Kirsi Laurén Ammatit ovat edelleen eriytyneet sukupuolen mukaan, eivät ainoastaan muualla maailmassa vaan myös tasa-arvoiseksi maailmankolkaksi mielletyssä pohjoisessa. Sitä on vaikea kiistää, vaikka haluaisikin. Tasa-arvo ja sukupuoli liittyvät myös ympäristökysymyksiin. Sukupuolen esiin nostaminen ja sen merkitysten tutkiminen ympäristökysymyksissä paljastaa uudenlaisia, aiemmin huomaamattomia näkökulmia (ks. esimerkiksi Alue ja ympäristö 2/2009). Sukupuolella on merkitystä muun muassa metsäalan ammattilaisuudessa, joka kytkeytyy myös ympäristökysymyksiin ja-tutkimukseen. Oulun yliopiston kulttuuriantropologin Tiina Suopajärven väitöstutkimuksessa paneudutaan tuoreella otteella suomalaiseen kulttuuriin ja yhteiskuntaan keskeisesti vaikuttaneeseen metsäalaan ja-ammattilaisuuteen. Pitkästä metsäalan kokemuksestaan, koulutuksestaan ja ammattilaisurastaan huolimatta naiset ovat aivan viime vuosikymmeniin saakka jääneet metsäalalla päärooleissa esiintyneiden miesten varjoon niin ammattikuntansa edustajina kuin tutkimuskohteina. Metsätyömiehiä ja heidän perinteitään on tutkittu (esim. Snellman 1996; Pöysä 1997; Tervo 2008) ja tarkasteltavina ovat olleet myös yliopistokoulutuksen saaneet metsänhoitajanaiset ja-miehet (Kärkkäinen & Toivanen 1995; Paaskoski 2008). Suopajärven tutkimuksessa rinnakkain näyttämölle astuvat metsäteknikon ja metsätalousinsinöörin koulutuksen saaneet metsätoimihenkilöinä työskentelevät naiset ja miehet. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu 1991-2002 järjestetyn Metsäammatit metsätalouden murroksessa-tallennushankkeen tuloksena kootuista elämäkerrallisista haastatteluista. Laajassa haastatteluaineistossa riittää tutkittavaa ja sitä onkin jo hyödynnetty eri
This study discusses the socially and culturally constructed FinnishRussian border which has been developed as a lifelong process, in the context of modern elderly Finns. It focuses on the emotions of fear represented in life and historically contextualised narratives discussing the post-war period in eastern borderlands. The included texts concentrate on border issues and are mainly based on the writer's personal experiences. The analysis is based on oral history methodology and highlights mainly the represented personal interpretations of the past, rather than actual historical events. The concept of fear is used as a theoretical tool to interpret the expressions of emotions in narrated memories. The study seeks to illustrate the causes of fear on the Finnish-Russian border in peacetime contemporary Finland.Keywords: fear, Finnish-Russian border, experience, life-history, place INTRODUCTIONThe eastern borderline between Finland and Russia is the longest national border in Finland (1340 km) 1 . Today, a principal characteristic of especially the north-eastern and eastern border areas is sparse population. Over the last 40-50 years, settlements and job availability have been increasingly centralised around big cities, mainly in southern Finland's population centres. Nonetheless, many people who now live in different parts of Finland have spent their early life near the Finnish eastern border or in present Russian Karelia, which belonged to Finland prior to the Second World War (WWII). However, the memories of old borders and borderland landscapes remain in peoples' minds (see, e.g., Häyrynen 2006 Finland. Finland had to cede East Karelia, parts of north-eastern Salla, and the Kuusamo and Petsamo regions, together with the outer archipelago of the Gulf of Finland to the Soviet Union. In 1940 the war ended with a defeat for Finland, however, in 1941 the Continuation War started and, along with Germany, Finland attacked the Soviet Union and the occupied East Karelia region. During this period, the Karelian evacuees once again returned to their homes. When the Continuation War ended in 1944, Finland was obliged to give up East Karelia and the resettlement of evacuees from ceded territories resumed. Over 400,000 Karelian evacuees had to leave their lands and establish new homes all over Finland, and Karelia was never re-taken. The Germans were driven out during the war in Finnish Lapland in 1944-1945 and in the post-war period that followed, the Soviet Union sought to maintain a good relationship with Finland. After these dramatic wartime events, Finland's position was uncertain and for years its future appeared as if it would follow a path similar to that of the Baltic States and Poland. Finland, though, managed to avoid occupation and maintained its independence (Fingerroos 2012: 483-484; Laine 1999: 155-156; Kinnunen & Jokisipilä 2012: 435-436; Meinander 2012: 49-50).The roles of the Finnish-Russian border have varied a great deal, and this has reflected in Finnish culture and everyday life in the borde...
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