the method of collecting data. It was conducted by individual interviews, which utilized theoretical frameworks main themes. These themes were identity, place, migration and social relations. The data was analyzed by means of a qualitative research by using the narrative analysis. Following the content analysis, the data was coded in various categories, which allowed us to examine the formation of identity in relation to place. The analysis referred the theory but didn't connect only to it because it also arose from the data. Results and conclusions. The research result shows clearly that the place and changes of place has an importance for the construction process of identities. Examining the link between identity and the place the uniqueness of the experience and the individual's personal perspectives were emphasized. The upper categories of the analysis; identity, location, migration and social relations, were a useful in presenting the results of the study. However, the upper categories had a lot of duplication and only by violating the structure by joining the categories together the actual research results were brought out. The research results were formed by the interactive whole of place and identity, which reflected the research groups' experiences of how meaningful the place had been in their identity formation. It showed also how a wide range of individual factors contributed to the formation of a sense of belonging as well as the relevance of the place. Due to migration, the changes of places played a big role in shaping the re-search groups identities. The migration affected the identities, relations of place and social relations to change toward the diverse cross boarder and diasporic manifestations. However, the research groups' reports were strongly personal and contained a lot of unique features. References to cross-border and diasporic identities, open understandings of place and widespread connections in addition to cross-border relationships were common to the entire research group. However, it should be borne in mind that the diasporic, hybrid, and the cross-border identities shouldn't be seen only connected to place, but identity should always be remembered identity consisting of a variety of factors. In addition to place the constructs of identity consist of various factors, ranging from situations and different life paths.
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(2011)The dominant discourses on the issue of asylum have placed it on a uniquely higher level of scrutiny as a politically very sensitive area for social research. Today, member states within the EU have implemented stricter policies to control new arrivals, whilst instituting statutory procedures to manage the existing asylum claims. In 2010, the number of applicants for asylum in Finland totalled 5988, out of which 1784 were given positive decisions. This thesis endeavour to highlight asylum seekers in the discourses about them by adding their voices to the discussions of them in contemporary Finland. Studies, which has concentrated on asylum seekers in Finland, uses the living conditions within asylum reception centres to assess the impacts of structural barriers on asylum seekers’ efforts to deal with the asylum process. By highlighting the impacts of the entire asylum process, which I believe starts from the country of origin; I focus on examining narratives of dealing with the experience of liminality whilst waiting for asylum, and then explore areas of possible participation within informal social networks for West African asylum seekers in Finland. The overall aim is to place the current research within the broader sociological discussion of ‘belonging’ for asylum seekers who are yet to be recognized as refugees, and who exist in a state of limbo. Methodologically, oral interviews, self-written autobiographical narratives, and ethnographic field work are qualitatively combined as data in this thesis for an empirical study of West African male asylum seekers in Finland. Narrative analysis is employed to analyze the data for this thesis. The ethnographic research data for the study began in May 2009 and ended in August of 2010. Altogether, ten interviews and four self-written narratives were collected as data. In total seven hours of audio recording were made, along eleven pages of hand-written autobiographical narratives. Field observation notes are employed in the study to provide contexts to the active interactional processes of interpretation throughout the analysis. Findings from the study suggest that within the experience of liminality, which surrounds the entire asylum process, participations within informal social networks are found to be important to the process of re-making place and the sense of belonging. My study shows that this is necessary to countering the experience of boredom, stress and social isolation, which permeate all aspects of life for West African asylum seekers, whilst they wait for asylum decisions in Finland.
