This dissertation investigates how two Finnish folklorists, Elsa Enäjärvi (1901-1951) and Martti Haavio (1899-1973), obtained information about perceptions of what constituted good and acknowledged scholars and how they responded to these implicit and explicit expectations and requirements. The diss...

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1. Verfasser:	Svanfeldt-Winter, Lisa 1989- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Stockholm Department of History, Stockholm University 2019
Schlagworte:	Scholarly persona gender Finnish history history of folklore history of humanities history of knowledge students Hochschulschrift
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Zusammenfassung:	This dissertation investigates how two Finnish folklorists, Elsa Enäjärvi (1901-1951) and Martti Haavio (1899-1973), obtained information about perceptions of what constituted good and acknowledged scholars and how they responded to these implicit and explicit expectations and requirements. The dissertation uses the concept of scholarly persona as an analytical tool to identify notions of good scholars as well as Enäjärvi’s and Haavio’s processes to form themselves as such. The analysis is based on a deep reading of private and public documents, with an emphasis on Enäjärvi’s and Haavio’s diaries and private letters to each other and friends in academia. The dissertation’s timeframe, 1918-1932, covers Enäjärvi’s and Haavio’s earliest years at university, from attending university to obtaining doctoral degrees. Being new to the academic community meant that these two young folklorists were in acute need of information regarding expectations and requirements in their discipline. Reflecting over observations of other scholars and sharing these observations with peers were important means of forming oneself as a scholar. This formation process was often articulated by making normative descriptions of the personal qualities, behaviour and research of other academics. By describing what was desirable, acceptable or inept in scholars, Enäjärvi and Haavio established what they themselves were like as scholars. The analysis also shows that the early phase of scholarly persona formation included informal rites of passage that integrated the students deeper into the academic community. The letters to friends offered a forum to make and test these formative descriptions and to reflect upon and give meaning to these rites of passage. The dissertation makes a systematic analysis of six arenas of Enäjärvi’s and Haavio’s academic life [...].
Beschreibung:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 283-310
Beschreibung:	vi, 310 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:	9789177977636