Search Results - "Korpela, Mari"

Having a Laugh and Negotiating the Situation: The Significance of Humor During Fieldwork Among International Teenagers by Korpela, Mari

“…This article elaborates on the significance of humor and playful interactions in an ethnographic research project among 14- and 15-year-old teenagers in an…”
Get full text

International Children and the Institutional Infrastructures of Schools in Finland by Korpela, Mari

“…Growing numbers of children are moving between countries because of their parent(s)’ careers. The temporary labour migration of highly educated professionals –…”
Get full text

‘Where Should the Orthodox Christian Go?’ Distinctions Based on Religion and Language in a Finnish International School by Korpela, Mari

“…While international schools aim to produce global citizens, national schools seek to create national citizens and integrate immigrants into the national whole…”
Get full text

Under the Radar – Expatriate Children and Integration in Finland by Mari Korpela

“…In policies and research, migrant children tend to be seen as underprivileged and vulnerable. This discourse ignores the more privileged migrant children,…”
Get full text

Marginally Mobile? The Vulnerable Lifestyle of Westerners in Goa by Mari Korpela

“…An increasing number of Westerners are leading lifestyles where they repeatedly spend long periods of time in Goa, India. This article discusses the phenomenon…”
Get full text

Searching for a countercultural life abroad: neo-nomadism, lifestyle mobility or bohemian lifestyle migration? by Korpela, Mari

“…This article outlines a phenomenon whereby people of affluent countries move abroad in search of a countercultural lifestyle. The article compares the concept…”
Get full text

FGF-21 as a biomarker for muscle-manifesting mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies: a diagnostic study by Suomalainen, Anu, Prof, Elo, Jenni M, MB, Pietiläinen, Kirsi H, MD, Hakonen, Anna H, MD, Sevastianova, Ksenia, MD, Korpela, Mari, MD, Isohanni, Pirjo, MD, Marjavaara, Sanna K, PhD, Tyni, Tiina, MD, Kiuru-Enari, Sari, MD, Pihko, Helena, Prof, Darin, Niklas, MD, Õunap, Katrin, MD, Kluijtmans, Leo AJ, MD, Paetau, Anders, MD, Buzkova, Jana, MSc, Bindoff, Laurence A, Prof, Annunen-Rasila, Johanna, MD, Uusimaa, Johanna, MD, Rissanen, Aila, Prof, Yki-Järvinen, Hannele, Prof, Hirano, Michio, MD, Tulinius, Mar, Prof, Smeitink, Jan, Prof, Tyynismaa, Henna, PhD

“…Summary Background Muscle biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders because of the lack of sensitive biomarkers in serum. Fibroblast…”
Get full text

Westerners in Search of a Better Life in India by Mari Korpela

“…This report introduces research examining Westerners who spend long periods of time in the city of Varanasi in northern India year after year. Here they claim…”
Get full text

Frost, Nicola & TomSelwyn (eds). Travelling towards home: mobilities and homemaking. 182 pp., table, illus., bibliogrs. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books, 2018. £89.00 (cloth) by Korpela, Mari

Get full text

‘Then we decided not to tell the adults’. Fieldwork among children in an international school by Korpela, Mari

“…This article discusses ethnographic fieldwork among nine- and ten-year-old children in an international school in Finland. It elaborates on the myth of going…”
Get full text

‘Where Should the Orthodox Christian Go?’ Distinctions Based on Religion and Language in a Finnish International School by KORPELA, MARI

“…While international schools aim to produce global citizens, national schools seek to create national citizens and integrate immigrants into the national whole…”
Get full text

A Postcolonial Imagination? Westerners Searching for Authenticity in India by Korpela, Mari

“…This article looks at contemporary Westerners in the Indian city of Varanasi. The Westerners claim to appreciate authentic India and I argue that this…”
Get full text

A novel mutation of the GAA gene in a Finnish late‐onset pompe disease patient: Clinical phenotype and follow‐up with enzyme replacement therapy by Korpela, Mari P., Paetau, Anders, Löfberg, Mervi I., Timonen, Marjut H., Lamminen, Antti E., Kiuru‐Enari, Sari M.K.

“…Pompe disease is a rare, progressive disease leading to skeletal muscle weakness due to deficiency of the acid α‐glucosidase (GAA) enzyme. Herein we report the…”
Get full text

Braukmann Fabienne, Michaela Haug, Katja Metzmacher, and Rosalie Stolz (eds.): Being a Parent in the Field. Implications and Challenges of Accompanied Fieldwork. Bielefeld: transcript, 2020. 294 pp. ISBN: 978-​3-​8394-​4831-​1. Price: € 44,99 by Korpela, Mari

Get full text

Forum: Infrastructure: Introduction by Lounela, Anu, Korpela, Mari

“…It was Europe’s wake up call: the news reported that a huge gas pipeline running across the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany had exploded (Oltermann 2022)…”
Get full text

Forum: Infrastructure by Anu Lounela, Mari Korpela

“…It was Europe’s wake up call: the news reported that a huge gas pipeline running across the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany had exploded (Oltermann 2022)…”
Get full text

Indiascapes: Reflecting on India at the 11th EASA conference by Mari Korpela, Jonathan Miles-Watson

“…The recent Commonwealth Games opening ceremony aimed to showcase the places and people of India to the world. The image it sought to project (of a united yet…”
Get full text

A (sub)culture of their own? Children of lifestyle migrants in Goa, India by Korpela, Mari

“…Increasing numbers of ‘Western’ families spend several months a year in Goa, India, and the rest of the time in the parents’ native countries or elsewhere…”
Get full text

“India has got it!”: lifestyle migrants constructing “Incredible Indias” in Varanasi and Goa by Korpela, Mari

“…Hundreds of lifestyle migrants repeatedly spend long periods of time in India; they return to specific places where they meet others leading the same…”
Get full text

International lives and Finnish rhythms: Mobile professionals’ children, time and agency by Korpela, Mari

“…This article investigates temporality in the everyday lives of 9-year-old children of international professionals in Finland. The children’s transnational…”
Get full text