Mervi Kaarninen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4449472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mervi Kaarninen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mervi |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaarninen |
| SIGNATURE | KAARNINEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1810-2913 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
In memoriam – Marja Engman (1945–2023)
Filosofian tohtori Marja Engman yhdistetään pohjoismaisten historiantutkijoiden keskuudessa Alma Söderhjelmiin. Marja Engmanin laaja väitöskirja Det främmande ögat: Alma Söderhjelm i vetenskapen och offentligheten rakentaa kokonaiskuvan tiedenaisesta, kirjailijasta ja journalistista, joka kirjoitti elääkseen, kun historiantutkimus ei tuonut aina toimeentuloa
Safety between the lines – the role, meaning and practice of pen-pal writing in the life of a young Finnish evacuee girl (1939–1945)
This article examines the role, meaning, and practice of letter writing in the lives of two Finnish girls during the Second World War (WWII). We use a particular set of letters (N = 41) from the wartime letter collection kept in the Tampere University Folklife Archives and argue that they give us an interesting perspective on not only the girls' wartime experiences, but also on the role of communication and pen-pal writing in everyday life. In pa…
Rebuilding emotional ties for child evacuees returning from abroad: Children’s literature and informal education in post-Second World War Finland
During the Second World War, Nordic countries witnessed a large-scale displacement of the population as around 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to other Nordic countries. While up to 15,000 of them did not return to Finland, the majority travelled back, carrying multiple ruptures in their close relationships: first from their biological parents and then from foster parents. Accordingly, a wide spectrum of feelings such as grief and sadness,…
Milltown youth: Gender, class and education in Tampere during the 1920s
Safety between the lines – the role, meaning and practice of pen-pal writing in the life of a young Finnish evacuee girl (1939–1945)
This article examines the role, meaning, and practice of letter writing in the lives of two Finnish girls during the Second World War (WWII). We use a particular set of letters (N = 41) from the wartime letter collection kept in the Tampere University Folklife Archives and argue that they give us an interesting perspective on not only the girls' wartime experiences, but also on the role of communication and pen-pal writing in everyday life. In pa…
Milltown youth: Gender, class and education in Tampere during the 1920s
Milltown youth: Gender, class and education in Tampere during the 1920s
Rebuilding emotional ties for child evacuees returning from abroad: Children’s literature and informal education in post-Second World War Finland
During the Second World War, Nordic countries witnessed a large-scale displacement of the population as around 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to other Nordic countries. While up to 15,000 of them did not return to Finland, the majority travelled back, carrying multiple ruptures in their close relationships: first from their biological parents and then from foster parents. Accordingly, a wide spectrum of feelings such as grief and sadness,…
Safety between the lines – the role, meaning and practice of pen-pal writing in the life of a young Finnish evacuee girl (1939–1945)
This article examines the role, meaning, and practice of letter writing in the lives of two Finnish girls during the Second World War (WWII). We use a particular set of letters (N = 41) from the wartime letter collection kept in the Tampere University Folklife Archives and argue that they give us an interesting perspective on not only the girls' wartime experiences, but also on the role of communication and pen-pal writing in everyday life. In pa…
In memoriam – Marja Engman (1945–2023)
Filosofian tohtori Marja Engman yhdistetään pohjoismaisten historiantutkijoiden keskuudessa Alma Söderhjelmiin. Marja Engmanin laaja väitöskirja Det främmande ögat: Alma Söderhjelm i vetenskapen och offentligheten rakentaa kokonaiskuvan tiedenaisesta, kirjailijasta ja journalistista, joka kirjoitti elääkseen, kun historiantutkimus ei tuonut aina toimeentuloa
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Class (philosophy (2 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works) · Feeling (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Girl (2 works) · History (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)