Osallisuuden ja selviytymisen rakentuminen pitkäaikaistyöttömien elämäkerroissa

Authors

• Laura Nikka Turun yliopisto
• Kirsi Günther Turun yliopisto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30668/janus.115302

Abstract

Building Inclusion and Survival in the Biographies of the Long-Term Unemployed

Summary

The study examines the experiences of survival and inclusion of the long-term unemployed in the margins of society. Long-term unemployment often increases the experience of loneliness and incompetence and causes poverty and even premature mortality. We ask, how survival and inclusion build into the life stories of the long-term unemployed? The material consists of interviews with five long-term unemployed, which we analyze with a narrative research approach. According to the results of the research, the model stories adopted during one's life reflected the person's internal needs, which the services were able to meet. Most of the interviewees formed the story of the survivor. In survival stories, the needs and resources of the interviewees met, bringing the inner story and lived life closer together. Survival intensified as inclusion expanded into different areas of life. Inclusion was built in the small stories of the interviewees spatially, influenced by time and movement. Survival was lowest in the stories of those interviewed who had a lot of small stories of failure.