A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Koululaiset kotiseudun representoijina toisen maailmansodan jälkeen Suomen Länsi-Lapissa ja Ruotsin Tornionlaaksossa
Authors: Granö Päivi , Koivurova Anniina
Publisher: Suomen kasvatuksen ja koulutuksen historian seura
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Kasvatus ja Aika
Number in series: 4
Volume: 7
Issue: 4
First page : 6
Last page: 26
Number of pages: 21
ISSN: 1797-2299
Web address : http://www.kasvatus-ja-aika.fi/site/?lan=1&page_id=581
Abstract
The article analyses two physical and mental landscapes of childhood in northern Finland and Sweden in the post war era during 1940s and 1950s. The material has been produced within two competitions for schools. The aim of the Finnish competition was to increase aid during reconstruction and to mentally unite the nation. The Swedish competition was organized by a home district association. The aim of the contest wasa to foster regionalism and strenghten people´s feeling of belonging to a nation-state.
The interpretation has cultural perspectives on visual culture studies, humanistic geography and interpretation of place. The intertextul connections are shown.
The drawings both rebuild and comment on what was an imposed cultural agenda. It reflects a national mental landscape and local school aesthetics, ethics and norms of the time.
The article analyses two physical and mental landscapes of childhood in northern Finland and Sweden in the post war era during 1940s and 1950s. The material has been produced within two competitions for schools. The aim of the Finnish competition was to increase aid during reconstruction and to mentally unite the nation. The Swedish competition was organized by a home district association. The aim of the contest wasa to foster regionalism and strenghten people´s feeling of belonging to a nation-state.
The interpretation has cultural perspectives on visual culture studies, humanistic geography and interpretation of place. The intertextul connections are shown.
The drawings both rebuild and comment on what was an imposed cultural agenda. It reflects a national mental landscape and local school aesthetics, ethics and norms of the time.
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