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<p>In her article “Living on the both sides of an invisible border – the impacts of Covid-19 in the Tornio River Valley” Helena Ruotsala discusses what impacts the Covid-19 had in the cross-border region between Finland and Sweden. She uses concepts of transnationalism and multilocality when studying local everyday life. The area is divided by a national border, which has been invisible until March 2020, but when Covid-19 spread over the nations, Finland and Sweden, the border became visible and was marked by a riot fence. The effects of Covid-19 and closing the border from the point of view of local inhabitants are discussed in this article.</p>
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In her article “Living on the both sides of an invisible border – the impacts of Covid-19 in the Tornio River Valley” Helena Ruotsala discusses what impacts the Covid-19 had in the cross-border region between Finland and Sweden. She uses concepts of transnationalism and multilocality when studying local everyday life. The area is divided by a national border, which has been invisible until March 2020, but when Covid-19 spread over the nations, Finland and Sweden, the border became visible and was marked by a riot fence. The effects of Covid-19 and closing the border from the point of view of local inhabitants are discussed in this article.

Living on the both sides of an invisible border – the impacts of Covid-19 in the Tornio River Valley

Hungarian Studies Yearbook

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In her article “Living on the both sides of an invisible border – the impacts of Covid-19 in the Tornio River Valley” Helena Ruotsala discusses what impacts...

Living on the both sides of an invisible border – the impacts of Covid-19 in the Tornio River Valley

Publié en ligne: 23 déc. 2021

Pages: 147 - 162

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hsy-2021-0009

Mots clés
covid-19, korona, cross-border area, transnationalism, Tornio River Valley

© 2021 Helena Ruotsala, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Living on the both sides of an invisible border – the impacts of Covid-19 in the Tornio River Valley

Publié en ligne: 23 déc. 2021

Pages: 147 - 162

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hsy-2021-0009

Mots cléscovid-19, korona, cross-border area, transnationalism, Tornio River Valley

© 2021 Helena Ruotsala, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
covid-19, korona, cross-border area, transnationalism, Tornio River Valley