This research project focuses on the autobiographies of migrants, their daily practices, and their representations in the media. Besides migrants, also the experiences and narratives of those who stay are in the focus. The main question is, how and why the narratives of mobility and belonging vary both temporally and spatially.
The starting point of the study is the intersectionality of mobility and migration: the experiences of the migrants differ because of e., g., gender, age, ethnic background, religion, and social class. The materials of the study comprise archival sources, interviews and blogs by migrants in the internet. Multi-sited oikoethnography will be conducted in Estonia, Spain, and the Netherlands.
The project produces biographic, ethnographic and intersectional analyses of the experiences and representations of being on the move and attaching. The aim is to increase the understanding of migration and to give tools for analytical discussion on the affective subject. The interactive web site of the project serves as a platform where the stories, maps, and photographs of the mobile people will be collected; it will also include a news application that will link the relevant societal and global news to give context to the personal experiences of the migrants and those who stay.
Keywords: Artistic methods, autobiography, belonging, differences, experiences, intersectionality, maps, media, migration, narratives, participatory research.
Tuija Saresma
PhD, docent/Adjunct professor
Research Centre for Contemporary Culture, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
University of Jyväskylä
https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/mutku/henkilokunta/laitoksen-henkilokunta/saresma-tuija
Twitter: tuijasaresma
The researcher is collaborating with the following research projects:
http://croboarts.org/
http://artsofbelonging.org/
https://www.facebook.com/ArtsBelonging/
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