Historical Consciousness in Finland 2010: Interviews

dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki. Department of Social Science History - Torsti, Pilvi
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki. Department of Social Science History - van den Berg, Marko
dc.contributor.authorTorsti, Pilvi
dc.contributor.authorvan den Berg, Marko
dc.coverage.spatialFinland
dc.coverage.temporal2010-04-01 - 2010-09-30
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T12:50:28Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-12
dc.descriptionThe qualitative study charted historical consciousness and notions of the past in Finland. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews. The interviewee sample was randomly drawn from among the individuals who had responded to a survey on the same subject in 2009 (FSD2932) and had indicated willingness to participate in a subsequent interview. In addition, students of a upper secondary school in Helsinki were interviewed. The archived data consist of 58 interview transcriptions. Interview themes were based on the survey. The interviewees were asked about the significance of history and the past in general, and what factors had been important for progress in Finland and in the world. They were also asked to name events and persons in the Finnish history important to them. One major theme was the Finnish Civil War in 1918, studied with a number of questions relating to the respondents' image of the war, whether the consequences of the war were still noticeable in Finland, and whether the interviewees had any personal connection with the war, for instance, through their family history. Images of Finland's wars in the Second World War were also investigated. The interviewees were asked to name and discuss important events in the recent history, the interviewers citing Finland's EU membership, the collapse of communism and the economic crises as examples. Background information included R's gender, age and municipality of residence. It is possible to combine the quantitative and qualitative data of the same individual through a case number. The dataset is only available in Finnish.
dc.disciplineHumanities
dc.disciplineSocial sciences
dc.identifierhttp://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2867
dc.identifier.urihttps://datakatalogi.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/439
dc.languageFinnish
dc.rightsRestricted use
dc.rights.licenseOther (Not Open)
dc.subjecthistoriatietoisuus
dc.subjectsodat
dc.subjectsuomettuminen
dc.subjectSuomen sisällissota
dc.subjectSuomen sisällissota
dc.subjecttalvisota
dc.subjectjatkosota
dc.subjectmaailmanhistoria
dc.subjectmaahanmuutto
dc.subjecttulevaisuus
dc.subjectmerkkihenkilöt
dc.subjecttiedonhankinta
dc.subjecttiedonlähteet
dc.subjectlähihistoria
dc.subjectkansallinen identiteetti
dc.subjecthistoria
dc.subjecthistorialliset tarinat
dc.subjectmenneisyys
dc.subjectkehitys
dc.subjectmuutos
dc.subjectSuomi-kuva
dc.subjectcivil war
dc.subjectfuture
dc.subjecthistory
dc.subjectimmigration
dc.subjectknowledge (awareness)
dc.subjectmodern history
dc.subjectnational identity
dc.subjectworld war
dc.subjectHistoria
dc.subjectHistory
dc.titleHistorical Consciousness in Finland 2010: Interviews
Finnish Social Data Archive (FSD)


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