Kaisu Kumpulainen
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General description
I work as a university teacher in the Cultures and Communities in a Changing World (KUMU) degree program. I am a docent of cultural politics, specializing in community research. My research projects focus on the study of local communities, cultural participation, cultural planning, and expertise and working life skills in the cultural sector.
Active JYU affiliations
- Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Senior Lecturer
Previous, inactive or other affiliations
- Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy (University of Jyväskylä), University Teacher, Inactive
- Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy (University of Jyväskylä), Grant Researcher, Ended
Research interests
My research focuses on the study of local communities, cultural participation, cultural planning, and expertise and working life skills in the cultural sector. In community research, I am particularly interested in the role of culture in the construction and development of local communities. The study of working life skills in the cultural sector is integrated into the teaching and development of the Cultures and Communities in a Changing World (KUMU) degree program.
Fields of science
Follow-up groups
Personal keywords
community research; cultural planning; village research; connective pedagogy
Projects as Principal investigator
- A "room" of their own - training cultural workers for facilitating rural youth culture
- European Commission
- Kulttuuritoiminnan muodot ja merkitykset 2020-luvun lähiössä: kaksi tapaustutkimusta Jyväskylässä
- Ministry of the Environment
- Kylähengen vahvistamista osallistavalla kulttuurisuunnittelulla - Etnografinen toimintatutkimus Palokassa ja Sumiaisissa
- Regional Council of Central Finland
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