Inka Rantakallio
Biographic Data
| ID | 4226641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inka Rantakallio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inka |
| FAMILY NAME | Rantakallio |
| SIGNATURE | RANTAKALLIO I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5409-7635 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ethnography and Researcher Positionality
In our article, we reflect on our respective ethnographic projects in Sweden and Finland among feminist women, girls, and non-binary people who are hip hop practitioners and/or artists. We focus on the intersectional analysis of our situatedness as white women scholars, reflecting on how our various identities, backgrounds, and lived experiences, such as being a DJ or “hip hop head,” affected our work in these specific contexts and hence also our…
Stacks and sirens
Thirteen Bloodlines Planning a Genocide
Politics of Race, Belonging and Community in Yeboyah's music video 'Elovena
The Elovena maiden is, for some, one of the most important cultural symbols of the Finnish identity. This character has traditionally been portrayed as a blond, blue-eyed white woman and repeatedly used in artistic and commercial contexts. In this article, we explore how a Finnish-Ghanaian rapper Yeboyah's 'Elovena' music video, as part of the Elovena visual EP (2019), constructs and negotiates race, belonging, and community. Moreover, we investi…
Discursive Construction of African-American Identities and Spirituality
This article analyzes the discourse of social change and African-American spirituality and how these have become intertwined with music as discursive vehicles for identity construction. We first focus on Muslimhiphop.com, a website which features several African-American Muslim artists. Second, we relate the above to the jazz avant-garde of the early 1960s. Islamic hip hop can be considered an alternative to mainstream hip hop and a medium for ne…
Thirteen Bloodlines Planning a Genocide
Discursive Construction of African-American Identities and Spirituality
This article analyzes the discourse of social change and African-American spirituality and how these have become intertwined with music as discursive vehicles for identity construction. We first focus on Muslimhiphop.com, a website which features several African-American Muslim artists. Second, we relate the above to the jazz avant-garde of the early 1960s. Islamic hip hop can be considered an alternative to mainstream hip hop and a medium for ne…
Discursive Construction of African-American Identities and Spirituality
This article analyzes the discourse of social change and African-American spirituality and how these have become intertwined with music as discursive vehicles for identity construction. We first focus on Muslimhiphop.com, a website which features several African-American Muslim artists. Second, we relate the above to the jazz avant-garde of the early 1960s. Islamic hip hop can be considered an alternative to mainstream hip hop and a medium for ne…
Thirteen Bloodlines Planning a Genocide
Politics of Race, Belonging and Community in Yeboyah's music video 'Elovena
The Elovena maiden is, for some, one of the most important cultural symbols of the Finnish identity. This character has traditionally been portrayed as a blond, blue-eyed white woman and repeatedly used in artistic and commercial contexts. In this article, we explore how a Finnish-Ghanaian rapper Yeboyah's 'Elovena' music video, as part of the Elovena visual EP (2019), constructs and negotiates race, belonging, and community. Moreover, we investi…
Ethnography and Researcher Positionality
In our article, we reflect on our respective ethnographic projects in Sweden and Finland among feminist women, girls, and non-binary people who are hip hop practitioners and/or artists. We focus on the intersectional analysis of our situatedness as white women scholars, reflecting on how our various identities, backgrounds, and lived experiences, such as being a DJ or “hip hop head,” affected our work in these specific contexts and hence also our…
Stacks and sirens
Law (3 works) · Music History and Culture (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work)