J Hiitola
Biographic Data
| ID | 48288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Hiitola |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hiitola |
| SIGNATURE | HIITOLA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7735-4507 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Traversing Terrains of Proximities and Place Attachment in Forced Migrants' Lives in Finland
This study focuses on place attachment in the experiences of forced migrants in Finland. We are interested in how places feel distant or close and analyze the relations of everyday materialities and place attachment. Forming place attachments and a sense of home during forced migration is crucial for wellbeing and requires negotiation between a place and the people settling in. We draw from 25 interviews with ten participants, combining walking i…
Tracing a Hundred Years of Secrets” Finnish Adoptees’ Search for Birth Families Through DNA Testing
Reassembling attachments
This article explores place attachment and well-being among Afghan refugees in a small Finnish town. The small town offers a unique perspective on newly arrived Afghan refugees’ place attachment, as it only started receiving resettled Afghan refugees in 2012. Our analysis draws on the sociology of associations and the concept of assemblages, which provide a novel theoretical lens for integration studies. The data in this study were collected by u…
Studying Intimacies that Matter
This article explores methodological challenges in studying intimacies through analysing affective assemblages in research interviews. The participants in this study are forced migrants trying to reunite with their transnational families. Building on scholarship where affect is considered precognitive, meaning that it happens prior to emotions, this article approaches affective knowledge through methodological exploration. The analysis explores t…
The Alien Child’s Best Interest Ignored
This article investigates how arguments about the “child’s best interest” are constructed in court decisions on asylum and family reunification in Finland. The article brings together two strands of scholarship that have so far been rather separate from each other, namely that of the literature on family reunification and feminist family studies. Analysis shows that the best interest of the child is insufficiently addressed and other arguments si…
The Alien Child’s Best Interest Ignored
This article investigates how arguments about the “child’s best interest” are constructed in court decisions on asylum and family reunification in Finland. The article brings together two strands of scholarship that have so far been rather separate from each other, namely that of the literature on family reunification and feminist family studies. Analysis shows that the best interest of the child is insufficiently addressed and other arguments si…
Reassembling attachments
This article explores place attachment and well-being among Afghan refugees in a small Finnish town. The small town offers a unique perspective on newly arrived Afghan refugees’ place attachment, as it only started receiving resettled Afghan refugees in 2012. Our analysis draws on the sociology of associations and the concept of assemblages, which provide a novel theoretical lens for integration studies. The data in this study were collected by u…
Tracing a Hundred Years of Secrets” Finnish Adoptees’ Search for Birth Families Through DNA Testing
Studying Intimacies that Matter
This article explores methodological challenges in studying intimacies through analysing affective assemblages in research interviews. The participants in this study are forced migrants trying to reunite with their transnational families. Building on scholarship where affect is considered precognitive, meaning that it happens prior to emotions, this article approaches affective knowledge through methodological exploration. The analysis explores t…
The Alien Child’s Best Interest Ignored
This article investigates how arguments about the “child’s best interest” are constructed in court decisions on asylum and family reunification in Finland. The article brings together two strands of scholarship that have so far been rather separate from each other, namely that of the literature on family reunification and feminist family studies. Analysis shows that the best interest of the child is insufficiently addressed and other arguments si…
Studying Intimacies that Matter
This article explores methodological challenges in studying intimacies through analysing affective assemblages in research interviews. The participants in this study are forced migrants trying to reunite with their transnational families. Building on scholarship where affect is considered precognitive, meaning that it happens prior to emotions, this article approaches affective knowledge through methodological exploration. The analysis explores t…
Reassembling attachments
This article explores place attachment and well-being among Afghan refugees in a small Finnish town. The small town offers a unique perspective on newly arrived Afghan refugees’ place attachment, as it only started receiving resettled Afghan refugees in 2012. Our analysis draws on the sociology of associations and the concept of assemblages, which provide a novel theoretical lens for integration studies. The data in this study were collected by u…
Tracing a Hundred Years of Secrets” Finnish Adoptees’ Search for Birth Families Through DNA Testing
Traversing Terrains of Proximities and Place Attachment in Forced Migrants' Lives in Finland
This study focuses on place attachment in the experiences of forced migrants in Finland. We are interested in how places feel distant or close and analyze the relations of everyday materialities and place attachment. Forming place attachments and a sense of home during forced migration is crucial for wellbeing and requires negotiation between a place and the people settling in. We draw from 25 interviews with ten participants, combining walking i…
Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (2 works) · Scholarship (2 works) · Active listening (1 work) · Affect (linguistics (1 work)