A1 Journal article (refereed)
‘Then we were ready to be radicals!’ : school student activism in Finnish upper secondary schools in 1960–1967 (2021)

Jouhki, E. (2021). ‘Then we were ready to be radicals!’ : school student activism in Finnish upper secondary schools in 1960–1967. Scandinavian Journal of History, 46(3), 383-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2021.1875871

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Jouhki, Essi

Journal or series: Scandinavian Journal of History

ISSN: 0346-8755

eISSN: 1502-7716

Publication year: 2021

Publication date: 09/02/2021

Volume: 46

Issue number: 3

Pages range: 383-407

Publisher: Routledge

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2021.1875871

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74257

Abstract

In the Western countries, Scandinavia and Finland included, the legacy of the student movement of the 1960s has been extensive and established a fixed narrative of a radical movement. This article challenges the elitists and university-centred grand narrative and argues that the student movement was more multifaceted and mobilized young people of various ages and backgrounds. This is done by addressing the international student movement from the perspective of school-aged students in Finnish upper secondary schools, focusing on student activism carried out in school-sanctioned student associations. Above all, this article aims to distinguish the relatively unknown history of the Scandinavian school student movement.

Keywords: oral history; young people; pupils; general upper secondary school students; grammar school (8-year); general upper secondary school; student movements; activism; cultural history

Free keywords: Finland; history of childhood and youth; oral history; secondary schools; student movement; youth activism

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Reporting Year: 2021

JUFO rating: 3