Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto
Biographic Data
| ID | 1262024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna-Kaisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuusisto |
| SIGNATURE | KUUSISTO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Compassion as a Social Emotion in Ethnographic Research with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
In this article, I explore compassion both as a social emotion and as a practice of encounter in ethnographic research. I argue that compassion is not a plain emotion but instead a socially relational one that prompts cognitive processes, leading to a desire to help. My focus is on how compassion deepens our understanding of vulnerability, exposure and the ethics of care in migration research. Empirically, this article draws on fieldwork conducte…
Socio-material Belonging - Perspectives for the Intercultural Lives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Finland
In order to understand the intercultural relations and process of belonging among the migrant youth, more scholarly attention is needed on the socio-material relations. We argue that this in-depth research needs to be well contextualised and advance the understanding of various ties and sites of belonging. This article examines the socio-material relations in the lives of unaccompanied minors currently living in Finland. The article draws on ethn…
Everyday negotiations of belonging - making Mexican masks together with unaccompanied minors in Finland
In this paper we discuss how art workshops can be used to examine dimensions of belonging. We draw on our findings of collaborative ethnographic fieldwork with unaccompanied refugee minors in Finland. The practical aim of the art project was to offer a platform for transcultural communication and interaction, and to support mutual understanding and solidarity among the refugee minors and Finnish pupils. The collaborative ethnographic approach gav…
Territoriality, Symbolism and the Challenge
Everyday negotiations of belonging - making Mexican masks together with unaccompanied minors in Finland
In this paper we discuss how art workshops can be used to examine dimensions of belonging. We draw on our findings of collaborative ethnographic fieldwork with unaccompanied refugee minors in Finland. The practical aim of the art project was to offer a platform for transcultural communication and interaction, and to support mutual understanding and solidarity among the refugee minors and Finnish pupils. The collaborative ethnographic approach gav…
Territoriality, Symbolism and the Challenge
Socio-material Belonging - Perspectives for the Intercultural Lives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Finland
In order to understand the intercultural relations and process of belonging among the migrant youth, more scholarly attention is needed on the socio-material relations. We argue that this in-depth research needs to be well contextualised and advance the understanding of various ties and sites of belonging. This article examines the socio-material relations in the lives of unaccompanied minors currently living in Finland. The article draws on ethn…
Territoriality, Symbolism and the Challenge
Everyday negotiations of belonging - making Mexican masks together with unaccompanied minors in Finland
In this paper we discuss how art workshops can be used to examine dimensions of belonging. We draw on our findings of collaborative ethnographic fieldwork with unaccompanied refugee minors in Finland. The practical aim of the art project was to offer a platform for transcultural communication and interaction, and to support mutual understanding and solidarity among the refugee minors and Finnish pupils. The collaborative ethnographic approach gav…
Socio-material Belonging - Perspectives for the Intercultural Lives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Finland
In order to understand the intercultural relations and process of belonging among the migrant youth, more scholarly attention is needed on the socio-material relations. We argue that this in-depth research needs to be well contextualised and advance the understanding of various ties and sites of belonging. This article examines the socio-material relations in the lives of unaccompanied minors currently living in Finland. The article draws on ethn…
Compassion as a Social Emotion in Ethnographic Research with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
In this article, I explore compassion both as a social emotion and as a practice of encounter in ethnographic research. I argue that compassion is not a plain emotion but instead a socially relational one that prompts cognitive processes, leading to a desire to help. My focus is on how compassion deepens our understanding of vulnerability, exposure and the ethics of care in migration research. Empirically, this article draws on fieldwork conducte…
Ethnography (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Refugee (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work)