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Ethnographic approach to participation in EU policy : developing polyspatial agency (2022)

Mäkinen, K. (2022). Ethnographic approach to participation in EU policy : developing polyspatial agency. Political Research Exchange, 4(1), Article 2134809. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736x.2022.2134809

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Mäkinen, Katja

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Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Mäkinen, Katja

Lehti tai sarja: Political Research Exchange

eISSN: 2474-736X

Julkaisuvuosi: 2022

Ilmestymispäivä: 28.10.2022

Volyymi: 4

Lehden numero: 1

Artikkelinumero: 2134809

Kustantaja: Taylor & Francis

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736x.2022.2134809

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83741

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This article uses an ethnographic approach to study citizens’ participation in the context of participatory practices organized in the framework of cultural policy of the European Union. It focuses on one EU policy action, European Heritage Label (EHL) and one cultural heritage site that has received this label. The research data was collected through participant observation and interviews with young people who participated in the activities organized on and by the site. This article asks: what meanings the participants give to participation. By analysing the participants’ experiences of the site and their conceptions of participation, I develop the notion of ‘polyspatial agency’. The ethnography of participation introduced in the article enables recognizing diverse conceptions of participation and agencies as well as the possibilities and problems related to participation in the micro-level realities of the sites, thus deepening and diversifying the understanding of participation, EU policies and participatory governance.

YSO-asiasanat: etnografia; kansalaisuus; EU-maat; osallistuminen; kulttuuriperintö

Vapaat asiasanat: ethnography of participation; citizenship; European Union; polyspatial agency; cultural heritage

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