Language, engagement and belonging


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Project description
Language, engagement and belonging: Ukrainians accessing and transforming rural school and work communities
This research project investigates how Ukrainians fleeing the war experience accessing rural communities and how they are received in these communities. The research is carried out ethnographically in Finland and Hungary with three groups: previous seasonal workers with existing contacts in rural regions and/or their adult family members, professionals with degrees in education or health care, as well as youth in the late school-age years.
The project combines theories, methods and approaches of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and rural studies, and focuses on the role of language in the process of accessing a new community. Our research provides knowledge on what kind of opportunities for language learning, engagement and belonging the rural environment offers to Ukrainians, and how their presence transforms the linguistic and social reality of rural communities.
Publications
Iida-Noora Elomaa
MA thesis, Finnish Language
16–18-vuotiaiden ukrainalaisten suomen kieleen liittyvät tunteet, käsitykset ja toimijuus kielen oppimisen alkuvaiheessa
Erika Kemppinen
MA thesis, Finnish Language
Eliisa Lipsanen
MA thesis, Finnish Language
Barbara Lizicska
MA thesis, Intercultural Communication
Emilia Massinen
MA thesis, Finnish Language