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‘Africans’ and the ‘Chinese’ Exhibited in Finland in the years 1926-1928
(Akadémiai Kiadó, 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 ...
‘Are we equal citizens?’ : a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of language textbooks and minority faith learners’ insights in Pakistan
(Routledge, 2023)
Language textbooks are discourse-led documents that contain official knowledge and construct specific learner subjectivities. Official knowledge embodies a worldview that serves the interests of dominant social group. In ...
‘Broken Finnish’ : Speaker L1 and its recognition affecting rating in National Certificates of Language Proficiency test in Finnish
(Association of Language Testers in Europe, 2021)
As many European countries have language proficiency requirements for obtaining citizenship, language testing is a possible source of social inequality. The ‘Broken Finnish’ project has been set up to ensure test fairness ...
‘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 ...
‘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 shared the joy’ : sport-related social support and communality on Instagram
(Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2020)
The popularity of sharing photographs on digital platforms has increased significantly due to the communicative affordances of mobile media and the emergence of photo-sharing applications, such as Instagram. In this paper, ...
‘It has given me this kind of courage…’: the significance of CLIL in forming a positive target language self-concept
(Routledge, 2022)
This article sets out to broaden the understanding of foreign language self-concept in CLIL context. The few existing studies on self-concept in CLIL have been quantitative and provided somewhat discrepant results, ...
‘I’m a foreign teacher’ : legitimate positionings in the stories of a migrant teacher
(Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)
This qualitative study examines one migrant teacher’s identity positions in the context of a peer mentoring group setting in Finland. Combining theories of legitimacy and teacher narratives, this study asked which positions ...