Samira Saramo
Biographic Data
| ID | 355537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samira Saramo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samira |
| FAMILY NAME | Saramo |
| SIGNATURE | SARAMO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7570-6177 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Laajentuva Siirtolaisuusarkisto: Ensimmäisiä askeleita kohti Suomeen suuntautuneen siirtolaisuuden tallentamista
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti on laajentamassa nykyistä arkistotoimintaansa kattamaan myös Suomeen suuntautuvaa siirtolaisuutta. Tässä katsauksessa tarkastelemme Suomeen muuttaneiden ja Suomen siirtolaisyhteisöjen kulttuuriperintöä kokoavan kokoelman perustamiseen liittyviä keskeisiä huomioita, käytäntöjä ja haasteita sekä mahdollisia ratkaisuja. Katsaus perustuu syksyllä 2024 yhdessä arkistoammattilaisten, tutkijoiden, kulttuurialan toimijoiden ja ta…
Archives of place, feeling, and time: Immersive historical field research in the (Finnish) U.S. Midwest
In Summer 2018, I set out to find the feel of the places I have long studied as a historian, resulting in an expansion of my research process and ‘archive’. This article introduces and reflects on key moments and ideas from this research journey through historic strongholds of Finnish settlement in the U.S. Midwest. I discuss how following community leads and engaging with local knowledge-carriers made clear that my search for the past was intima…
Families, Values, and the Transfer of Knowledge in Northern Societies, 1500–2000
Maureen K. Lux' Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s–1980s
Lakes, Rock, Forest: Placing Finnish Canadian History
This article examines uses of landscape in Finnish Canadian autobiographical writing. By framing relationships between people and landscapes as dynamic and interactive, this analysis inquires about the persistence of the Finnish Canadian “landscape myth”—that Finns settled there because of the landscape. These life writing narratives are situated within the traditions of Finnish nationalism, Finnish and Canadian settler narratives, and Finnish im…
The Meta-violence of Trumpism
The rise of Donald Trump in United States politics relied on violence. This article examines uses of physical and rhetorical violence in the context of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election campaign to analyze the emergence of a new social movement: “Trumpism.” Though its meaning and utility are fluid and contested, Trumpism offers a useful lens for viewing a new phase of U.S. pop politics. Defined in terms of populism, strongman politics, and iden…
Unsettling Spaces: Grassroots Responses to Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women During the Harper Government Years
In Canada, Indigenous women and girls are 4.5 times more likely to become victims of homicide than other women. Over the last 30 years, more than 1000 women identified as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis were murdered in Canada, and more than 100 are still missing. However, the Canadian government has not acknowledged the economic, social and environmental colonialism that has allowed this violence to become naturalised. Focusing on activism around…
Disrupting 21st-Century In/Security
This thematic issue probes into twenty-first-century security concerns in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and their transnational implications. In particular, it explores three tensions that characterise contemporary security concerns: national security vs. human security, policy measures vs. grassroots activism and scholarly discourses vs. artistic interventions. The 'War on Terror' launched by President George W. Bush marked the beginning…
The Letters, Memories, and “Truths” of Finnish North Americans in Soviet Karelia
The letters of seven Finnish North American immigrants in Soviet Karelia, written between 1931 and 1942, and those of two correspondents writing retrospectively about their experiences between 1972 and 1997 introduce readers to unique voices from inside Stalin’s Russia. The letters speak to both collective experiences and personal negotiations of place and self. They shed light on two aspects often overlooked by other sources: youth culture and t…
Road to Utopia: Finnish Communities in Canada and the United States up to ‘Karelian Fever’
Saramo's article “Road to Utopia” provides an overview of the main characteristics and developments of Finnish communities in Canada and the United States until the time of the Karelian Fever—the migration of North American Finnish immigrants to Soviet Karelia. With the use of the available secondary source material on the Finnish North American population, the article bridges Finnish experiences from Finland to North America, and for some, ultim…
The Meta-violence of Trumpism
The rise of Donald Trump in United States politics relied on violence. This article examines uses of physical and rhetorical violence in the context of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election campaign to analyze the emergence of a new social movement: “Trumpism.” Though its meaning and utility are fluid and contested, Trumpism offers a useful lens for viewing a new phase of U.S. pop politics. Defined in terms of populism, strongman politics, and iden…
Unsettling Spaces: Grassroots Responses to Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women During the Harper Government Years
In Canada, Indigenous women and girls are 4.5 times more likely to become victims of homicide than other women. Over the last 30 years, more than 1000 women identified as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis were murdered in Canada, and more than 100 are still missing. However, the Canadian government has not acknowledged the economic, social and environmental colonialism that has allowed this violence to become naturalised. Focusing on activism around…
