M Seikkula
Biographic Data
| ID | 44924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Seikkula |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Seikkula |
| SIGNATURE | SEIKKULA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9745-4070 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Socio‐Legal Production of the Tourist‐Seasonal Labourer for the Finnish Berry Industry
The article investigates the phenomenon of precarious labour within the Finnish wild berry industry, focusing on the socio‐legal dimensions that enable short‐term “just‐in‐time” migration, primarily from Thailand, for the berry season. Since the initial 2005 recruitment of Thai citizens to engage in forest berry picking for the Finnish berry industry, the industry has become heavily reliant on migrant labour. At the same time, the pickers’ situat…
Kumouksellinen feminismi
Feministiseen ajatteluun sisältyy radikaalia potentiaa, jonka soisi saavan monissa keskusteluissa aiempaa enemmän huomiota. Sukupuoleen ja seksuaalisuuteen liittyvät normit ovat muuttuneet – pitkälti feminististen liikkeiden ansiosta – tavalla, joka on tarkoittanut lisää vapautta monille. Tässäkään mielessä maailma ei tosin ole valmis, ja konservatiiviset ja autoritääriset klikit yrittävät nakertaa feminististen liikkeiden saavutuksia. Lisäksi…
Affirming or contesting white innocence? Anti-racism frames in grassroots activists’ accounts
Although anti-racism is recognized as a heterogeneous phenomenon, there are few studies that provide analytical tools to grasp the differences between anti-racisms in more detail. This study contributes to the analytical discussion on anti-racism through an analysis of grassroots activists’ views on their anti-racism. The data, interviews with 46 grassroots anti-racist activists based in Finland, is explored through a frame analysis. This article…
Reproducing white normativity in parties' candidate recruitment
This study approaches the underrepresentation of ethnic and migrant minorities (EMMs) in political assemblies from the perspective of candidate recruitment and examines how white normativity as an ideal shapes the recruitment process. The article draws on empirical interview data from the 2017 Finnish municipal elections. Through a qualitative analysis of parties' recruiting agents' (n = 24) and EMM candidates' (n = 12) interviews, the article pr…
Vuosi, jolloin kaikki muuttui ja kaikki pysyi ennallaan
(Un)making 'extreme' and 'ordinary' whiteness
This article analyses narratives of antiracist mobilisation against anti-immigration racism and the far and extreme right in Finland. The antiracist mobilisation narrative is, first, analysed against the backdrop of critical theorisation of racism and antiracism, which has critiqued conceptions of racism that link the term exclusively to the far and extreme right as too narrow. Second, the analysis builds upon the heuristic distinction between 'e…
Adapting to post-racialism? Definitions of racism in non-governmental organization advocacy that mainstreams anti-racism
Scholarly discussions contesting post-racialism have noted how the false but common belief – that systematic racism has been defeated in Western societies – works to undermine anti-racism’s critical potential. Simultaneously, the discussion about the relativization of anti-racism has mainly been located in contexts with strong anti-racist traditions. By exploring anti-racism in the Finnish civil society, the article thematizes thinking around the…
Adapting to post-racialism? Definitions of racism in non-governmental organization advocacy that mainstreams anti-racism
Scholarly discussions contesting post-racialism have noted how the false but common belief – that systematic racism has been defeated in Western societies – works to undermine anti-racism’s critical potential. Simultaneously, the discussion about the relativization of anti-racism has mainly been located in contexts with strong anti-racist traditions. By exploring anti-racism in the Finnish civil society, the article thematizes thinking around the…
(Un)making 'extreme' and 'ordinary' whiteness
This article analyses narratives of antiracist mobilisation against anti-immigration racism and the far and extreme right in Finland. The antiracist mobilisation narrative is, first, analysed against the backdrop of critical theorisation of racism and antiracism, which has critiqued conceptions of racism that link the term exclusively to the far and extreme right as too narrow. Second, the analysis builds upon the heuristic distinction between 'e…
