Aineiston nimi

Interviews with Individuals Formerly Active in Student Associations in Finnish Secondary Schools 2016-2018

Aineistonumero

FSD4048

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4048
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4048

Aineiston laatu

Kvalitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Jouhki, Essi (University of Oulu)

Sisällön kuvaus

The data consist of interview transcripts of individuals who were active in student associations in secondary schools in Finland. The interviewees' experiences are situated in Iisalmi, Kuopio, and Oulu during the 1950s-1970s. Most of the interviewees had served as active members of student associations, such as chairpersons or secretaries; some identified themselves as ordinary members, and two interviewees had served as teacher curators (faculty advisers) of student associations.

At the beginning of the interviews, respondents were asked to briefly describe their life course as well as their childhood and adolescent living environments. They were then asked to recount their educational paths and entry into secondary school, and to describe the school atmosphere, fellow students, and teachers. After this, they were asked to discuss their school's student association, its activities, and their own roles within it, using concrete examples. With some interviewees, supplementary materials such as photographs or copies of student association meeting minutes or annual reports were used. Interviewees were also asked, among other things, to reflect on gender roles in student association activities, their political or non-political character, and their relationship to wider society. In addition, interviewees were asked to share their views on the activities and history of the national umbrella organization of student associations, the Finnish Union of Secondary School Students. Finally, interviewees were asked to summarize the significance that student association activities had had for their personal lives and, more broadly, for Finnish secondary schooling.

Four of the interviews were conducted as paired interviews, with the remainder being individual interviews. In total, 30 individuals participated in the interviews, of whom 17 were men and 13 women. Background information collected on the interviewees includes gender, year of birth, date of interview, and the role the interviewee held in the student association.

Asiasanat

life histories; political participation; schoolchildren; secondary education; student organizations; student participation; student unions; students; upper secondary schools; youth

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Humanities (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• History (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Other (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Kerääjät

• Jouhki, Essi (University of Oulu)

Rahoittajat

• Emil Aaltonen Foundation
• The University of Oulu Scholarship Foundation
• Finnish Cultural Foundation
• North Savo Regional Fund
• Lapland Regional Fund

Ajallinen kattavuus

1950 – 1975

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2016-02-15 – 2018-07-13

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland, Iisalmi, Kuopio, Oulu

Havainto/aineistoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Individuals who participated in the activities of local student associations in secondary schools in Iisalmi, Kuopio and Oulu during the 1950s-1970s.

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Havainto/aineistoyksiköiden valinta

Non-probability: Purposive

Non-probability: Respondent-assisted

Non-probability: Availability

Interviewees were recruited from across Finland through open calls for interviews, direct contacts, and the so‑called snowball sampling method. Direct invitations to participate were extended particularly to individuals who had served as chairpersons of local student associations. The main criterion for inclusion was having attended secondary school in Iisalmi or Oulu between 1950 and 1975, although the data also include one interview from Kuopio.

Aineistonkeruun tekniikka

Face-to-face interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Interview scheme and/or themes

Aineiston määrä

26 transcripts in ODT format. In addition, a browsable HTML version and a tabular CSV version of the data were produced.

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Kvalitatiiviset aineistot ovat saatavilla vain alkuperäiskielellä, niitä ei käännetä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The researcher has anonymised the dataset by removing interviewees' names, detailed information on family members, and name references or identifiable descriptions of third parties, with the exception of well-known public figures. As the data were collected for historical research, they contain personal data such as place of residence, year of birth, gender, and information on education, occupation, and political orientation.

The data has been further anonymised at the Finnish Social Science Data Archive by removing a person's first name from two transcripts. The changes made by the Archive are indicated with [[double square brackets]].

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Jouhki, Essi (University of Oulu): Interviews with Individuals Formerly Active in Student Associations in Finnish Secondary Schools 2016-2018 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-05-26). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4048; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4048

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Erityisehdot

The dataset was produced for historical research and contains personal data. When publishing excerpts from the dataset, secondary users must assess on a case-by-case basis which personal data need to be removed or modified in accordance with research ethical practices.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Jouhki, Essi & Lalu, Liisa 2018: ”Hei me tehdään nyt itse!” Muistoja nuoruudesta teinikuntatoiminnassa ja nuortaistolaisessa liikkeessä. Elore 25 (2), 9-32. https://doi.org/10.30666/elore.77117

Jouhki, Essi 2020: Kapinalliset koululaiset. Yhteiskunnallisen koululaisliikkeen juurilla (lectio praecursoria). Kasvatus & Aika 14 (4), 39-45. https://doi.org/10.33350/ka.98305

Jouhki, Essi 2020: Teinikuntatoiminnan sukupolvet. Muistitietohistoria oppikoulujen koululaisliikkeestä 1950-1970-luvuilla. Väitöskirja, Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, B Humaniora 178. Oulu: Oulun yliopisto. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526225173

Jouhki, Essi 2021. ”Then we were ready to be radicals!”: School Student Activism in Finnish Upper Secondary Schools in 1960-1967. Scandinavian Journal of History 46 (3), 383-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2021.1875871

Soimetsä, Ville, Jouhki, Essi & Lalu, Liisa (toim.), Okkonen, Ville, Rentola, Kimmo & Roselius, Aapo 2023: Vimmaa ja voimaa. Suomen Teiniliitto ja yhteiskunta 1939-1983. Helsinki: Teos. Yleistajuinen tietokirja.

Vehkalahti, Kaisa & Jouhki, Essi 2022: Lapsuuden ja nuoruuden historian näkökulmia muistitietotutkimukseen. Teoksessa: Savolainen, Ulla & Taavetti, Riikka (toim.), Muistitietotutkimuksen paikka: Teoriat, käytännöt ja muutos. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki, 366-391. https://doi.org/10.21435/skst.1478