How to Get Involved? The Integration Strategies of World War Ii Refugees

Ojamaa, Triinu

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“…In the three Baltic countries oral history has been a growing research field since 1991, when the Baltic states regained their independence. Important contributions to the oral history research on Baltic refugees in Sweden have been made, among others, by Aili Aarelaid-Tart ( 2002, Anu Mai Kõll (2015) and Triinu Ojamaa (Ojamaa & Labi & Kronberg 2012;Ojamaa 2019). By studying the differences between the lives lived and the lives remembered, Aili Aarelaid-Tart (2002) has identified two types of factual imperfections in the narratives of Estonians.…”

Section: Estonian Life Stories: a Brief Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kõll (2015) in her research focuses on the Swedish state and on how the state acted when receiving refugees from its neighbouring countries, including the Baltic states, during World War II. There is a common assumption among scholars that the Balts are one of the most integrated migrant groups in Sweden, which succeeded in integrating successfully into Swedish society as well as maintaining their own cultural identity (Kõll 2015;Ojamaa 2019). This statement is still unquestioned.…”

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The introduction to the first part of the special issue of Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore, titled "On the Move: Migration and Diasporas", situates the articles included in the issue within theoretical discussions of significant factors that have influenced population movements, formation of diaspora communities, and diversification of the transnational life style during the past decades. The introduction discusses the genealogy of the concepts of diaspora, transnationalism, migration, and mobility, also drawing attention to their simultaneous circulation within the inter-and cross-disciplinary field today. Both forced and voluntary forms of migration are addressed. The relevance of the contributions of the current issue to larger tendencies and theoretical debates on mobility and migration is outlined. The study of migration and mobility constitutes a vast area of academic inquiry, yet there is not enough research on migration processes in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet countries. The articles fill this gap, engaging in a variety of issues, theoretical and methodological approaches, and diverse regions and historical contexts. These include historical transnational commuting practices, the effects of status shifts from voluntary to forced migration, the inadequacy of contemporary ICT-based communication means in comparison with face-to-face encounters, modes and strategies of (transatlantic) transnational identity, affective economy of migration, including its traumatic impact, and relevance of the researcher's positioning in terms of the national culture of homeland and host country. Many contributions highlight the important role of http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol78/introduction.pdf 8 www.folklore.ee/folklore Triinu Ojamaa, Leena Kurvet-Käosaar sociality in managing migration and mobility, and in so doing, also diversify and contest central conceptual paradigms within the field.

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Section: Estonian Life Stories: a Brief Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Estonian Life Stories: a Brief Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%