Russian-speaking immigrants' vulnerable transnational family lives on the border: the case of North Karelia
Journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Year: 2023

Transnational mobility changes the dynamics of people’s lives and customary family roles. In this chapter we investigate Russian speaking immigrants transnational everyday and familyhood in North Karelia, Finland during the geopolitical changes after 2014. The analysis is based on interviews, focus groups, discussions, and observations conducted in the MATILDE project. In addition, we use the authors’ long-term ethnographic material from the border region under scrutiny. The material is analysed