Hospitality, reciprocity, and power relations in the home accommodation of asylum seekers in Finland

Merikoski, Paula

doi:10.4324/9780429273773-7

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“…Karakayali, 2017;Kleres, 2018;Maestri and Monforte, 2020;Milan, 2018); these studies have shown that anger triggered by injustices, along with feelings of shared humanity and compassion, mobilised locals in solidarity with people on the move. Similarly, many of the hosts I interviewed expressed being motivated by feelings of anger and compassion (Merikoski, 2019(Merikoski, , 2021. The empirical scope of this article moves beyond the initial motivation and explores the affective outcomes of living together.…”

Section: A Hospitable Response To the Asylum 'Crisis'mentioning

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Living Together through the Asylum Process: Affective Proximity in Home Accommodation of Asylum Seekers

Merikoski

2022

Sociology

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This article examines the home accommodation of asylum seekers in Finland from the perspective of hosts’ affective experiences of living through the asylum process from proximity. This study contributes to the research on the affective dimension of pro-asylum solidarity beyond the framework of compassion. Instead of being observers of distant suffering, hosts are personally affected by the asylum seekers’ past involving war and conflict and their present struggle for asylum, which are inseparably intertwined. As a result, the hosts’ homes and domestic lives are transformed. The boundaries between home and faraway events blur when daily life includes technology-mediated connections to war. Affective proximity to asylum struggles may cause an emotional burden for hosts, which can also be politicising. Living together often leads to a shared mission of fighting for the right to remain and increased awareness of the political question of asylum.

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Section: A Hospitable Response To the Asylum 'Crisis'mentioning

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Living Together through the Asylum Process: Affective Proximity in Home Accommodation of Asylum Seekers

Merikoski

2022

Sociology

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Sharing domestic space in home accommodation of asylum seekers in Finland: intimacy, boundaries and identity work

Merikoski,

Nordberg

2024

Gender, Place & Culture

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‘At least they are welcome in my home!’ Contentious hospitality in home accommodation of asylum seekers in Finland

Merikoski

2020

Citizenship Studies

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Hospitality, reciprocity, and power relations in the home accommodation of asylum seekers in Finland

Cited by 15 publications

References 16 publications

Living Together through the Asylum Process: Affective Proximity in Home Accommodation of Asylum Seekers

Living Together through the Asylum Process: Affective Proximity in Home Accommodation of Asylum Seekers

Sharing domestic space in home accommodation of asylum seekers in Finland: intimacy, boundaries and identity work

‘At least they are welcome in my home!’ Contentious hospitality in home accommodation of asylum seekers in Finland

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