12 research outputs found
Ebba and Horace - a Literary Battle? : An Analysis of the Reception of Ebba Witt-Brattström's Århundradets kärlekskrig and Horace Engdahl's Den sista grisen
No full textThis thesis is a study of the press reception of Ebba Witt-Brattström's Århundradets kärlekskrig (2016) and Horace Engdahl's Den sista grisen (2016). The study questions comprise the following; how the critics value the novels, what the critics' expectations are, and if non-literary assessment criteria have influenced the reviews and author personas. The study is performed by examining the critics' description, interpretation, and evaluation of the novels. Reception theory supplemented with literary criticism as well as author persona and medialisation are applied in the study. The conclusion is that Witt-Brattström's novel is highly valued for its contribution to confessional literature. The criticism of her novel is mostly based on the question of whether the novel should be read biographically or not. Engdahl's novel is valued as outspoken and provocative but also unconvincing and criticized for lacking credibility on certain subjects.The critics' horizons of expectation differ between the authors. The expectations of Den sista grisen lead to the fusion of the horizon because it corresponds to the expectations. The expectations of Århundradets kärlekskrig change the critics' horizon as the novel presents a new understanding of a contemporary topic. The non-literary assessment criteria have had an effect. Witt-Brattström addresses the issue of domestic violence and reinforces her persona. Engdahl is described as conservative and weakens his persona. In one area the authors are on the same level, medialisation. It involves an interplay between authors, literature, and media, which Witt-Brattström and Engdahl have mastered
Ebba and Horace - a Literary Battle? : An Analysis of the Reception of Ebba Witt-Brattström's Århundradets kärlekskrig and Horace Engdahl's Den sista grisen
No full textThis thesis is a study of the press reception of Ebba Witt-Brattström's Århundradets kärlekskrig (2016) and Horace Engdahl's Den sista grisen (2016). The study questions comprise the following; how the critics value the novels, what the critics' expectations are, and if non-literary assessment criteria have influenced the reviews and author personas. The study is performed by examining the critics' description, interpretation, and evaluation of the novels. Reception theory supplemented with literary criticism as well as author persona and medialisation are applied in the study. The conclusion is that Witt-Brattström's novel is highly valued for its contribution to confessional literature. The criticism of her novel is mostly based on the question of whether the novel should be read biographically or not. Engdahl's novel is valued as outspoken and provocative but also unconvincing and criticized for lacking credibility on certain subjects.The critics' horizons of expectation differ between the authors. The expectations of Den sista grisen lead to the fusion of the horizon because it corresponds to the expectations. The expectations of Århundradets kärlekskrig change the critics' horizon as the novel presents a new understanding of a contemporary topic. The non-literary assessment criteria have had an effect. Witt-Brattström addresses the issue of domestic violence and reinforces her persona. Engdahl is described as conservative and weakens his persona. In one area the authors are on the same level, medialisation. It involves an interplay between authors, literature, and media, which Witt-Brattström and Engdahl have mastered
Mottagandet av Susanna Alakoskis bok Oktober i Fattigsverige. Dagbok i Finland
No full textSusanna Alakoski (född 1962) är en sverigefinsk författare, vars tredje bok heter Oktober i Fattigsverige. Dagbok som publicerades 2012 i Sverige. När boken året efter översattes till finska, fick den namnet Köyhän lokakuu – Päiväkirja. I min uppsats undersöker jag receptionen av Köyhän lokakuu – Päiväkirja i finska dagstidningar och litterära bloggar med hänsyn till Alakoskis bakgrund och bokens tema samt om receptionen varierar mellan professionella kritiker och amatörkritiker. I analysen utgår jag från receptionsteorin som introducerades av Hans Robert Jauss. Vidare utgår jag från litteraturkritikens tre komponenter som Markku Huotari sammanfattar till den skönlitterära textens beskrivning, tolkning och värdering. Argumenteringens grundvalar ethos, pathos och logos stödjer analysen. Materialet består av sju dagstidningsrecensioner och tio bloggrecensioner, och tidsmässigt omfattar materialet tiden från slutet av 2013 till juni 2014. Antalet i undersökningen använda tidnings- recensioner blir totalt fyra eftersom en och samma recension används totalt av fyra tidningar. Resultatet visar att både tidnings- och bloggrecensenter fokuserar mest i fattigdomstemat i Köyhän lokakuu – Päiväkirja. Dagboksformen och berättelsen om författarens egna barndomserfarenheter betraktas som trovärdiga. Emellertid diskuterar två bloggrecensenter skillnader mellan fakta och fiktion samt om Alakoski trots allt kombinerar fakta med fiktion för att nå ut med sitt politiska budskap: välfärdssamhällets okunskap om fattigdom. Amatörrecensenterna visar större variation och högre grad av personliga synpunkter i sina recensioner än de professionella skribenterna. Amatörrecensenter använder också mer av intertextuella jämförelser utanför Alakoskis produktion såsom feminism och arbetarlitteratur. Bloggskribenterna rekommenderar boken i större omfattning än tidningsrecensenterna men anger att läsaren behöver vara intresserad av ämnet eftersom bokens form och skrivsätt gör läsningen besvärlig. Det framgår från mottagningen av Köyhän lokakuu – Päiväkirja att läsupplevelsen inte motsvarar förväntningarna som är baserade på Alakoskis debutbok Svinalängorna från 2006, utgiven på finska 2007 med namnet Sikalat. Svinalängorna är en flerfaldigt prisbelönt bok i Sverige och har samma tema som Köyhän lokakuu – Päiväkirja, men bokens romanform ger en annorlunda läsupplevelse.
