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AUTHOR
Ismo Björn
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Suomalaisen mäkihypyn laajeneminen, sosiaalinen kiinnittyminen ja tavoitteellisuus
2016
The purpose of the article is to analyse the expansion of Finnish ski jumping. The main research questions are: who were the early actors in Finnish ski jumping; which were the social backgrounds of the ski jumping pioneers; and which were the changing goals of ski jumping actors. The article draws on different documents like histories, newspapers and assorted material. The ski jumping in Finland started in the 1880s by Norwegian sport pioneers. The first national ski jumpers were students at Sortavala teacher seminar, soldiers of army and middle-class jumpers in south Finland. The influence of Finnish White Guard for the expansion of ski jumping was very important since the 1920s. For spor…
Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010
2015
Land use is a cornerstone of human civilization, but also intrinsically linked to many global sustainability challenges—from climate change to food security to the ongoing biodiversity crisis. Understanding the underlying technological, institutional and economic drivers of land-use change, and how they play out in different environmental, socio-economic and cultural contexts, is therefore important for identifying effective policies to successfully address these challenges. In this regard, much can be learned from studying long-term land-use change. We examined the evolution of European land management over the past 200 years with the aim of identifying (1) key episodes of changes in land …