Programme
Wednesday, November 13
15:00-18:00
Pre-conference PhD-workshop "Methods, research ethics and positionality"
Lecture halls Linna 5016 & Linna 5028
Thursday, November 14
9:00-9:30
Registration, lobby, Linna building
9:30-10:00
Conference opening & welcome, lecture hall Väinö Linna
10:00-11:00
Keynote I: Nira Yuval-Davis, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
11:00-11:30
ETMU Award, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
11:30-12:30
Lunch
12:30-14:00
Listening to people on the move? Citizenship, language, and challenges of solidarity activism, room K108, Linna building
Chairs: Eeva Puumala and Reiko Shindo
Research and solidarity, Dr Johanna Hiitola (Migration Institute of Finland)
Activist perspective on solidarity work and communication, Veera Kaleva (Tampere University, Free Movement Network)
Voices, languages and citizenship in the experiences of volunteers from the We See You campaign and association, Camilla Marucco (University of Turku, the secretary of ‘We See You’)
How have trade unions in Finland, Ireland, and Portugal reacted to undocumented immigrants?, Dr Rolle J Alho (University of Helsinki)
Mobilities, encounters and solidarities at the inner and outer edges of the European territory, room K109, Linna building
Chairs: Anitta Kynsilehto & Bruno Lefort
Solidarity and agency in the everyday in post-liberation Mosul, Mariette Hägglund (Tampere University)
Somali “non-migrants”, transnational family and social change, Marja Tiilikainen (Migration Institute of Finland)
Adrift in the inner edges of Europe. Drifting method as a tool for identifying borders and forging solidarities among people on the move and local communities, Tiina Sotkasiira & Päivikki Rapo (UEF)
Law and solidarity, room K107, Linna building
Chairs: Elina Nieminen and Jaana Palander
Spontaneous civil society solidarity and refugee management, Jaana Palander (Tampere University & Migration Institute of Finland)
Theological analysis of the credibility assessment of religious conversion in the Finnish asylum process, Ilona Silvola (Åbo Akademi University)
When protection also means (constant risk of) deportation, Stinne Østergaard Poulsen (VIA University College)
Solidarity towards irregular residents in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, Elina Nieminen (Tampere University)
Rethinking equity and collaboration in educational institutions addressing forced migration I, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
Chairs: Anja Heikkinen, Golaleh Makrooni, Regina Rischan-Fickler, Folajimi Akinribola
ELY center
TAKK
TAMK and KORKO-project
TEKO-project
SIMHE
Ahjola
OK-Sivis
OK-Sivis study center
Social psychological perspectives on intra- and intergroup solidarity, room K106, Linna building
Chair: Tuuli Anna Renvik
Adolescents’ gratitude and indebtedness toward parents: Interpreting intergenerational conflicts and solidarity after migration, Elina Turjanmaa (University of Helsinki)
Intergroup relations of mothers of young children in multiethnic neighborhoods, Eerika Finell, Paula Paajanen & Tuija Seppälä
Exclusionary definitions of citizenship in political and lay discourse, Emma Nortio & Katarina Pettersson
Testing a school-based vicarious contact intervention in three countries: Does it matter how the students perceive the facilitator’s engagement?, Viivi Mäkinen & Tuuli Anna Renvik
14:00-14:30
Coffee break, lobby, Linna building
14:30-15:30
Keynote II: Elisa Pascucci, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
15:30-17:00
Solidarities in Politically Engaged Research I, room K106, Linna building
Chairs: Leonardo Custódio and Camilla Marucco
Sympathies influencing the research field Intercultural Education?, Tanja Grøn Damsgaard (VIA University College)
Miscommunication’ as a basis of solidarity?, Reiko Shindo (Coventry University)
Agonistic methodology for postmigratory research with critical impact, Marta Padovan-Özdemir (VIA University College)
Possibilities for increased solidarity and participation in a PhD research on social work with queer refugees, Inka Söderström (Tampere University / University of Helsinki)
Visual elaborations of solidarity, participation and politics, room K108, Linna building
Chairs: Ilaria Tucci and Eeva Puumala
Belonging in Finland, Imran Adan
Free Translation Session, Anastasia Artemeva & Arlene Tucker
Building solidarity with constructive journalism: Mediating climate-induced migration, Chung Baek & Chang Zhang
