Peter Erlandson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4970962 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Erlandson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Erlandson |
| SIGNATURE | ERLANDSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linnaeus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0428-0233 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Education in place
The aim of this article is to synthesise and advance current knowledge on the conditions and challenges of rural education in contemporary Sweden, with particular attention to how processes of digitalisation and globalisation shape educational practices and possibilities in rural communities. Drawing on qualitative data material, the study shows how place functions as an active force shaping educational opportunities: organisational closeness cre…
Rural schooling, student aspirations and community futures
This article explores how rural schooling is lived in a contemporary context through an ethnographic case study of a Swedish community marked by economic restructuring, and ongoing debates about the sustainability of small schools. Drawing on classroom observations, interviews with students, teachers, and parents, the study investigates how rurality is produced in everyday educational practices and in young people’s orientations towards the futur…
Rural education and spatial struggles in a digitalised community
This paper examines how rural education is shaped through the interaction of local traditions, demographic change, and global digital influences in a small rural community in Sweden. The study forms part of a larger project aimed at advancing rural studies by addressing persistent gaps in research on rural schooling. Using an ethnographic approach, it provides an in-depth analysis of everyday practices in a single school and its surrounding commu…
Educational endeavors in a rural society –an example from a small community in Sweden
The research presented in this paper has been conducted within the field of Ethnography of Education and explores the challenges and dynamics associated with rural culture in the context of shifting economies, demographic changes, and digitalisation, with a particular focus on the Swedish context. Our theoretical framework is rooted in the Sociology of Education. Our ethnographic analysis integrates the social and cultural aspects inherent to our…
Being there – ethnographers’ roles in transforming rural education
Teaching in the present for the future – addressing local and global challenges in a rural school
Generation alpha in a Rural Swedish community
In this paper, we explore how Generation Alpha in a Swedish rural area intersects with global and local spaces. We delve into pupils’ perspectives on digital experiences in school and leisure, shedding light on their future aspirations. Following an ethnographic approach, this study aligns with the established research methods of the field. The empirical data, part of a broader ethnographic project, focuses on one research site. Through the persp…
Neoliberalisation and educational reforms
Similar to many countries in the Western world, educational reforms in Sweden have dramatically changed the educational system in the last few decades. The two reforms that we address in this paper concern “The Career Services for Teachers Reform” and “Teachers Salary Boost” which were implemented at the national level in Sweden in 2013 and 2017, respectively. In this ethnographic study we focus on the design features of these two contemporary re…
Change as technology in a Swedish secondary high school
This article addresses the fact that local school practices in Sweden today seem to be under constant change as a consequence of the ongoing and forceful neoliberalisation of society that has been going on for about three decades. The pressure on teachers and school leaders has increased due to school rankings and quality assessment has become an important instrument for administrators and evaluators. In this ethnographic study, we describe and a…
The Northern European Band
All over the world, there are schools that represent a different educational system and a different curriculum than the country these schools are situated in. Swedish Schools in turn are located in different parts of the world. The main purpose of this study is to describe and analyse some aspects of the social life at one of these schools, as well as some aspects of the relationship between the cultural life at the school and surrounding African…
Administrating existence
This article is a part of an on going ethnography project that run over six years in an Upper Secondary School in the south of Sweden. In this particular article we shed light over the implementation, enactment and reactions from the staff of one of the latest of a series of reforms that has been launched into the Swedish educational system: The Teachers’ Salary Boost reform (TSB). The reform rewarded especially excellent teachers – with raise in…
A fair game – the neoliberal (re)organisation of social and relational practices in local school settings
In this article, we use data from ethnography-inspired studies of eight Swedish schools. We describe and analyse how a number of neoliberal-inspired economic and political processes have (re)organised social and relational practices in local school settings. There is an increased focus on individuality in the everyday working lives of teachers, where result-centred practices, relations and professional identities have replaced notions of equality…
Challenges in making an academic career in education sciences
The competitive university has brought about changes in structural conditions and created contradictions which are embedded in institutions. The present study is based on interviews with 42 early career researchers in the field of education sciences in Sweden. We analyse how members of this group handle career possibilities and limitations in relation to gender and to the structural ambivalence embedded in the higher education system. Our results…
Facilitators in ambivalence
This is part of a larger ethnographical study concerning how school development in a local educational context sets cultural and social life in motion. The main data in this article consists of semi-structural interviews with teachers (facilitators) who have the responsibility of carrying out a project about formative assessment in upper secondary schools in the south of Sweden. The focus of the study is how the teachers make meaning of their pos…
