1st Edition
Progress or Perish Northern Perspectives on Social Change
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drawing on contemporary and historical case studies from Finland, Sweden and Norway, Progress or Perish highlights the roles that art, culture and academic research play alongside technology and economics as bearers of change, approaching the study of progress from the human level. By turning attention towards communities and the everyday social activities of individuals in their socio-cultural... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Aini Linjakumpu, Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo; Chapter 2 History as a Project of Progress? The North as a Focus of Attention, Marja Tuominen; Chapter 3 'Chapters' of Progress '” The Case of a Village Idiot, Pälvi Rantala; Chapter 4 Progress and Emotions in Lapland, Aini Linjakumpu; Chapter 5 Remembering and Forgetting the Second World War in Finland: The Politics of Memory in Online Discussions, Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo; Chapter 6 Narratives of Progress in the Politics of Urho Kekkonen and the Agrarian League, Petri Koikkalainen; Chapter 7 Northern Universities and the Changing Status of Minorities, Lars Elenius; Chapter 8 Slow Activism: Art in Progress in the North, Mirja Hiltunen; Chapter 9 From Emotional Memory to Active Awareness: Counter-Memory and Resistance in Torne Valley Finnish Literature, Riitta Kontio; Chapter 10 Women Behind the Camera in the Early Twentieth Century at the Arctic Circle: A Step Towards Independence, Mervi Autti; Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks, Aini Linjakumpu, Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo;
Biography
Aini Linjakumpu is Lecturer of Politics in the Department of Social Studies at the University of Lapland, Finland and Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo is a researcher at the University of Lapland, Finland.
'Progress or Perish offers a freshening blow from the North to the analysis of social change. It reveals the social construction of progress through detailed study of micro-histories, arts and common experiences hitherto often written off in existing literature. It is a worthy contribution to those intrigued by the Northern communities, be they sociologists, geographers, cultural historians or lay observers of political life.' Samu Pehkonen, University of Tampere, Finland
