We were invited to friendships

Abstract

This article explores hospitality in relation to migration within the framework of spa­ tial theory and calling. The material of the article is based on fieldwork carried out in the Nordic borderlands and conducted in relation to a research project exploring Nordic hospitality. The concept and context of the borderland, as well as the methodological development of this project, are based on spatial theory, phenomen­ ology and theology. The material discussed are excerpts from a small fieldwork narrative about borderland experiences, and interviews regard­ ing events that took place on the Russian–Nor­ wegian border during the so­called refugee crisis in 2015–16. The article aims at, by means of these narrative excerpts, exploring how conceptualisa­ tions of hospitality, by discussing them in relation to the concept of calling from Scandinavian cre­ ation theology, may contribute to extensions of both concepts.