Socio‐Legal Production of the Tourist‐Seasonal Labourer for the Finnish Berry Industry
The article investigates the phenomenon of precarious labour within the Finnish wild berry industry, focusing on the socio‐legal dimensions that enable short‐term “just‐in‐time” migration, primarily from Thailand, for the berry season. Since the initial 2005 recruitment of Thai citizens to engage in forest berry picking for the Finnish berry industry, the industry has become heavily reliant on migrant labour. At the same time, the pickers’ situat…
Reproducing white normativity in parties' candidate recruitment
This study approaches the underrepresentation of ethnic and migrant minorities (EMMs) in political assemblies from the perspective of candidate recruitment and examines how white normativity as an ideal shapes the recruitment process. The article draws on empirical interview data from the 2017 Finnish municipal elections. Through a qualitative analysis of parties' recruiting agents' (n = 24) and EMM candidates' (n = 12) interviews, the article pr…
Adapting to post-racialism? Definitions of racism in non-governmental organization advocacy that mainstreams anti-racism
Scholarly discussions contesting post-racialism have noted how the false but common belief – that systematic racism has been defeated in Western societies – works to undermine anti-racism’s critical potential. Simultaneously, the discussion about the relativization of anti-racism has mainly been located in contexts with strong anti-racist traditions. By exploring anti-racism in the Finnish civil society, the article thematizes thinking around the…
(Un)making 'extreme' and 'ordinary' whiteness
This article analyses narratives of antiracist mobilisation against anti-immigration racism and the far and extreme right in Finland. The antiracist mobilisation narrative is, first, analysed against the backdrop of critical theorisation of racism and antiracism, which has critiqued conceptions of racism that link the term exclusively to the far and extreme right as too narrow. Second, the analysis builds upon the heuristic distinction between 'e…
Vuosi, jolloin kaikki muuttui ja kaikki pysyi ennallaan
Affirming or contesting white innocence? Anti-racism frames in grassroots activists’ accounts
Although anti-racism is recognized as a heterogeneous phenomenon, there are few studies that provide analytical tools to grasp the differences between anti-racisms in more detail. This study contributes to the analytical discussion on anti-racism through an analysis of grassroots activists’ views on their anti-racism. The data, interviews with 46 grassroots anti-racist activists based in Finland, is explored through a frame analysis. This article…
Reproducing white normativity in parties' candidate recruitment
This study approaches the underrepresentation of ethnic and migrant minorities (EMMs) in political assemblies from the perspective of candidate recruitment and examines how white normativity as an ideal shapes the recruitment process. The article draws on empirical interview data from the 2017 Finnish municipal elections. Through a qualitative analysis of parties' recruiting agents' (n = 24) and EMM candidates' (n = 12) interviews, the article pr…
Kumouksellinen feminismi
Feministiseen ajatteluun sisältyy radikaalia potentiaa, jonka soisi saavan monissa keskusteluissa aiempaa enemmän huomiota. Sukupuoleen ja seksuaalisuuteen liittyvät normit ovat muuttuneet – pitkälti feminististen liikkeiden ansiosta – tavalla, joka on tarkoittanut lisää vapautta monille. Tässäkään mielessä maailma ei tosin ole valmis, ja konservatiiviset ja autoritääriset klikit yrittävät nakertaa feminististen liikkeiden saavutuksia. Lisäksi…
Socio‐Legal Production of the Tourist‐Seasonal Labourer for the Finnish Berry Industry
The article investigates the phenomenon of precarious labour within the Finnish wild berry industry, focusing on the socio‐legal dimensions that enable short‐term “just‐in‐time” migration, primarily from Thailand, for the berry season. Since the initial 2005 recruitment of Thai citizens to engage in forest berry picking for the Finnish berry industry, the industry has become heavily reliant on migrant labour. At the same time, the pickers’ situat…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Racism (3 works) · Anti-racism (2 works)