Faceless and voicelss child. The dilemma of (refugee) children wanting to go public but ethical guidelines prohibiting it, Mervi Kaukko
Rememebring Lampedusa – radical participation in documentary film making, Ilaria Tucci
Policing Immigration: Criminalisation of migration, discrimination and fundamental rights I, room K112, Linna building
Chairs: Markus Himanen and Aino Korvensyrjä
Understanding why asylum seekers’ legal aid was cut in 2016 – legal aid as a facilitative migration industry, Riina Bhatia
Policing Mobility between Non-Discrimination Norms and Immigration Panic, Markus Himanen
The reasons of honor killing among Kurdish peoples, Hiva Khedri
Rethinking equity and collaboration in educational institutions addressing forced migration II, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
Chairs: Anja Heikkinen, Golaleh Makrooni, Regina Rischan-Fickler, Folajimi Akinribola
ELY center
TAKK
TAMK and KORKO-project
TEKO-project
SIMHE
Ahjola
OK-Sivis
Bonds of Belonging or Pathways to Hierarchies: Speech, Media and Solidarities Across Ethnic and Linguistic Boundaries” I, room K107, Linna building
Chairs: Jaanika Kingumets, Emma Nortio, Liisa Tuhkanen, Markku Sippola
Prejudice and acculturation preferences towards Russian immigrants in Finland, Ilkhom Khalimzoda
Talking about discrimination – Examining the Relationship between Ethnic Identity and Experiences of Discrimination among Russian-speakers Living in Finland, Liisa Tuhkanen
Estonian Migrants in Finland Constructing Allies and Others through Culture and Whiteness Talk in Facebook Conversations, Jaanika Kingumets
Negotiations of (non)belonging in Finnish hip hop culture, Elina Westinen
Solidarity: positionalities, power, and possibilities, room K109, Linna building
Chairs: Nelli Ruotsalainen, Amiirah Salleh-Hoddin, Minna Seikkula
Solidarity and power-with: understanding power relations to dismantle institutional racism, Mikko Saarinen
Solidarity in Precarity, Ali Ali
Asylum Activism: Searching for Common Ground in Formal Spaces of Solidarity, Isabel Meier
17:00-18:00
Movie session, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
19:00
Conference dinner at Klubi
Dinner 35€ (includes an aperitiv of sparkling wine, a vegan dinner buffet, as well as a concert by Piia Viitanen after dinner)
Friday, November 15
9:00-9:30
Morning coffee, lobby, Linna building
9:30-11:00
Solidarities in Politically engaged research II, room K106, Linna building
Chairs: Leonardo Custódio and Camilla Marucco
Photovoice as politics, Katarina Jungar & Ramieza Mahdi (Åbo Akademi)
Does it ever end? Reflections on the (in)completion of activist research processes, Leonardo Custódio (Tampere University/Åbo Akademi University)
Critical perspectives on collaborative game making, Sabine Harrer (Tampere University)
The inside outsider: The effects and self-reflections of researching one’s own community, Monica Gathuo (ARMA Alliance)
‘Peerness’ as solidarity in empowering refugees and migrants into employment: social progress or ‘organized irresponsibility’ (a la Ulrich Beck)? I, room B3110, Pinni B building
Chairs: Anja Heikkinen and Lorenz Lassnigg
Peer group guidance in empowering immigrants for employment, Anja Heikkinen, Satu Heimo, Anna Ojapelto and Katriina Tapanila
Peering for peers – Who is the peer of a migrant?, Katinka Käyhkö
Empowerer, role model & bridge builder – or one young person among his peers?, Elina Niinivaara
Equal regardless of their background? On excluding characteristics in the guidance and application practices in higher education, Hanna Väätäinen
Policing Immigration: Criminalisation of migration, discrimination and fundamental rights II, room K112, Linna building
Chair: Markus Himanen
Displacement, Migration & Governance in Nigerian Cities, Rebecca Enobong Roberts & Esther Njiru
The influence of citizenship rights to economic space in East London CBD in South Africa: a case of exclusion and conflict, Fred William Charway
Policing the “refugee crisis” in southern German asylum camps – Raids and racist criminalization, Aino Korvensyrjä
Deportations and deportability in Finland I, room B3108, Pinni B building
Chairs: Eveliina Lyytinen and Saara Pellander
Deportations and forced removals as a long-term state practice: historical perspectives, Miika Tervonen
Beyond the deportation spectacle. Negotiating removals in immigration detention, Jukka Könönen
