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‘Childish’ beyond Age : Reconceptualising the Aesthetics of Resistance
(Brill Sense, 2021)
This chapter explores the concept of ‘aesthetic sublation’ – a performative mode of meaning making that seeks to degrade its object (; ). Here, the phenomenon of aesthetic sublation is discussed as a form of resistance. ...
‘Culture’ as a discursive resource in newspaper articles from Le Monde about secularism : constructing ‘us’ through strategic oppositions with religion
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Building on research highlighting the complex webs of relations
between secularism, culture, and religion, this study investigates
how the concept of culture was utilized in discourses of laïcité
from the newspaper le ...
‘Democracy’ and ‘People’s Power’ in the Finnish Parliament : the Struggle between Representative, Participatory and Direct Democracy
(Helsingin yliopisto, 2023)
The Finnish language is one that offers two translations of the concept ‘democracy,’ demokratia and kansanvalta (people’s power), which have remained in active political use. We analyse the existence of two terms as a ...
‘Don’t ever mix God with sports’ : Christian religion in athletes’ stories of life transitions
(Routledge, 2020)
Sport psychology researchers have increasingly recognized the need to adopt a holistic perspective when seeking to understand athletes’ adaptation to life transitions. The present study sought to understand how religion ...
‘Each flight is different’ : Carbon emissions of selected flights in three geographical markets
(Pergamon Press, 2017)
Air travel is considered the biggest individual climate sin. Avoiding flying, however, seems impossible. In this paper we argue that the flight a passenger chooses can be significant. For this purpose we compared the carbon ...
‘Glocal’ processes in peripheral football countries : a figurational sociological comparison of Finland and Hungary
(Routledge, 2017)
The aim of this article is to increase the understanding of the global and local contexts in football by finding out what social, cultural and economic dimensions seem to characterize ‘periphery’ football. This study applies ...
‘Human rights and democracy are not self-evident’ : Finnish student teachers’ perceptions on democracy and human rights education
(University of South-Eastern Norway, 2021)
This article discusses democracy and human rights education (DHRE) in Finnish teacher education, drawing on existing literature, curricula and a survey of student teachers’ perceptions. Earlier studies suggested that DHRE ...
‘I became more aware of my actions’ : A qualitative longitudinal study of a health psychological group intervention for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2023)
Objectives
To explore myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients' experiences of a health psychological group intervention and its usefulness, non-usefulness or harmfulness for illness management ...
‘I do not trust any of them anymore’ : Institutional distrust and corrective practices in pro-asylum activism in Finland
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Although there is extensive research on how institutional trust and distrust play out in the forms political participation takes, the existing research lacks thorough analysis on what trust and distrust actually consist ...
‘I don’t feel like I’m studying languages anymore’ : Exploring change in higher education students’ learner beliefs during multilingual language studies
(Routledge, 2022)
To educate multilingual global citizens and follow the multilingual turn in language education, universities are faced with the challenge of developing their language pedagogies. This article reports on a study conducted ...