Whistling past the trenches - Shell shock, nationalism and Soldier's tale
No full textMaisterin opinnäytteessä Soitellen Sotaan – Sotapsykoosi, nationalismi ja Sotilaan tarina, tarkastellaan taustatutkimuksen merkitystä lavastus- ja pukusuunnittelulle käsiteltäessä laajoja historiallisia aiheita. Kirjallinen työ liittyy kiinteästi tekijän taiteelliseen opinnäytteeseen, lavastukseen ja pukusuunnitteluun Sotilaan tarinaesitykseen, joka oli osa Sibafest 2018 -tapahtumaa Teatterikorkeakoulun ja Sibelius-Akatemian yhteistyönä. Keskeisenä kysymyksenä opinnäytteessä on, miten suunnittelija voi lähestyä laajoja ja potentiaalisesti herkkiä aiheita, kuten sotapsykoosia ja kansallisuusaatetta taustatutkimuksen kautta. Opinnäytteessä käydään läpi taiteellisen opinnäytteen ennakkosuunnittelua ja teoksen tulkinnan sijoittamista Suomen jatkosotaan. Komiikan tekemistä sodan kaltaisista synkistä histori-allisista aiheista tutkitaan käyttäen esimerkkeinä englantilaisia komediasarjoja Monty Pythonin Lentävä Sirkus ja Musta Kyy.
Tämän jälkeen esitellään tekijän taustatutkimusta sotapsykoosista ja tämän tutkimuksen vaikutusta itse teoksen suunnitteluun. Lavastuksen ja pukusuunnittelun kehittelyä seurataan laajasti, ja prosessi välittyy myös tekijän työpäiväkirjaotteiden kautta. Toista teoksen ja opinnäytteen keskeistä teemaa,nationalismia, lähestytään Benedict Andersonin kansallisaateteorian pohjalta. Tähän liittyen opinnäyte pohtii Suomen historian ja erityisesti sotahistorian käsittelyyn liittyviä kysymyksiä ja C.G. Mannerheimin henkilökuvan käyttöä suomalaisessa fiktiossa ja edelleen Sotilaan tarinassa. Lopuksi opinnäyte sivuaa myös kansallissosialistisen kuvaston kuten hakaristien käyttöä koomisten elementtien yhteydessä, ja tähän liittyvää problematiikkaa. Taustatutkimuksen merkitys intuitiota johdattavana ja sen kanssa vuorottelevana voimana suunnittelutyössä välittyy voimakkaasti Sotilaan tarinan prosessissa.The Master thesis Whistling past the Trenches - Shell Shock, Nationalism and Soldier's Tale, reflects the importance of back-ground research for set and costume design when treating large historical themes in a story. The work is elementally connected to the artistic thesis of the author, the set and costume design of Soldier’s Tale, which was produced as a co-production by Theatre Academy and Sibelius Academy for the Sibafest festival in 2018, Helsinki. The central question of the thesis is how a designer can approach vast and potentially sensitive topics, such as mental traumas caused by war, or nationalism, through extensive background research. The thesis examines the artistic preproduction of Soldier’s tale, and the decision to set the story to the Finnish Continuation War. The English tv-series Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Black Adder are cited as models of comic and absurd treatment of heavy historical subjects for the production.
