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‘Then we were ready to be radicals!’ : school student activism in Finnish upper secondary schools in 1960–1967
Essi Jouhkisubject
Historyoral historyYouth activismkoululaisetmuistitietohistory of childhood and youthkulttuurihistoriasecondary schools060104 historylukiolaisetnuoretPolitical scienceSuomiopiskelijaliikkeet050602 political science & public administration0601 history and archaeologyNarrativeFinlandSecondary levelMovement (music)05 social sciencesGender studieslukio06 humanities and the artsstudent movementyouth activism0506 political scienceOral historyoppikouluaktivismidescription
In the Western countries, Scandinavia and Finland included, the legacy of the student movement of the 1960s has been extensive and established a fixed narrative of a radical movement. This article challenges the elitists and university-centred grand narrative and argues that the student movement was more multifaceted and mobilized young people of various ages and backgrounds. This is done by addressing the international student movement from the perspective of school-aged students in Finnish upper secondary schools, focusing on student activism carried out in school-sanctioned student associations. Above all, this article aims to distinguish the relatively unknown history of the Scandinavian school student movement. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-09 |