A1 Journal article (refereed)
‘Something’s Not Right in Silverhöjd’ : Nordic Supernatural and Environmental and Species Justice in Jordskott (2022)
Kosonen, H., & Greenhill, P. (2022). ‘Something’s Not Right in Silverhöjd’ : Nordic Supernatural and Environmental and Species Justice in Jordskott. Folklore, 133(3), 334-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587x.2022.2044598
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Kosonen, Heidi; Greenhill, Pauline
Journal or series: Folklore
ISSN: 0015-587X
eISSN: 1469-8315
Publication year: 2022
Publication date: 03/07/2022
Volume: 133
Issue number: 3
Pages range: 334-356
Publisher: Routledge
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587x.2022.2044598
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82911
Abstract
In the Swedish/Finnish/British/Norwegian television series Jordskott (2015–17) child victims’ mysterious disappearances signal that ‘something’s not right’ in Silverhöjd, a Swedish town. Three detectives uncover a conflict between the locals who depend on a local industry and preternatural human-like but non-human forest creatures familiar from Nordic tradition and fairylore. Both humans and semi/non-humans are ambivalent, but what sets the latter apart is their implication in caring for nature, protecting it, and punishing those who harm it. We analyse this series’ instantiation of a folkloristic popular green criminology, based in the idea that popular discourses’ representations of crimes and harms may offer serious interventions into issues of environmental, ecological, and species justice. Our ecocritical analysis suggests that tradition offers material for reflection, but also for sociocultural intervention, as it is circulated to address the dependencies and hierarchical configurations between humans and other life-forms, and the many consequences of ecological and individual harm.
Keywords: folkloristics; Nordic people; sociocultural factors; ecocriticism; television series; supernatural creatures
Free keywords: television series; preternatural; Nordic tradition; fairylore; ecocritical analysis; sociocultural intervention
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2022
JUFO rating: 2
