“We need to make our voices heard”: Claiming space for young people’s everyday environmental politics in northern Finland
Recent years have seen a critical shift in young people’s political participation, as young people around the world have mobilized to demand greater climate actions. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork that consist of participant observation and 47 qualitative interviews with 15–16-year-olds residing...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bef794a9f8ea4618bc8503ee9a1b8cd9 2023-05-15T17:42:16+02:00 “We need to make our voices heard”: Claiming space for young people’s everyday environmental politics in northern Finland Marika Kettunen 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.30671/nordia.98115 https://doaj.org/article/bef794a9f8ea4618bc8503ee9a1b8cd9 EN FI eng fin The Geographical Society of Northern Finland https://nordia.journal.fi/article/view/98115 https://doaj.org/toc/1238-2086 https://doaj.org/toc/2736-9722 doi:10.30671/nordia.98115 1238-2086 2736-9722 https://doaj.org/article/bef794a9f8ea4618bc8503ee9a1b8cd9 Nordia Geographical Publications, Vol 49, Iss 5 (2021) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.30671/nordia.98115 2022-12-31T10:13:02Z Recent years have seen a critical shift in young people’s political participation, as young people around the world have mobilized to demand greater climate actions. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork that consist of participant observation and 47 qualitative interviews with 15–16-year-olds residing in rural and urban areas in northern Finland, the paper contributes rural, regional and mundane perspectives on the topic of young people’s environmental politics. The paper sheds light on the myriad of ways in which young people practice environmental politics and construct their environmental citizenship and also discusses young people’s political action in relation to the friction and resistance their participation stirs up in the local communities. Although promoting active citizenship is a stated goal of the Finnish education system, young people’s active participation in mundane and local environmental politics is not always embraced in local communities. The paper argues for better recognition of and support for young people’s everyday environmental politics and for youth participation as a way to spark wider social, cultural, and political change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Nordia Geographical Publications 49 5 32 48 |
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Recent years have seen a critical shift in young people’s political participation, as young people around the world have mobilized to demand greater climate actions. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork that consist of participant observation and 47 qualitative interviews with 15–16-year-olds residing in rural and urban areas in northern Finland, the paper contributes rural, regional and mundane perspectives on the topic of young people’s environmental politics. The paper sheds light on the myriad of ways in which young people practice environmental politics and construct their environmental citizenship and also discusses young people’s political action in relation to the friction and resistance their participation stirs up in the local communities. Although promoting active citizenship is a stated goal of the Finnish education system, young people’s active participation in mundane and local environmental politics is not always embraced in local communities. The paper argues for better recognition of and support for young people’s everyday environmental politics and for youth participation as a way to spark wider social, cultural, and political change. |
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