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Parental Involvement or Interference? : Rural Teachers’ Perceptions

2021

This research explored rural state school teachers’ perceptions concerning parental involvement in children’s education in a developing country context. The data were collected through thematic interviews with teachers of public schools situated in the rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. The study findings revealed teachers’ frustration and disappointment regarding parental involvement. Teachers believed that susceptible socioeconomic circumstances and adherence to local customs hindered many parents from participating in their children’s education. In line with this, teachers frequently held negative perceptions regarding children’s parents, and these perceptions have the po…

Poverty and Tax Exemptions in Mid-Nineteenth Century Finland

2017

The topic of this article is the nature and social character of Finnish rural poverty during the early stages of industrialization. Specifically, I analyze households exempted from two separate taxes in order to locate and study the rural poor. Contrary to several previous considerations deeming taxation sources unreliable in poverty studies, it is shown that under controlled settings tax exemption information does display promising features. These include a high exemption percentage of households without adult male members, small average household size of the tax exempted and a clear concentration of the exemptions on the lower rural social classes. My findings also highlight the fact that…

Rural Artisans' Apprenticeship Practices in Early Modern Finland (1700-1850)

2020

Finland was a predominantly rural country before 1850. Its village communities, however, also required the services of craftsmen, notably blacksmiths, tailors and shoemakers. To regulate these artisans, the crown created a formal and regulated institution of ‘parish artisans’ in the 1680s that continued until the latter part of the nineteenth century. By 1700 a system had emerged of clearly organised craft training in the limited range of trades acceptable for ‘parish artisans’. This happened almost by definition outside the remit of guilds, which were located in towns. As a result, rural apprentices were not registered by any institution, but still abided by a set of rules that did not fun…

Käsityöläiset kaakkoishämäläistä arkea muokkaamassa

2022

Tässä artikkelissa luodaan katsaus maaseutukäsityöläisten toimintaan ja elämän ehtoihin 1700-luvulta aina 1800-luvun puoliväliin asti. Esimerkkitapaukset ovat Hollolan emäseurakunnan alueelta, mutta ne valaisevat laajemminkin Kaakkois-Hämeen tilannetta. nonPeerReviewed

On the trail of local welfare innovations in rural Finland

2019

Final Draft In Finland, the rural areas have been most affected by the developments threatening the survival of the welfare state as well as by conflicting efforts to save it. However, there are rural communities that have—as a response to the mainstream policy emphasizing economic efficiency and individual responsibility—developed innovative solutions to secure their welfare. Based on a case study focusing on two of such communities, these local welfare innovations are a result from a combination of external causes and local resources including the sense of community and a diverse enough community structure. The authors argue that in the context of welfare policy, the promotion of local we…

Erontekoja meidän ja muiden välillä : turvapaikanhakijoihin kohdistuva vastarinta maaseudun kontekstissa

2021

Vuoden 2015 muuttoliike herätti kiivasta keskustelua turvapaikanhakijoita koskien. Tätä keskustelua käytiin myös useilla maaseutumaisilla paikkakunnilla, joihin vastaanottokeskuksia perustettiin. Artikkelissani tarkastelen turvapaikanhakijoihin kohdistuvaa vastarintaa maaseudun kontekstissa kategorisointiin pohjautuvan temaattisen analyysin keinoin. Tutkimuskohteena on sosiaalisten kategorioiden synty ja ylläpitäminen. Näitä kategorioita luodaan ja merkityksellistetään turvapaikanhakijoita koskevissa keskusteluissa. Tarkastelen sitä, miten paikallisuutta ja ulkopuolisuutta tuotetaan sekä ylläpidetään turvapaikanhakijoihin kohdistuvissa vastustuspuheenvuoroissa. Tuotan tietoa siitä, miten ma…

Complex effects of natural disasters on protected areas

2022

It is now broadly recognised that in order to be sustainable, protected areas (PAs) must bring concrete benefits to local populations who suffer from the restrictions imposed for conservation. Natural disasters, such as major floods, bring additional challenges to conservation efforts and related support activities, notably nature-based tourism. Disasters often intensify conflicts between conservation objectives and local community needs, but they may also bring some mutual benefits. Reduced income from decreased nature-based tourism can, for example, lead to expansion of agricultural fields to protected forests, and subsequent land-use conflicts. Yet, disasters can also strengthen feelings…

Places of Belonging, Places of Detachment:

2022

This chapter contributes to the ongoing discussion about rural belonging by considering the role of historical consciousness (Rüsen, 2004) in the process of belonging in a place. The chapter suggests that young people’s temporal orientation in relation to local culture and history plays a significant role in their commitment to rural communities. The analysis draws on qualitative longitudinal data from Finnish girls, aged 16–19, from two sparsely populated regions (Central Finland and the Northern Finnish Sámi homeland). The chapter shows how multiple strands of commitment tie rural young people to their local surroundings, where the past is present in the landscape and everyday life in a m…

Yksilöstä yhteisöön : uusliberalistinen ihannekansalainen maaseutupoliittisessa ohjelmassa

2019

Women’s Multifaceted Citizenship : Identity, Belonging and Spaces of Participation in Rural Uganda

2022

This article analyses manifestations of women’s citizenship in diverse spaces of everyday participation in the rural districts of Kiboga and Namutumba in Uganda. Building on citizenship studies scholarship, we propose the notion of multifaceted citizenship, which ‘takes place’ in the same spaces of participation as processes of identity formation and belonging. Thus, our article also explores how identities and belonging manifest in spaces of participation. Drawing on content analysis of 50 qualitative interviews, we begin by investigating the spaces of participation that are experienced as meaningful by women. We then classify identities into five main categories: active resident, member, …