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Everyday negotiations of belonging - making Mexican masks together with unaccompanied minors in Finland
- Source :
- Journal of Youth Studies. 22:551-567
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- In this paper we discuss how art workshops can be used to examine dimensions of belonging. We draw on our findings of collaborative ethnographic fieldwork with unaccompanied refugee minors in Finland. The practical aim of the art project was to offer a platform for transcultural communication and interaction, and to support mutual understanding and solidarity among the refugee minors and Finnish pupils. The collaborative ethnographic approach gave us an opportunity to meet the young people through working together and be equally active members of the group sharing the same classroom. Theoretically we aim to enlarge the understanding of the sense of belonging and the role of the subjective agency of the unaccompanied minors, including everyday participation. We highlight the practices through which the minors can be supported in an embracing manner in their everyday lives in new host societies.
- Subjects :
- Sociology and Political Science
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Refugee
Yhteiskuntamaantiede, talousmaantiede - Social and economic geography
Muut humanistiset tieteet - Other humanities
Unaccompanied refugee minors
ethnography
Sense of belonging
Yksin tulleet alaikäiset turvapaikanhakijat
Muut yhteiskuntatieteet - Other social sciences
Suomi
Ethnography
Agency (sociology)
collaborative research
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Sociology
belonging
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Finland
media_common
etnografia
05 social sciences
kuuluminen
050301 education
General Social Sciences
Gender studies
Solidarity
Negotiation
0503 education
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14699680 and 13676261
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Youth Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....428eb63caec7e52d96168bb1bb10d775