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Belonging, crises and societal change

Research in this area focuses on different aspects of belonging, crises and societal change.

Belonging is a basic human need, shaken by change and crisis. Cultural belonging and its discontinuities are explored in a study that focuses on social polarisation phenomena such as hate speech and populism. The research will build an understanding of the experiences of belonging and exclusion and the affective mobilisation that also produces crises. Interdisciplinary projects will explore the attachment produced through art and narrative, the belonging or polarising dimensions of cultural products, and the enabling or disabling aspects of social media. The study of belonging, crises and social change will be strongly focused on contemporary cultural phenomena, analysed from a critical and intersectional perspective.

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Projects and research groups in the research area

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Crossing Borders

How do people belong in physical, social and virtual spaces? How do they talk about belonging and non-belonging? How can artistic practice facilitate in expressing and performing belonging? These are the key questions we were interested in this project.
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EGRUiEN

EGRUiEN research project explores the promotion of a digital and green transition through revitalized and inclusive union–employer negotiations
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Everyday Affective Practices Online: Producing, Experiencing and Managing Hate Speech in the Digital Era (HAFFECT)

HAFFECT explores hate speech as an affective practice and part of everyday digital culture.
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Naisten asialla. Yhteiskunnan muutos ja feminismi suomalaisissa naistenlehdissä 1960–1970-luvuilla

Naisten asialla -projektissa tutkimme, miten suomalaisissa naistenlehdissä keskusteltiin naisten asemasta 1960- ja 1970-luvulla ja millainen oli naistenlehtien suhde feminismiin.
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Reviving, Boosting, Optimising, Transforming European Film Competitiveness (REBOOT)

The REBOOT project explores the competitiveness of the European film industry.
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Spontaneous Finnish Humanitarian Aid as Catalyst for Independent Estonia: From a Personal Touch to the Success of a Nation (Fin-Est Connection; MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship)

The last five years of Soviet rule marked by perestroika and glasnost enabled Estonians not only to communicate their dissent but also to build relationships with people on the other side of the Iron curtain.