Multiculturalism in Everyday Life

Authors

• Pia Olsson, PhD, Docent University of Helsinki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-8333
• Pirjo Korkiakangas, PhD, Professor University of Jyväskylä

Abstract

During the early 2000s, multiculturalism has been ubiquitous both as a concept and as an everyday phenomenon in Finnish and European discourse. This development has also been mirrored in ethnological research, in its perspectives, concepts and theories. Multiculturalism, however, is a challenging concept for research owing to its popular and multi-faceted nature. Moreover, it can take on socio-political connotations even during the research process. And behind the concept of multiculturalism lie a variety of other phenomena.