Archives of place, feeling, and time: Immersive historical field research in the (Finnish) U.S. Midwest
In Summer 2018, I set out to find the feel of the places I have long studied as a historian, resulting in an expansion of my research process and ‘archive’. This article introduces and reflects on key moments and ideas from this research journey through historic strongholds of Finnish settlement in the U.S. Midwest. I discuss how following community leads and engaging with local knowledge-carriers made clear that my search for the past was intima…
Lakes, Rock, Forest: Placing Finnish Canadian History
This article examines uses of landscape in Finnish Canadian autobiographical writing. By framing relationships between people and landscapes as dynamic and interactive, this analysis inquires about the persistence of the Finnish Canadian “landscape myth”—that Finns settled there because of the landscape. These life writing narratives are situated within the traditions of Finnish nationalism, Finnish and Canadian settler narratives, and Finnish im…
Road to Utopia: Finnish Communities in Canada and the United States up to ‘Karelian Fever’
Saramo's article “Road to Utopia” provides an overview of the main characteristics and developments of Finnish communities in Canada and the United States until the time of the Karelian Fever—the migration of North American Finnish immigrants to Soviet Karelia. With the use of the available secondary source material on the Finnish North American population, the article bridges Finnish experiences from Finland to North America, and for some, ultim…
The Letters, Memories, and “Truths” of Finnish North Americans in Soviet Karelia
The letters of seven Finnish North American immigrants in Soviet Karelia, written between 1931 and 1942, and those of two correspondents writing retrospectively about their experiences between 1972 and 1997 introduce readers to unique voices from inside Stalin’s Russia. The letters speak to both collective experiences and personal negotiations of place and self. They shed light on two aspects often overlooked by other sources: youth culture and t…
Unsettling Spaces: Grassroots Responses to Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women During the Harper Government Years
In Canada, Indigenous women and girls are 4.5 times more likely to become victims of homicide than other women. Over the last 30 years, more than 1000 women identified as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis were murdered in Canada, and more than 100 are still missing. However, the Canadian government has not acknowledged the economic, social and environmental colonialism that has allowed this violence to become naturalised. Focusing on activism around…
Disrupting 21st-Century In/Security
This thematic issue probes into twenty-first-century security concerns in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and their transnational implications. In particular, it explores three tensions that characterise contemporary security concerns: national security vs. human security, policy measures vs. grassroots activism and scholarly discourses vs. artistic interventions. The 'War on Terror' launched by President George W. Bush marked the beginning…
Lakes, Rock, Forest: Placing Finnish Canadian History
This article examines uses of landscape in Finnish Canadian autobiographical writing. By framing relationships between people and landscapes as dynamic and interactive, this analysis inquires about the persistence of the Finnish Canadian “landscape myth”—that Finns settled there because of the landscape. These life writing narratives are situated within the traditions of Finnish nationalism, Finnish and Canadian settler narratives, and Finnish im…
The Meta-violence of Trumpism
The rise of Donald Trump in United States politics relied on violence. This article examines uses of physical and rhetorical violence in the context of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election campaign to analyze the emergence of a new social movement: “Trumpism.” Though its meaning and utility are fluid and contested, Trumpism offers a useful lens for viewing a new phase of U.S. pop politics. Defined in terms of populism, strongman politics, and iden…
Maureen K. Lux' Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s–1980s
Families, Values, and the Transfer of Knowledge in Northern Societies, 1500–2000
Archives of place, feeling, and time: Immersive historical field research in the (Finnish) U.S. Midwest
In Summer 2018, I set out to find the feel of the places I have long studied as a historian, resulting in an expansion of my research process and ‘archive’. This article introduces and reflects on key moments and ideas from this research journey through historic strongholds of Finnish settlement in the U.S. Midwest. I discuss how following community leads and engaging with local knowledge-carriers made clear that my search for the past was intima…
Laajentuva Siirtolaisuusarkisto: Ensimmäisiä askeleita kohti Suomeen suuntautuneen siirtolaisuuden tallentamista
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti on laajentamassa nykyistä arkistotoimintaansa kattamaan myös Suomeen suuntautuvaa siirtolaisuutta. Tässä katsauksessa tarkastelemme Suomeen muuttaneiden ja Suomen siirtolaisyhteisöjen kulttuuriperintöä kokoavan kokoelman perustamiseen liittyviä keskeisiä huomioita, käytäntöjä ja haasteita sekä mahdollisia ratkaisuja. Katsaus perustuu syksyllä 2024 yhdessä arkistoammattilaisten, tutkijoiden, kulttuurialan toimijoiden ja ta…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Canadian Identity and History (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Law (3 works)