The immigrant "Other" and artistic expression: (de)bordering via festivals and social activism in Finland. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Németh, Ágnes
• Is Part Of: Journal of cultural geography. Volume 34:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 51
• Page End: 69
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Immigrant artists -- Finland -- bordering -- identity -- liminality -- translation; Human geography -- Periodicals; Human geography -- United States -- Periodicals; Material culture -- Periodicals; Material culture -- United States -- Periodicals; 304.205
• DOI: 10.1080/08873631.2016.1231384
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0887-3631

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper analyses how cultural production and artistic activities can explain the social (de)construction of borders. The study looks at the soft, cultural aspects of bordering, encounters between the immigrants and their host societies, and the conscious and unintentional ways of altering their mental frames. The analysis focuses on the World Village Festival organised annually in Helsinki, and a young literary project titled "Sidelight – is this Finnish literature?" Based on these two case studies, associations between the concepts of bordering, liminality and translation are developed to enable a deeper understanding of the encounters between immigrant cultures and their host societies.