Eeva-Leena Haapakangas

Project researcher
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Centre for Applied Language Studies
Room number
Ag C518.2
Email
eeva-leena.e-l.haapakangas@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358408053731
Postal address
Mattilanniemi 2
Fields of science
6121 Languages

Biography

My research focuses on people with refugee and asylum seeker background, their experiences on belonging and integration. Minorities and their language rights are also in the core of my research.  Multidisciplinary approach helps to gain a deeper understanding of these areas of research and makes the research and its results more accessible. I am currently expanding my area of expertise into the field of psychology. I am familiar with qualitative methods, mainly discourse analysis and ethnographic approaches.

Publications

Publication
2019

Crossing borders = Rajojen yli

Jyväskylän yliopisto.
Vallius, Antti
Haapakangas, Eeva-Leena
Pöyhönen, Sari
Saresma, Tuija
Jäntti, Saara
Hiltunen, Kaisa
Sääskilahti, Nina
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Projects

Project

Integration paths in the Swedish Finland: language choices and linguistic citizenship in Svenskfinland (Medspråk)

Project examines integration paths among asylum seekers and refugees in need of temporary protection in Swedish Finland
Project

Other Home - documentary theatre project on integration

In Other Home project we examined how artists from refugee backgrounds talk about their artistic journey to Finland, the importance of language in their art and how they apply for membership in Finnish art circles.
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Project

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.