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Marit Aure is a professor of gender studies in sociology and currently works at the Department of sociology, political science and planning at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Marit does research in International migration, integration, elderly people, labour market integration, hig skilled migrants, gender and equality, art in integration, transnational families, masculinities, place and place development. She is the PI of Sustainable Diverse Cities: Innovation in Integration, part of the BYFORSK in SAMKUL in the Norwegian Research Council (2017-2021). She is also involved in '"INEQUALITIES OF MOBILITY: RELATEDNESS AND BELONGING OF TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES IN THE NORDIC MIGRATION SPACE" (1.9.2015–31.12.2019) ' as well as Mobilities and Transnational Iceland,
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August 2010 - December 2014
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This book explores the phenomenon of familyhood across borders, examining the experience of translocal familyhood and the manner in which lifelines in and between countries are formed when individual family members spend long periods away from home. Drawing on long- term ethnographic research, it considers the emotions, social relations, materialit...
Increased immigration into Scandinavia warrants the need for knowledge about differential uses of urban spaces by populations with various cultural backgrounds and the conditions that support cross-cultural interactions in these spaces. Immigrants and native Norwegians in Tromsø and Bodø were encouraged to log information about locations where they...
This article discusses how to live with differences while maintaining differences in an international embroidery workshop in Tromsø, Norway. It explores the role of art in enabling interactions between strangers, showing how individuals become part of collectives and facilitate social change. This collaboration between artist and researcher draws o...
Most cities, including small and medium ones, experience diverse multicultural populations. The sustainability of such diverse cities requires them to be capable of living with differences and diversity without producing new social inequalities and sustaining old ones. We argue that there is a need for a new conceptualization with which to approach...
Migration is emotive, evoking feelings of hopelessness, fear, or optimism for human and economic development, yet the role of emotions in post-migration community development gains limited attention. This chapter discusses the role of emotions in migration and rural development after the return of migrants, drawing on studies of temporary labour mi...
Collaboration between researchers and artists is often held as particularly promising to enhance cross-cultural understanding. In this article, two researchers and an artist reflect on the potentials, as well as the pitfalls, of art-based interventions in integration of migrants. Through the performing arts youth project Here I Am, we discuss copro...
Increased geographical mobility, improved medical treatment, and prolonged life expectancy have changed the way of life for older persons and their next of kin. This chapter discusses intergenerational care, mainly from the next of kin’s point of view, when an older family member and the next of kin live far from each other. The study is based on m...
The research articles in this themed section examine gendered constellations of (im)mobilities with respect to work, class, livelihoods, and place. The issue includes selected articles presented at the interdisciplinary conference ‘Gender and (Im)mobilities in the Context of Work’ that took place in Tromsø, Norway June 15-17, 2016. To address diffe...
Many rural communities experience new growth through in-migration. In Herøy, Northern Norway, this is a result of increased labour migration in the fishing industry and a comprehensive effort by the municipality to encourage migrant workers to settle there. This paper addresses the ambiguities of creating stability through mobility. Through a case...
This article examines the fathering practices of men in mobile work in the petroleum industry in Norway. In particular, it analyses the spatial mobility of these men and how their absence and presence impact their fathering. Drawing on insights from gendered migration and mobility studies, fathering and ‘new material’ approaches, this article nuanc...
Under tittelen ”Det nye bygdefolket” blir utenlandske arbeidsinnvandrere i Herøy i Nordland presentert som de som holder liv i distriktssamfunnet (A-magasinet 17.03.2012). Herøy er en kommune med vel 1700 innbyggere og har, som så mange andre distriktskommuner, over mange år opplevd nedgang i folketallet. De siste åra har utviklinga i Herøy imidler...
Most research on rural masculinity focuses on sedentary and agricultural lifestyles. Based on fieldwork and interviews with 18 male newcomers, this article explores constructions of masculinities among in-migrants engaged in several occupations and entrepreneurial activities in Finnmark, in Northern Norway. Building on the concept of hegemonic masc...
Media is a concept as mobile and flexible as media themselves. Media are global, but at the same time local. They are used by individuals, but also by the masses. They are shared, as well as private. The media landscape is moving and changing. Traditional journalism is being integrated into social media. Once created merely to inform us, media toda...
The relationship between migration, labour market access, and emotions has not been widely analysed despite ample evidence suggesting that difficulties with labour market entry evoke diverse feelings among migrants. The article analyses migrants' narratives of their feelings toward mobility and subsequent labour market participation based on resear...
The introductory article positions an investigation of geographical employment-related mobilities in the wider field of migration and mobility studies and explains how this may be understood and approached. The authors discuss conceptualizations of work and its relationship to gender and mobility, and application to a northern context. They argue t...
Denne rapporten er et resultat av følgeforskning og evaluering av Intro – fond for kulturnæringen som ble etablert i Tromsø i 2010. Rapporten tar for seg bakgrunnen for Introsatsingen, en analyse av resultater og effekter, organisering og strategier samt hvordan Intro er dekket av media.
Rapporten peker både på hva Intro har gjort riktig og hvor d...
Regional development – including in the Arctic – relies heavily on in-migration, skills acquisition and international expertise. This paper is based on a qualitative study (Part of the fieldwork was undertaken with Dr. T. Fossland, University of Tromsø.) of highly skilled immigrants in Tromsø, Norway, undertaken while migrants attended the Global F...
The dismantling of the Iron Curtain changed cooperation and interaction across the Russian–Norwegian border and allowed a huge increase in border crossings. This may be part of what Bauman describes as the ‘liquidizing’ processes of globalization, namely, the making of a ‘borderless world’, which includes processes of ‘de-territorialization’, imply...
When higher education is not enough: Intergration of highly educated immigrants in the labour market Norway needs more highly educated workers. It is paradoxical then, that many highly skilled migrants encounter huge challenges getting a relevant job. Based on biographical interviews and observations with the participants of «Global Future», a «tal...
Avhandlinga svarer på tre problemstillinger: Hvordan vokste migrasjonen mellom Teriberka og Båtsfjord frem? Hvordan inngår den i andre romlige, økonomiske og sosiale prosesser og hvordan oppleves og erfares migrasjonslivet? Jeg har vist at situasjonen i Teriberka var preget av midlertidige problemer i forbindelse med oppløsningen av Sovjetunionen....
