Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics

The reappearance of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in 2005 after a one-hundred-year absence surprised rural communities in Southwest Finland. Various social emotions emerged and began to shape how people thought about wolves and reoriented their daily practices. In this paper, we examine how emotional...

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Main Authors: Hiedanpää, Juha, Pellikka, Jani, Ojalammi, Sanna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for Human-Animal Studies (YKES ry) 2016
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Online Access:https://trace.journal.fi/article/view/53412
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spelling fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/53412 2023-05-15T15:49:26+02:00 Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics Hiedanpää, Juha Pellikka, Jani Ojalammi, Sanna 2016-04-25 application/pdf https://trace.journal.fi/article/view/53412 eng eng Finnish Society for Human-Animal Studies (YKES ry) https://trace.journal.fi/article/view/53412/18908 https://trace.journal.fi/article/view/53412 Copyright (c) 2016 JÄLKI ∴ Yhteiskunnallisen ja kulttuurisen eläintutkimuksen journaali TRACE ∴ Journal for Human-Animal Studies; Vol 2 (2016): Trace: Finnish Journal for Human-Animal Studies JÄLKI ∴ Yhteiskunnallisen ja kulttuurisen eläintutkimuksen journaali; Vol 2 (2016): Trace: Finnish Journal for Human-Animal Studies 2343-0591 grey wolf (Canis lupus) emotions negative freedom institutions emotional regime info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 fttsvojs 2020-05-29T22:29:28Z The reappearance of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in 2005 after a one-hundred-year absence surprised rural communities in Southwest Finland. Various social emotions emerged and began to shape how people thought about wolves and reoriented their daily practices. In this paper, we examine how emotional reactions and actions functioned in the presence of the wolf and the non-intervention wolf policy until 2014. We used written documents, interviews and focus group discussions as our primary materials. Our results indicate how normative emotions have played a role in influencing Finnish wolf policy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online
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negative freedom
institutions
emotional regime
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emotions
negative freedom
institutions
emotional regime
Hiedanpää, Juha
Pellikka, Jani
Ojalammi, Sanna
Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics
topic_facet grey wolf (Canis lupus)
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negative freedom
institutions
emotional regime
description The reappearance of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in 2005 after a one-hundred-year absence surprised rural communities in Southwest Finland. Various social emotions emerged and began to shape how people thought about wolves and reoriented their daily practices. In this paper, we examine how emotional reactions and actions functioned in the presence of the wolf and the non-intervention wolf policy until 2014. We used written documents, interviews and focus group discussions as our primary materials. Our results indicate how normative emotions have played a role in influencing Finnish wolf policy.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Hiedanpää, Juha
Pellikka, Jani
Ojalammi, Sanna
author_facet Hiedanpää, Juha
Pellikka, Jani
Ojalammi, Sanna
author_sort Hiedanpää, Juha
title Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics
title_short Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics
title_full Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics
title_fullStr Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics
title_full_unstemmed Meet the parents: Normative emotions in Finnish wolf politics
title_sort meet the parents: normative emotions in finnish wolf politics
publisher Finnish Society for Human-Animal Studies (YKES ry)
publishDate 2016
url https://trace.journal.fi/article/view/53412
genre Canis lupus
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op_source TRACE ∴ Journal for Human-Animal Studies; Vol 2 (2016): Trace: Finnish Journal for Human-Animal Studies
JÄLKI ∴ Yhteiskunnallisen ja kulttuurisen eläintutkimuksen journaali; Vol 2 (2016): Trace: Finnish Journal for Human-Animal Studies
2343-0591
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op_rights Copyright (c) 2016 JÄLKI ∴ Yhteiskunnallisen ja kulttuurisen eläintutkimuksen journaali
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