True or false? Creating deportability through asylum assessment, Erna Bodström
The necropolitics of the European migration-deportation regime, Lena Näre, Amir Jan & Anna Knappe
Bonds of Belonging or Pathways to Hierarchies: Speech, Media and Solidarities Across Ethnic and Linguistic Boundaries” II, room K107, Linna building
Chairs: Jaanika Kingumets, Emma Nortio, Liisa Tuhkanen, Markku Sippola
Research exploring categorizations of newly arrived migrants with refugee status, Rebekka Rughave Joensen
“Wait and don’t be in a hurry, stay quiet and stay strong” – How to be a good asylum seeker?, Maria Petäjäniemi
Våga finska, våga svenska? Minority identity, hashtag solidarity and interethnic relationships in social media campaigns, Tuire Liimatainen
“The nightmare of multiculturalism” Interpreting and deploying anti-immigration rhetoric in social media, Emma Nortio
Namibian Students in Finland 1969-1990: The Film Newstime and Ellen Namhila’s Autobiography The Price of Freedom, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
Panelists are: Laura Horelli, Jimmy Amupala, Olli Löytty, Anna Rastas
11:00-12:00
Keynote III: Prem Kumar Rajaram, lecture hall Väinö Linna, Linna building
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:30
Solidarities in Politically engaged research III, room K106, Linna building
Chairs: Leonardo Custódio and Camilla Marucco
Lesbos to Helsinki. On researcher and activist positions, Erna Bodström (University of Helsinki)
Shifting positionalities, research ethics and political commitments in activist research, Suvi Keskinen (University of Helsinki)
Alternative methods and ethics of activist research, Sini Mononen (University of Helsinki/Research association Suoni)
Solidarities in planning and conducting interviews, Ella Alin (University of Helsinki)
‘Peerness’ as solidarity in empowering refugees and migrants into employment: social progress or ‘organized irresponsibility’ (a la Ulrich Beck)? II, room B3110, Pinni B building
Chairs: Anja Heikkinen and Lorenz Lassnigg
The Enabling State and its Application to Analyze Individualized Vocational Counseling for Third-country nationals Employment-related Transition in Austria, Finland and Czech Republic, Eddy Bruno Esien
Interaction of statist policies and civil society support – the case of integration and support of refugees in Austrian education, Lorenz Lassnigg and Gabriele Pessl
Challenges faced by women migrants, Gilbert Pindano
Peer guidance: “organized irresponsibility” in empowering refugees and migrants for employment?, Anja Heikkinen
Migrant solidarity in theory and practice, room B3111, Pinni B building
Chairs: Laura Sumari and Mervi Leppäkorpi
Contentious hospitality and solidarity. Case of home accommodation of asylum seekers, Paula Merikoski
Young Muslims’ Experiences of the Disturbing Gaze in the Public, Karim Maiche
“I am not a person, as I am an immigrant”: Deconstructing immigration through solidarity, Iida Kauhanen
The colour (line) of solidarity in the criminalisation debates, Aino Korvensyrjä
Deportations and deportability in Finland II, room B3108, Pinni B building
Chairs: Eveliina Lyytinen and Saara Pellander
Are we criminals? The asylum seekers’ perspective of deportations, Eila Isotalus
(Mis)trust in deportability and deportation activism in Finland, Eveliina Lyytinen
Stop Deportations-network and media in Finland: Activists’ experiences and strategies, Päivi Pirkkalainen
In Solidarity, Against Deportations: Conceptualizing Different Forms of Civil Disobedience in Finland, Tiina Seppälä
Bonds of Belonging or Pathways to Hierarchies: Speech, Media and Solidarities Across Ethnic and Linguistic Boundaries” III, room K107, Linna building
Cancelled
Community-relations and promoting participation, room K112, Linna building
Chair: Anitta Kynsilehto
Benefits of Multi-Religious Cooperation on Integration: An Exploration of How Multi-Religious Cooperation Helps Muslim Migrants Build Bridges to Their Predominantly Christian Host Communities, Majbritt Lyck-Bowen
Transformation of human relations towards cooperation: the Conscientia method in Brazilian, Swedish and Finnish education and cooperative workplaces, Pertti Simula
Iranian students’ experiences and viewpoint in Finland: An intercultural perspective, Zahra Hosseini
On being a bridge: For a multi-lingual and floating support to newly arrived refugees, Marwa Belghazi