Latvian Women in the Finnish Latvian Family Association : migration Experiences and Association Participation
Mufti, Kathleen (2013)
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Lataukset:
Mufti, Kathleen
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti
2013
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202102083961
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202102083961
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PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Multicultural realms and women immigrants today
1.2 Aims and Background
1.3 The Finnish-Latvian Family Association
1.4 Problem formulation and methodological framework
2. MEANING, KNOWLEDGE AND MIGRATION EXPERIENCES
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Layers of knowledge
2.3 Symbolic interactionism
2.4 A Need for belonging and search for meaning
2.5 Transnationalism and the family
2.6 Women, immigration and employment
2.7 Discrimination and prejudice
3. VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AS A RESOURCE
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Creating social relations and social support
3.3 Immigrant associations
3.4 SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH RESOURCES
4. METHODS
4.1 Challenges when researching immigrants
4.2 A qualitative approach in sociological inquiry
4.3 Sampling through snowballing
4.4 Research Approach
4.5 Accurate data collection and interpretation
4.6 Using Microsoft Word
5. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND LATVIAN MIGRATION
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Latvian national identity in Latvia
5.3 New movements and the industrial transformation
5.4 Latvian emigration and organization
5.5 Latvians in Finland
6. ANALYSIS PROCESS
6.1 The initial meeting
6.2 Data collection process and themes
6.3 Limitations
6.4 Migrating to Finland: “we fell in love”
6.5 Family’s reaction
6.6 Obstacles in a new society
6.7 Relationship with the family in Latvia today
6.8 Continuance of Latvian connections
6.9 Prejudices and Discrimination
6.10 The creation process of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
6.11 Association participation
6.12 Association challenges
6.13 Participant’s thoughts about the Laivas
7. CONCLUSIONS
7.1. The Integration process in Finland for participants of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.2 The emergence of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.3 Experiences moving to and living in a new country
7.4 Benefits of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.5 Improving the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.6 Discussion
7.7 Possibilities for Future Research
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Multicultural realms and women immigrants today
1.2 Aims and Background
1.3 The Finnish-Latvian Family Association
1.4 Problem formulation and methodological framework
2. MEANING, KNOWLEDGE AND MIGRATION EXPERIENCES
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Layers of knowledge
2.3 Symbolic interactionism
2.4 A Need for belonging and search for meaning
2.5 Transnationalism and the family
2.6 Women, immigration and employment
2.7 Discrimination and prejudice
3. VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AS A RESOURCE
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Creating social relations and social support
3.3 Immigrant associations
3.4 SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH RESOURCES
4. METHODS
4.1 Challenges when researching immigrants
4.2 A qualitative approach in sociological inquiry
4.3 Sampling through snowballing
4.4 Research Approach
4.5 Accurate data collection and interpretation
4.6 Using Microsoft Word
5. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND LATVIAN MIGRATION
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Latvian national identity in Latvia
5.3 New movements and the industrial transformation
5.4 Latvian emigration and organization
5.5 Latvians in Finland
6. ANALYSIS PROCESS
6.1 The initial meeting
6.2 Data collection process and themes
6.3 Limitations
6.4 Migrating to Finland: “we fell in love”
6.5 Family’s reaction
6.6 Obstacles in a new society
6.7 Relationship with the family in Latvia today
6.8 Continuance of Latvian connections
6.9 Prejudices and Discrimination
6.10 The creation process of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
6.11 Association participation
6.12 Association challenges
6.13 Participant’s thoughts about the Laivas
7. CONCLUSIONS
7.1. The Integration process in Finland for participants of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.2 The emergence of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.3 Experiences moving to and living in a new country
7.4 Benefits of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.5 Improving the Finnish-Latvian Family Association
7.6 Discussion
7.7 Possibilities for Future Research
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1.
Tiivistelmä
Immigrants, in general, face many obstacles when leaving their homeland and entering a new society. Each individual’s experiences and stories can affect and play a role in the choices made to create new experiences, and to gain new relationships and ultimately continue to make new stories in one’s own biography. This study focuses on members of the Finnish-Latvian Family Association, in Finland, which is comprised of Latvian women and their children living in the greater Helsinki area. Many times the study of women and migration has focused on certain types of socio-economic factors such as relocation because of their spouse’s work assignment, along with other types of labor migration, forced migration, or even studies regarding remittances. However, there are women who have made the choice to move, willingly and independently, to a new country to relocate and learn how to live and function in a new society. Some of the women participating in this Master’s Thesis have moved to Finland for reasons such as falling in love with a Finnish man while others have originally moved for education, or relocation due to their spouse’s career. This study will illustrate these women’s experiences that have enhanced their personal needs to embrace or re-embrace their Latvian identities in Finnish society.