A1 Journal article (refereed)
"Se oli niin selkeesti semmonen tutkijakoulutus" : alumnien kokemuksia kulttuuripolitiikan yliopisto-opintojen roolista asiantuntijuuden rakentumisessa (2023)
"It was so clearly a researcher training" : alumni experiences on the role of cultural policy university studies in the construction of expertise

Huttunen, M., Jakonen, M., Kumpulainen, K., Vierimaa, S., & Villman, E. (2023). "Se oli niin selkeesti semmonen tutkijakoulutus" : alumnien kokemuksia kulttuuripolitiikan yliopisto-opintojen roolista asiantuntijuuden rakentumisessa. Kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuksen vuosikirja, 7(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.17409/kpt.127926

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Huttunen, Miia; Jakonen, Mikko; Kumpulainen, Kaisu; Vierimaa, Sanna; Villman, Emmi

Journal or series: Kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuksen vuosikirja

eISSN: 2343-290X

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 19/12/2023

Volume: 7

Issue number: 1

Pages range: 25-42

Publisher: Kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuksen seura

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17409/kpt.127926

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/92642

Abstract

One of the central challenges of working life and education in the 21st century is the ability to recognize, acknowledge, and encounter different forms of knowledge and expertise. This is particularly evident in the cultural field, which is characterized by both the cooperation of actors beyond the fields of art and culture and a project work-focused working life structure, posing challenges for the training of experts. In this article, we examine the experiences of cultural policy alumni regarding the role of university studies in developing their expertise, studying working life skills, and supporting the transition to working life. The data for the article consists of thematic interviews with eight alumni who studied subjects relevant to the cultural field. Based on the data, the key challenge for building expertise appears to be the inability of university education in cultural policy to of-fer tools for students to link versatile theoretical knowledge and practical competence, and thus for building, articulating, and identifying their own expertise already during their studies. We interpret this as an indication of the challenges of university education in cultural policy to recognize the demands for expertise brought about by the changing working life and to understand the identification and development of different forms of expertise as a working life skill in itself.

Keywords: cultural policy; tertiary education; universities; transferable skills; expertise; multisectorality; competence development; higher education (teaching); working life orientation

Free keywords:  academic expertise; workplace skills; university education in cultural policy; collective expertise

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VIRTA submission year: 2023

JUFO rating: 1