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(2016)Tutkielmani tavoitteena on tarkastella Nikolai Gogolin novellia Päällystakki sekä Esa Leskisen ja Sami Keski-Vähälän näytelmää Päällystakki adaptaatiotutkimuksen näkökulmasta. Tarkoitukseni on tutkia, minkälaisia muutoksia tapahtuu, kun lähdeteos sovitetaan novellista näytelmäksi ja siirretään uuteen ajan, paikan ja kulttuurin kontekstiin. Lisäksi tavoitteenani on tutkia muutosta yleisellä tasolla teosten sisältöanalyysin keinoin. Keskeisimpänä teoreettisena lähteenäni on Linda Hutcheonin teos A Theory of Adaptation. Hutcheonin teoria edustaa uudempaa postmodernia näkemystä, jossa adaptaatiot nähdään itsenäisinä ja yhtä tärkeinä kuin ne lähdeteokset, joiden pohjalta adaptaatiot on tehty. Lähestyn aihetta useista eri tulokulmista, joten käytän lähteinäni useita eri tieteenalojen teoksia. Adaptaatioihin ja teatteriin liittyvän kirjallisuuden lisäksi käytän myös kirjallisuustieteen ja kielitieteen teoksia sekä Gogolia käsittelevää kirjallisuutta. Lähteisiini kuuluu myös muun muassa sosiologian ja sosiaalipsykologian alaan liittyviä teoksia. Olen tutkinut aihetta hermeneuttisesti, mutta myös draamaanalyysin keinoin. Päällystakki-novellia ja -näytelmää voidaan analysoida Hutcheonin adaptaatioteorian avulla, vaikka Hutcheon ei määrittele novellin ja näytelmän ominaispiirteitä. Hutcheon kuitenkin tarkastelee teoksessaan kertovan ja esittävän moodin eroavaisuuksia. Kertovan moodin taiteelle on tyypillistä kuvailu ja mielikuvituksen käyttö, esittävän moodin taidelajeille sen sijaan visuaalisuus ja auraalisuus. Novelli on kirjallisuudenlajina kertomakirjallisuutta, kun taas näytelmäkirjallisuudelle on ominaista teatterilähtöisyys, eli pyrkimys esitettävään muotoon. Näytelmätekstinä Päällystakki on laajempi teos kuin novelli ja siinä korostuvat teatterille ominaiset ilmaisukeinot. Päällystakki-näytelmässä on paljon henkilöhahmoja novelliin verrattuna, mikä korostaa näyttelijäntyön merkitystä näytelmää esitettäessä. Myös teosten kielessä ja tyylissä on eroja. Teoksia yhdistävät tarina ja pysyvät teemat, realismin ja fantasian sekoittuminen, päähenkilö sekä takki muutossymbolina. Hutcheonin huomiot ajan, paikan ja kulttuurin muutoksista näkyvät tutkimusteosten sisällössä. Vaikka teokset ovat fiktiivisiä, niiden konteksteissa pyritään realistisuuteen ja kuvaamaan historiallisia tapahtumia. Varsinkin näytelmässä pyritään kuvaamaan realistisesti ajan, paikan ja kulttuurin konteksteja ja niissä tapahtuvia muutoksia. Näytelmän kontekstin siirtäminen 1800-luvun Pietarista 2000-luvun Suomeen on looginen ja perusteltu historiallisesta perspektiivistä tarkasteltuna. Näytelmän ajan ja paikan kontekstin valinnassa korostuu myös samastettavuus. Näytelmä on modernisaatio ja se sijoittuu potentiaalisten katsojien lähikontekstiin. Aika ja paikka ilmenevät näytelmässä muun muassa henkilöhahmojen ja asusteiden kautta. Kulttuurisessa kontekstissa muutoksen ideologinen painopiste siirtyy idästä länteen ja sosialismista (tai kommunismista) globaaliin markkinatalouteen. Kulttuurisia muutoksia käsitellään talouden ja työn termein.
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(2021)When moving to a new dwelling, residents try to make it a home or feel like one. This is done by customizing the space, getting used to it and the surroundings, decorating the apartment with their own things and finally by living there alone or with others. The result of this process is called feeling of home. Home making as is home and family in general is considered feminine. However, men also move and make homes, either alone or with someone else. In this study I look at the formation of the home and the feeling of home of men, as well as their roles at home when they move to live with their companion. I tell three different stories about moving in together: a couple moves into a new dwelling, a man moves into a woman's home and a woman moves into a man's home. The study is narrative in material and in analysis. The narrative analysis is made applying a model by Heikkinen (2018), in which a new wholesome narrative is constructed from fragmented material. The material consisted of three stories of heterosexual couples moving in together, presented in an audiovisual form on Muuttopäiväkirjat -reality show on Finnish public media service Yle. In the analysis I formed new narratives from the short scenes scattered between episodes, describing the formation of home from the man's point of view. I review these narratives comparing them to the theoretical background formed on home, relationship and the role of men, among other things. The results are narratives that construct social knowledge. They are based on my interpretation of the moves presented in the reality-tv series. The narratives are perspective-widening analysis rather than the truth about the moves presented in the series. The narratives I have formed tell about three different situations in which a man’s position in their home and relationship is formed in different ways: 1. A young couple’s expectations of home do not match each other 2. A man’s feeling of home gets broken and rebuild as a woman moves to his home 3. The man moves in with the woman and finds a home from the family
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