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CrossFit Suomen jälkimodernissa liikuntakulttuurissa : CrossFitin rantautuminen, organisoituminen ja laji liikuntamuotona
2016
Kauppinen, A. 2016. CrossFit Suomen jälkimodernissa liikuntakulttuurissa. CrossFitin rantautuminen, organisoituminen ja laji liikuntamuotona. Liikuntakasvatuksen laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto. Liikunnan yhteiskuntatieteiden pro gradu -tutkielma, s.85, 2 liitettä. Suomalainen liikuntakulttuuri elää jatkuvassa muutoksen tilassa. Uusi sukupolvi muokkaa perinteisiä liikuntalajeja uudelleen vastaamaan paremmin nykyisiä tarpeitaan. Samalla virtuaalimaailman kehitys tuo kaukaisemmatkin liikuntavaikutteet lähelle. Liikunnalle asetetaan yhä kokonaisvaltaisempia merkityksiä ihmisten arjessa ja yhteiskunnassa. Uusia liikuntalajeja tutkimalla saadaan yhteiskunnallisesti arvokasta tietoa liikunnan muuttu…
Studi culturali
2010
Questo libro introduce il lettore all’esercizio di una mentalità, di un habitus critico, di un’attitudine alla ricerca, di una “pratica” che consideriamo essenziale per lo studio della cultura. Si tratta di pensare le figure della critica e della crisi come una risorsa della ricerca culturale. Si tratta cioè di comprendere che la “cultura” è la figura di pensiero che si costruisce attraverso una riflessione su se stessa (critica) e attraverso la continua messa in discussione di se stessa (crisi). Il fatto che esistano negli odierni “studi culturali” numerosi e fecondi “cultural turn” è la prova più evidente che la Modernità si è immaginata a partire dal concetto di cultura e la cultura si è…
Virtual proximity and transnational familyhood : a case study of the digital communication practices of Poles living in Finland
2020
The article presents a study of five Polish multicultural and multilingual families in Finland, and their engagement in digitally mediated family communication. Explored through an ethnographic inquiry into the in-app communication practices of Polish migrant mothers and children, the study contributes to the body of research at the intersection of new media and communication, transnational family and migration studies, and family multilingualism. Building on the concept of virtual proximity, which refers to the emotional closeness between individuals afforded by digital technologies and mobile communication, the study identifies four thematic patterns in participants’ practices in digital …
Antropologija kao nužno odučavanje. Primjeri iz kampova, sudnica, škola i poduzeća
2017
U ovom radu istražujem poteškoće do kojih dolazi u pokušajima komunikacije preko kulturnih granica. Oslanjam se na svoj terenski rad u različitim sredinama u Istočnoj i Srednjoj Europi – u izbjegličkim kampovima, sudnicama, školama i poduzećima – u kojem sam zaključila da komunikacija najbolje funkcionira kada se uspostavi povjerenje, a korak koji je potreban da bi do toga došlo je na obje strane naučiti kako odučiti duboko ukorijenjene pretpostavke. Rad započinje raspravom o rasnim i etničkim stereotipima, u kojoj se oslanjam na niz uvida iz evolucijske psihologije i kognitivne znanosti. Zatim se okrećem mitovima o pamćenju te predlažem kako primijeniti najnovija otkrića specijaliziranih i…
Cultural Knowledge in a Changing World – Research, Teaching and Cultural Encounters
2023
The XI Ethnology Days and VIII Finnish Conference on Cultural Policy Research were held in Jyväskylä on 17–18.3.2022. The theme of the conference was cultural knowledge in a changing world – in teaching, research and cultural encounters. During the two conference days, we heard three inspiring keynotes and were able to participate in several different workshops, where we heard about ongoing research in the fields of ethnology and cultural policy. nonPeerReviewed
‘Africans’ and the ‘Chinese’ Exhibited in Finland in the years 1926–1928
2019
This article analyses two peculiar cases of ‘otherness’ (alterity), as witnessed on stage at an exhibition of Chinese and African cultures presented by the Finnish Missionary Society from 1926-1928. This exhibition consisted of a man-made figure (re)presenting the Ovambo (African) culture of South-West Africa, in concert with Chinese figures who were made to represent the contemporary culture of China. Of note is the fact that the Chinese part of the exhibition was not as contemporary as proposed. In fact, it had imperial qualities. Both sections of the exhibition were ‘made-in-Finland’ type artificial representations which bordered on total inauthenticity as the organizers did not have any…
Sport and civil society in the Nordic region
2017
This paper examines the key elements within the relationships of sport and civil society in Scandinavia. The analysis combines themes and developments in Nordic sport and civil society, such as the role of the welfare state and the impacts of neoliberalism, with consideration of specific national experiences, especially in Finland. The discussion has four main parts. First, we set out the principal features of the ‘Nordic model’ of society, and how it shapes sport and civil society relations. Second, we advance a Finnish case study, examining the historical connections of three sectors to the national sport culture. Third, we consider how, in recent decades, the Nordic model has encountered…
Workers’ and volunteers’ ideas about the benefits of young people’s cultural participation : a critical capital-based approach
2020
This article deals with non-profit sector and voluntary workers’ understandings of the benefits of young people’s participation in cultural and leisure projects in Central Finland. Active participation is highlighted on a policy level as a solution to social inequality, exclusion, and marginalisation among young people. The article focuses on the cultural, social, economic, and political dimensions of participation by exploring the advantages that cultural projects bring to young people. The article theorises these dimensions by drawing on Bourdieu’s concept of capital to provide a more critical account of the participation paradigm. Fifteen workers and volunteers on cultural projects were …
Becoming a Gamer: Performative Construction of Gendered Gamer Identities
2021
This article examines how women construct their gameplay identities in relation to the hegemonic “gamer” discourse. The article is based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with women who occupy central roles in the Finnish gaming industry. We deploy Judith Butler’s theorization of performative identity construction to examine how the women negotiate their identity in relation to the hegemonic gamer discourse, focusing on how they both embrace and resist the hegemonic, masculine constructions of gameplay. The study shows the dynamics surrounding the gamer identity. While women submit to the hegemonic gamer discourse, reproducing the masculine gamer notions to gain recognition as a viabl…
Politics of belonging in Brussels’ European Quarter
2019
The European Union (EU) has been criticised for a lack of imageries and sites of memory that nation-states have traditionally utilised in their identity-building. The EU, along with other actors, has responded to this iconographic deficit with memory and heritage initiatives and branding campaigns. This article explores how this deficit is dealt with in the European Quarter in Brussels by enlivening it through cultural regeneration and creating narratives that link Europe’s and the EU’s past with the present. The article utilises hermeneutic phenomenological approach combining observation and interpretation of diverse place-making practices, such as monuments, memorials, public artworks, hi…