Village Rights in Flux: Navigating Inclusion and Entitlement Amidst Metamorphoses, Mobility, and Diversity
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Politics of Race, Belonging and Community in Yeboyah's music video ‘Elovena’
The Elovena maiden is, for some, one of the most important cultural symbols of the Finnish identity. This character has traditionally been portrayed as a blond, blue-eyed white woman and repeatedly used in artistic and commercial contexts. In this article, we explore how a Finnish-Ghanaian rapper Yeboyah’s ‘Elovena’ music video, as part of the Elov...
Disability, Belongingness, and Accommodations in Post-Pandemic Learning
During the post-pandemic return to campus, lingering expectations for instructor flexibility illuminated the need for classroom cultures that support inclusivity and belongingness for all students. Yet power asymmetries between students and instructors, along with implicit expectations about what it means to be normal, make disclosure of personal d...
Do Work-Related Factors Moderate the Association Between Subjective Nearness-to-Death and Psychological Distress?
Published in Omega
The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with increased existential concerns, as well as with significant changes in the work force. The current study examined the availability of meaning in work and belonging to a work group as personal resources which may mitigate psychological distress associated with feeling close to death. Data were collected...
The role of emotional similarity and emotional accuracy in belonging and stress among first-generation and continuing-ge...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Extensive research has documented the psychological, social, and academic predicament of first-generation college students. However, basic psychological mechanisms underlying the challenges experienced by these students have been understudied. Taking a cultural psychology perspective, the present research considers the role of emotional (mis)match ...
Together or separate? Tracing classroom pedagogies of (un)belonging for newcomer migrant pupils in two Austrian schools
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Together or separate? Tracing classroom pedagogies of (un)belonging for newcomer migrant pupils in two Austrian schools
Published in Frontiers in Education
Even though receiving newcomer pupils in schools is not a new phenomenon, many education systems grapple with finding adequate schooling arrangements that foster belonging and inclusion. Over the years, policy-makers and school practitioners seem to echo recurring dilemmas in terms of what language support models may promote optimal inclusion, and ...
Narrating exile
Published in Frontiers in Sociology
“In the army I’m no longer typecast as the son of migrant workers”: modalities of inclusion and belonging among children...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
This article explores how non-citizen minorities experience military service, focusing on children of international labor migrants who served in the Israel Defense Forces. During the 1990’s, Israel witnessed an influx of migrant workers, primarily from the Philippines, Latin America and Africa. However, due to Israeli immigration policies, neither ...
Embedding mental wellbeing in the curriculum: a collaborative definition and suite of examples in practice
Published in Frontiers in Education
The sector-wide challenge of student mental wellbeing within higher education (HE) requires universities to systematically and holistically enhance their practice and approaches. This paper recounts how an interdisciplinary team of academics, senior leaders, professional services and Students’ Union representatives across seven institutions respond...
