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The Role of Atmosphere in Negotiations of Groupness: A Study of a Meeting Place for Older Russian-speaking Migrants
Journal of Intercultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-18 , DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2021.1939276
Anastasia Asikainen 1
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ABSTRACT

While existing literature on third-sector support for ageing migrants shows that social clubs can be a vital source of social support, what remains unclear is how these positive outcomes are attained on an interactional level. Drawing on fieldwork conducted over the course of one year in a meeting place for older Russian-speaking migrants in the capital region of Finland, this paper adopts a processual approach to examine how a sense of groupness is negotiated in the meeting place. The attendees of the meeting place comprise of different nationalities and backgrounds, who mainly share age and Russian language. This heterogeneity creates a situation where the attendees, together with the organisers, negotiate a sense of groupness with the category of ‘Russian-speaking’. I argue that such a sense of groupness is reached by drawing from shared traits of culturality, while excluding aspects that could cause conflicts. The paper further contributes to the literature on groupness by analysing what role atmosphere plays in attaining a sense of groupness, and argues that the notion of atmosphere is important to take into consideration when thinking how different places can support ageing and wellbeing.



中文翻译:

气氛在群体谈判中的作用:对讲俄语的老年移民聚会场所的研究

摘要

虽然现有关于第三部门支持老龄化移民的文献表明,社交俱乐部可以成为社会支持的重要来源,但尚不清楚如何在互动层面上实现这些积极成果。借鉴芬兰首都地区老年俄语移民聚会场所为期一年的实地调查,本文采用过程方法研究如何在聚会场所协商群体意识。会场的参加者由不同国籍和背景的人组成,他们主要是年龄和俄语相通。这种异质性造成了一种情况,即与会者与组织者一起,通过“说俄语”这一类别来协商一种群体意识。我认为,这种群体意识是通过借鉴文化的共同特征来实现的,同时排除可能导致冲突的方面。本文通过分析氛围在获得群体感方面所起的作用,进一步为有关群体性的文献做出了贡献,并认为在思考不同的地方如何支持老龄化和幸福感时,必须考虑到氛围的概念。

更新日期:2021-08-04
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