The multisemiotic construction of ‘new’ ethnicities and (non)belonging in Finnish hip hop culture
Main funder
Funder's project number: 315461
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 246 744,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/09/2018
Project end date: 13/08/2022
Summary
This project examines the construction of ‘new’ ethnicities and (non)belonging in Finnish hip hop culture, in a range of physical and digital contexts. The project investigates what kind of language(s), discourse(s), (moving) image, sound and music Finnish rap artists and fans of immigrant background as well as the media make use of in their construction and representation of ‘new’ ethnicities and (non)belonging. Theoretically and methodologically, the study draws on sociolinguistics, discourse and multimodality studies and ethnography. Its data consist of 1) the lyrics, interviews, social media activities and ethnographic observations of rap artists, 2) interviews, social media activities and ethnographic observations of fans and 3) media material (e.g. interviews and gig reports) concerning migrant rap. This research shows how ‘new’ ethnicities and (non)belonging are constructed in multifaceted and complex ways in the context of continually diversifying and polarizing Finland.
Principal Investigator
Primary responsible unit
Internal follow-up group
Profiling area: School of Wellbeing (University of Jyväskylä JYU) JYU.Well
Related publications and other outputs
- Aina ollu tääl : suomiräp 4.0 (2023) Westinen, Elina; E2; 978-951-0-46465-6
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- Racialization and Strategic/Normalized Otherness : A Hiphopography of Danish and Finnish Rap Scenes (2023) Westinen, Elina; et al.; A3; 978-3-031-21955-9
- International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Volume 2022, Issue 275. Special Issue: Spaces of upset in the Nordic region : Sociolinguistics beyond cohesion and consensus in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden (2022) Salö, Linus; et al.; C2
- Johdanto : Hiphop-kulttuurin tutkimus ja opetus Suomessa (2022) Rantakallio, Inka; et al.; D1; OA
- Musiikin suunta, vsk. 44, nro. 2. Erikoisnumero: Opiskelijaesseitä rap-musiikista ja hiphop-kulttuurista (2022) Rantakallio, Inka; et al.; D6; OA
- Sociolinguistic upsets and people of color in social media performances (2022) Leppänen, Sirpa; et al.; A1; OA
- Anu Manner - Pipefestin tekijä (2019) Westinen, Elina; B2
- Hiphop Suomessa : puheenvuoroja tutkijoilta ja tekijöiltä (2019) Sykäri, Venla; et al.; C2
- Johdanto : Hiphop Suomessa 35 vuotta (2019) Sykäri, Venla; et al.; B2
