December 18, 2006
Louhivuori, Leena
MA, Doctoral Student of the Department of Ethnology, University of Helsinki. She has done Master Thesis for the Department of Folklore about the subculture in Koskela and another Master Thesis for the Department of Ethnology about folklore fashion (between 1962-1982). She has produced and directed several national and international cultural projects, film festivals, exhibitions and research projects and publications where youth culture has been a part or the main theme since 1977. She has published: Koskelan jengi (1986), Helsinki: Otava; Koskelan pojat – tutkimus jengikulttuurista (1987), Helsinki: Kansalaiskasvatuksen keskus / tutkimuksia ja selvityksiä.
Social Capital and Social Networks Among Koskela Youth Groups: Like Father, like Son?. This ethnological generation research is based on the intracultural theory of science. The research includes three youth generations and their families. A certain pride is noted which, despite a weak economic situation among the working-class, has dominated family behaviour. Inhabitants of Koskela have been studied since 1984, the main focus have been on young people. These youngsters found a great deal of unity and identity through an extreme form of heavy punk culture. Now these same young people are the fathers of the following generation. The fathers of the young people of the original data have also told their life stories. All these fathers and sons still have an intensive social network with each other. When young, they often talked about their fathers – whether existing or not - as their heroes. The framework of the study is experimental ethnological field work and an ethnological generation research model. The key words of the study are generations, families, youth groups, networks, language and culture.
CV 2002 - 2007
Leena Louhivuori, MA, PhD Student, University of Helsinki, Institute for Cultural Research, Department of Ethnology.
Like father, Like Son? Doctoral Thesis (2007). The Study framework is in an experimental ethnological generation research model. The keywords of the study are suburb, generations, families, youth, groups, networks, language and culture. Based on the study of Koskela gang 1984-1985.
Social Capital and Networks of Trust Research Programme, (SoCa), Academy of Finland, Behind the Scenes of Society (BeSS) Young People, Identity and Social Capital,
Researcher 2004-2007
PhD Student, Baltic-Nordic PhD-level Multi-scientific Youth Research Graduate School Network,
Nordic Academy of Advanced Study (NorFA) 2004 – 2006
Guest Researcher, University of Stockholm, Institute for ethnology, religion history and genus studies from 1.9.2004 - 31.05.2006
Producer/researcher, Koskela Village festival 15.5.2001 – 31.12..2002 Cultural Centre of Helsinki City, Research Grant, City of Helsinki Urban Facts
Producer, No Comments, Social Dimension in Documentaries
A Finnish-Scottish Film Screening and Seminar
10 -13 June 2004 Edinburgh College of Art / Film and Television
Producer and chairman, Journée franco-finlandaises sur la Jeunesse, Paris Ambassade de Finlande , France 06.06 -07.06.2005 La société et la politiques changet.
Producer, Lifestories in documentary films. Finnish documentary film screening in Krasnoyarsk, Museum Center in Krasnoyarsk 29.8. – 3.9.2006
Producer, Helsinki Metro 25 years in 2007. 1.10.2006 - . Exhibition in Sanomasäätiö museum, Jubileum publication and historical document. Cultural Centre of Helsinki City
Articles
Hyvää uutta vuotta. No Comments. Edinburgh. Avek 2/2004
Ihminen ylittää itsensä ja kulttuurin rajat. Kulttuurintutkimus 2005.
rajat. Kulttuurintutkimus 2005.
Crossing human and national borders. Gothenburg, the biggest Salla village
A study of Lappish immigrants in Sweden Finnish Literature Society (SKS) 2003.
Resencion. Ethnologia Scandinavica 2005.
Nuoret ja sosiaalinen pääoma – käsitteiden monimerkityksellisyys. (Young people and social capital – different meaning of definitions). Common article: Helena Helve, Veronika Honkasalo, Arniika Kuusisto, Leena Louhivuori & Juhana Kokkonen. Sosiaalisen pääoman kentät. Ed. Pertti Jokivuori. Minerva Kustannus 2005.
Writing Personally and Speaking Ethnographically about Methodology. In Mixed methods in Youth Research (Ed. Helena Helve) 2005. Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura/
Julkaisu nro 60.
elve) 2005. Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura/Julkaisu nro 60.
The Journey to the seventh Floor. In Passages Westward (eds. Lähteenmäki Maria & Snellman Hanna) Studia Fennica. Ethnologica. Finnish Litterature Socitey Helsinki. (SKS) 2006.
Unessani itkin katkerasti. Krasnoyarsk. Avek 3/2006
Social networks and Character of suburb. Social capital and social networks. In Youth and Social Capital (eds. John Bynner & Helena Helve) London University/University of Helsinki in 2007. Tufnell Press
Conferences, Seminars, Lessons
Work orientation in the field of ethnology. 21.4.2004 Dep. of Ethnology, University of Helsinki.
Like father, like son? Abaout research methods. 1.12.2004 Nathional Museum of Finland. Helsinki. (Suomen muinaismuistoyhdistys)
Committing Photography as a methodological field work. Methodology of Youth Research Part I, (NorFA). Tartu University, Department of Sociology, Estonia 29.01.-31.01.2004
Like Father, like Son? Social Capital and Social Networks among Koskela Youth Groups
1962-2002 Young People, Identity and Social Capital,( SoCa) University of Helsinki, Finland
18.09.- 19.09.2004
Ethnographic Research Methods and Generation analyses. Methodology of Youth Research Part II, (NorFA). University of Riga, Latvia 07.10.-12.10.2004
Methodology of the study Like Father, Like Sons?
Social Capital, Identity and Culture of Young People, SoCa and NorFA
University of Helsinki, Finland 22.05.-28.05.2005
Like Father, like Son? Friday July 01, Growing up in the context of poverity and marginalization. 29June – 3July 2005 Childhoods 2005 Oslo, Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming Socities
Like father, like son? Suburb and generations. (SoCa) Capitals, Identities and Cultures of Young People. Finnish – British Seminar on Social Capital 10th -11th November 2005.
The Finnish Institute in London (University of Helsinki, University of London).
Suburb and generations.Family. NYRIS 9 Landspaces of Youth.The 9th Nordic Youth Reseaqrch Information Symposium 12.-14.01.2006
On the border of generations. In the Science Forum in Helsinki 10.-14. January 2007.The Science Forum is organised by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Sciences and Letters and the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Others
Research Grant, City of Helsinki Urban Facts 2002
Research Grant, Alli Paasikivi Foundation, 2003
Research Grant, Jenny ja Antti Wihuri foundation, 2003 – 2004
Research Grant, Academy of Finland, SoCa Programme 2004 - 2006, 1.2. 2004 – 31.1.2005
Research Grant, Academy of Finland, Researcher training and research abroad, Stockholm university 2005 - 2006
Grant for visit in Stockholm artist house Villa Bergshyddan 6.-13.4.2003 Culture Board of Stockholm City.
Studying Grant in Paris and Lyon. Youth Research and Youth Information. 20.05 - 29.05.2004. Education Ministry of Finland.
Member of Finnish Literature Society (SKS ) 2005 -