Search results for "etnografia"

Abductive innovations in information security policy development : an ethnographic study

2019

Developing organisational information security (InfoSec) policies that account for international best practices but are contextual is as much an opportunity for improving InfoSec as it is a challenge. Previous research indicates that organisations should create InfoSec policies based on best practices (top-down) and simultaneously encourages participatory development (bottom-up). These contradictory suggestions place managers in a dilemma: Should they follow a top-down or bottom-up approach? In this research, we build on an ethnographic approach to study how an innovative engineering company (MachineryCorp) managed the contradiction when the firm developed an InfoSec policy. Drawing on the …

In Search of the Rurban Idyll? Developing the Residential Rural Areas in Finland

2013

This research focuses on perceptions of rurality in Finland. The chapter presents two different ways of delineating contemporary rural living: the approach of the Finnish Rural Policy Committee and the alternative approach arising from definitions given by the people living in rural Finland. The main aim is to study how the cultural meanings that rural residents attach to their home environments relate to the official vision of ‘Residential Rural Areas’ proposed by the Rural Policy Committee. This is done by comparing the experiential knowledge of rural residents to the official vision of future rurality. The research provides knowledge that can be used to evaluate the cultural sustainabili…

Self‐Directed Learning in Creative Activity : An Ethnographic Study in Technology‐Based Work

2020

Under conditions of rapid changes in working life, there is an urgent need to examine the nature of creativity and learning in organizations. The aim of this study was to investigate the nature of self‐directed learning (SDL) practices in creative activity in technology‐based work. We focus on both individual and collective practices but also on the importance of organizational culture. The data consist of 46 interviews and observational field notes collected from participating organizations. Thematic and ethnographic analyses were utilized as tools to reveal the nature of SDL in creative activity. We found three themes describing of the nature of SDL in creative activity: a combination of …

Voimaannuttaako lisäopetus? : nuorten kokemuksia Jyväskylän näkövammaisten koulun 10.-luokasta

2006

Yrjö Blomstedtin ja Victor Sucksdorffin Kainuu

2016

Ylirajainen avioliitto: Puolisovalinta ja avioituminen Suomessa asuvien kurdien keskuudessa

2020

This study examines spousal choice and its gendered dimensions in the Kurdish diaspora, particularly among Kurds resident in Finland. The study focuses on a specific type of marriage migration; transnational marriage, in which migrants marry partners from their families´ homeland or from the same cultural or ethnic background within the diaspora. The research poses the following questions: What transnational courtship and marriages do Kurds resident in Finland enter into? Why do Kurds resident in Finland seek and marry a spouse transnationally? How do individuals and family members engage in negotiations for a suitable partner, in determining the compatibility criteria, and in tackling cult…

Multilevel Governance and Participation: Interpreting Democracy in EU-programmes

2014

This article offers an ethnographically oriented, interpretive approach for the research into the democratic qualities of multilevel governance (MLG). The complex and networked MLG arrangements, such as the European Union's (EU) participatory policy practices, are changing the traditional roles of public administration and politics in ways we cannot yet fully foresee. Especially, the impact on democracy is subject to debate. With two case studies, this article seeks to shift the focus of the discussion on the democratic possibilities of MLG from theoretical analysis to empirical research into local and mundane experiences concerning EU policy implementation. The cases studied are the rural …

Public engagements with Lapland’s Dark Heritage: Community archaeology in Finnish Lapland

2018

Research project Lapland’s Dark Heritage organized a one-week public excavation in Inari, Finnish Lapland, at a Second World War (WWII) German military hospital site in August 2016. #InariDig took place with the help of international experts and pre-registered volunteers. In this field report, two of the archaeologists leading the excavations and an ethnographer who took part in documenting this community archaeology experiment introduce the excavation sites and activities reflecting on the engagements with volunteers and local community. peerReviewed

Vozmožnosti ispol'zovaniâ raznyh âzykov v Laplandii : rossijskie turisty v Levi

2010

Pro gradu –työni tutkii venäläisturistien toimijuuden rakentumista monikielisessä turistisessa ympäristössä Levillä. Tavoitteena on selvittää, millainen osa venäjällä on Levin kielirepertuaarissa, millainen kielirepertuaari on haastattelemillani venäläisturisteilla ja miten he arvioivat Levin kielirepertuaaria. Lisäksi tutkin, millaisia arvoja ja funktioita venäläisturistien repertuaarit saavat Levillä. Tutkin työssäni kahta venäläisperhettä, jotka viettivät talvilomaansa Levillä. Työn pääasiallisena aineistona on perheiden kanssa tehdyt teemahaastattelut. Tutkimusta varten on kerätty myös muuta aineistoa, kuten muiden venäläisturistien täyttämät kyselylomakkeet, tutkijan havainnointi sekä …

Finnish teachers as policy agents in a changing society

2018

As policy agents, teachers are involved in representing and reproducing language education policies in their talk, practices and classroom interaction. Contemporary Finland and its education system...