The thesis presents the research of the author on the subject of mental traumas caused by war and the effect of this research on the artistic process. The design process of the set and costumes of the production is covered extensively, and illuminated also through takes from the writer’s work diary. The other big subject of research, nationalism, is approached through Benedict Anderson’s theory of nation states as imagined communities. This is employed to further discuss the use of Finnish history, especially war history, and the person of C.G. Mannerheim in the Finnish fiction and again in Soldier’s tale. Finally, the thesis discusses the problems of using national socialistic symbolism, like swastikas, in a comedic environment. The importance of background research and intuition as complementary forces leading the artistic process is evident in the production of the Soldier’s Tale
The transformative public of Jane Addams
No full textThis article provides an alternative contribution to journalism studies on a foundational concept by analysing texts of Jane Addams, a public intellectual contemporary with the seminal scholars Walter Lippmann and John Dewey. The author uses methods of intellectual history to construct the concept of the public from Addams’s books: Democracy and Social Ethics and The Newer Ideals of Peace, showing that all three authors, Lippmann, Dewey and Addams, discuss the same topic of individuals’ changed engagement with public political life. Addams departs from Lippmann and Dewey in setting out from the standpoints of exclusion and cosmopolitanism. Her argument regarding the public, as constructed by the author, consists of two premises. First, public engagement is a method of democratic inclusion as well as social and political inquiry for Addams. She sees the extension of relationality across social divisions as a necessary method to understand society and materialise democracy. Second, Addams emphasises cooperative and reflexive involvement especially in the characteristic developments of a time. She considers industrialisation and cosmopolitanism as characteristic developments of her own era. Addams suggests an in-principle cosmopolitan concept of the public that includes marginalised persons and groups. Compared to Lippmann’s and Dewey’s accounts of the public, Jane Addams’s argument is more radical and far more sensitive to the social inequality and plurality of a drastically morphing society.Peer reviewe
Teachers as reflective learning experience designers : Bringing design thinking into school-based design and maker education
No full textSchool-based design and maker education foster the acquisition of 21st-century competencies. Teachers play a crucial role in integrating explorative design thinking and digital fabrication into schools; however, gaps remain in designing, implementing, and reflecting on these processes. This research positions teachers as reflective designers of learning experiences. The case study outlines key elements of learning design and explores the implementation of a project tailored for 13-14-year-old students. A thematic, theory- and data-driven analysis examined the challenges and opportunities in the in-situ and post-reflections of the teacher and researcher-teacher (Noora, the first author) on pedagogical practices and the teacher's role. Three intertwined themes emerged: design leader, collaboration and co-teaching, and (co-)reflection. Through (co-)reflections, they structured and led the design process while simultaneously developing their professional skills. The article also advocates for the necessary mindset and skillset of teachers, emphasizing the importance of professional development and collaboration in enhancing the quality of school-based design and maker education. These insights can guide the application and evolution of existing frameworks to assist teachers, researchers, and other facilitators in introducing creative, hands-on learning experiences into formal education.Peer reviewe
Long‐term metabolic syndrome is associated with periodontal pockets and alveolar bone loss
No full textAbstract
Aim: To investigate whether the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with deepened periodontal pockets and alveolar bone loss.
Materials and Methods: This study was based on a subpopulation of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 survey (n = 1964). The criteria of the AHA/NHLBI were used to determine MetS. The analyses were based on the metabolic data at ages 31 and 46, and probing pocket depth and alveolar bone level data at age 46. Relative risks (RR, 95% CI) were estimated using Poisson regression models.
Results: Relative risks for PD ≥ 4 mm and BL ≥ 5 mm were higher in individuals with an exposure to MetS ≥ 15 years (RR 1.8, 95% CI 1.6–2.1 and RR 1.5, 95% CI 1.3–1.9, respectively) than in those whose exposure was <15 years (RR 1.2, 95% CI 1.1–1.3 and RR 1.1, 95% CI 1.0–1.3, respectively). Consistently stronger associations were found in never smokers. Women showed stronger associations of MetS with PD ≥ 4 mm than men. The association with BL ≥ 5 mm was observed only in men.
Conclusion: A long‐term exposure by MetS was associated independently and in an exposure‐dependent manner with periodontal pockets and alveolar bone level
Genome-wide association study of periodontal pocketing in Finnish adults
No full textAbstractBackground: A genome‐wide association study is an analytical approach that investigates whether genetic variants across the whole genome contribute to disease progression. The aim of this study was to investigate genome-wide associations of periodontal condition measured as deepened periodontal pockets (≥ 4 mm) in Finnish adults.Methods: This study was based on the data of the national Health 2000 Survey (BRIF8901) in Finland and the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study totalling 3,245 individuals. The genotype data were analyzed using the SNPTEST v.2.4.1. The number of teeth with deepened periodontal pockets (≥ 4 mm deep) was employed as a continuous response variable in additive regression analyses performed separately for the two studies and the results were combined in a meta-analysis applying a fixed effects model.Results: Genome-wide significant associations with the number of teeth with ≥ 4 mm deep pockets were not found at the p-level of Conclusion: No statistically significant genome-wide associations with deepened periodontal pockets were found in this study.Abstract
Background: A genome‐wide association study is an analytical approach that investigates whether genetic variants across the whole genome contribute to disease progression. The aim of this study was to investigate genome-wide associations of periodontal condition measured as deepened periodontal pockets (≥ 4 mm) in Finnish adults.
Methods: This study was based on the data of the national Health 2000 Survey (BRIF8901) in Finland and the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study totalling 3,245 individuals. The genotype data were analyzed using the SNPTEST v.2.4.1. The number of teeth with deepened periodontal pockets (≥ 4 mm deep) was employed as a continuous response variable in additive regression analyses performed separately for the two studies and the results were combined in a meta-analysis applying a fixed effects model.
Results: Genome-wide significant associations with the number of teeth with ≥ 4 mm deep pockets were not found at the p-level of < 5 × 10⁻⁸, while in total 17 loci reached the p-level of 5 × 10⁻⁶. Of the top hits, SNP rs4444613 in chromosome 20 showed the strongest association (p = 1.35 × 10⁻⁷).
Conclusion: No statistically significant genome-wide associations with deepened periodontal pockets were found in this study
