Intersections of Mobility and Belonging: Blogging Subjectivities of Finns on the Move.
As components of the contemporary experience, mobility and displacement (Appadurai 1990; Said 2002) are accompanied by our need to belong: while global mobility is encouraged by and expected from the educated ex-pats and temporary workers, the "flows" of migrants cause "debates, challenges, and cris...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Finnish Studies Vol. 22; no. 1/2; pp. 47 - 66 |
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University of Illinois Press
Jan2019
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