• Lines of Differentiation and Connection in Translocal Lithuanian Lives: Stories about the Norwegian Child Welfare Service 

      Aure, Marit Anne; Dauksas, Darius (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-11-10)
      Lithuanians have quite recently, and increasingly, started to emigrate to Norway. Thus, knowledge of Lithuanians in Norway is limited. This chapter asks specifically how Lithuanian labour migrants’ translocal lives in Norway play out and are linked to life in Lithuania. In a study consisting of 26 semi-structured interviews with Lithuanians in Norway, 19 interviewees brought up a “fear of the Norwegian ...
    • Translocal familyhood and Lifelines across Borders 

      Assmuth, Laura; Aure, Marit Anne; Hakkarinen, Marina; Pihla, Maria Siim (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023)
      <p>What are translocal families and what are their lifelines like? The theoretical section of the chapter explains translocality, translocal familyhood and lifelines, the three key concepts of the book. Based mainly on research carried out for the Inequalities of Mobility: Relatedness and Belonging of Transnational Families in the Nordic Migration Space project, the authors ponder how emotion, ...