A taxonomy of motives to cite
In this study, we explicate citing behavior in the writing of scientific papers by presenting a taxonomy of motives to cite. The suggested taxonomy consists of four main categories, which are purely descriptive: Argumentation, Social Alignment, Mercantile Alignment, and Data. These categories are divided into a suggested set of subcategories. We argue that the complexities of citing practice show how little can be assumed about actual citing beha…
Ironising with intelligence
This article is part of a project that seeks in part to explore how students understand and use the concept of intelligence. It is based on an ethnographically contextualized study of linguistic events and was conducted in an inner-city upper secondary school in Sweden. The article shows that the concept of intelligence is not spontaneously used by students but is given meaning by them when they are asked, and that this meaning is given in relati…
The Body Disciplined
Journal Article The Body Disciplined: Rewriting Teaching Competence and the Doctrine of Reflection Get access Peter Erlandson Peter Erlandson Correspondence: Peter Erlandson, Göteborg University, Department of Education, Box 300, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 39, Issue 4, November 2005, Pages 661–670, …
A taxonomy of motives to cite
In this study, we explicate citing behavior in the writing of scientific papers by presenting a taxonomy of motives to cite. The suggested taxonomy consists of four main categories, which are purely descriptive: Argumentation, Social Alignment, Mercantile Alignment, and Data. These categories are divided into a suggested set of subcategories. We argue that the complexities of citing practice show how little can be assumed about actual citing beha…
The Body Disciplined
Journal Article The Body Disciplined: Rewriting Teaching Competence and the Doctrine of Reflection Get access Peter Erlandson Peter Erlandson Correspondence: Peter Erlandson, Göteborg University, Department of Education, Box 300, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 39, Issue 4, November 2005, Pages 661–670, …
The Northern European Band
All over the world, there are schools that represent a different educational system and a different curriculum than the country these schools are situated in. Swedish Schools in turn are located in different parts of the world. The main purpose of this study is to describe and analyse some aspects of the social life at one of these schools, as well as some aspects of the relationship between the cultural life at the school and surrounding African…
Facilitators in ambivalence
This is part of a larger ethnographical study concerning how school development in a local educational context sets cultural and social life in motion. The main data in this article consists of semi-structural interviews with teachers (facilitators) who have the responsibility of carrying out a project about formative assessment in upper secondary schools in the south of Sweden. The focus of the study is how the teachers make meaning of their pos…
Generation alpha in a Rural Swedish community
In this paper, we explore how Generation Alpha in a Swedish rural area intersects with global and local spaces. We delve into pupils’ perspectives on digital experiences in school and leisure, shedding light on their future aspirations. Following an ethnographic approach, this study aligns with the established research methods of the field. The empirical data, part of a broader ethnographic project, focuses on one research site. Through the persp…
A fair game – the neoliberal (re)organisation of social and relational practices in local school settings
In this article, we use data from ethnography-inspired studies of eight Swedish schools. We describe and analyse how a number of neoliberal-inspired economic and political processes have (re)organised social and relational practices in local school settings. There is an increased focus on individuality in the everyday working lives of teachers, where result-centred practices, relations and professional identities have replaced notions of equality…
Educational endeavors in a rural society –an example from a small community in Sweden
The research presented in this paper has been conducted within the field of Ethnography of Education and explores the challenges and dynamics associated with rural culture in the context of shifting economies, demographic changes, and digitalisation, with a particular focus on the Swedish context. Our theoretical framework is rooted in the Sociology of Education. Our ethnographic analysis integrates the social and cultural aspects inherent to our…
Being there – ethnographers’ roles in transforming rural education
Ironising with intelligence
This article is part of a project that seeks in part to explore how students understand and use the concept of intelligence. It is based on an ethnographically contextualized study of linguistic events and was conducted in an inner-city upper secondary school in Sweden. The article shows that the concept of intelligence is not spontaneously used by students but is given meaning by them when they are asked, and that this meaning is given in relati…
Challenges in making an academic career in education sciences
The competitive university has brought about changes in structural conditions and created contradictions which are embedded in institutions. The present study is based on interviews with 42 early career researchers in the field of education sciences in Sweden. We analyse how members of this group handle career possibilities and limitations in relation to gender and to the structural ambivalence embedded in the higher education system. Our results…
The Body Disciplined
Journal Article The Body Disciplined: Rewriting Teaching Competence and the Doctrine of Reflection Get access Peter Erlandson Peter Erlandson Correspondence: Peter Erlandson, Göteborg University, Department of Education, Box 300, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 39, Issue 4, November 2005, Pages 661–670, …
A taxonomy of motives to cite
In this study, we explicate citing behavior in the writing of scientific papers by presenting a taxonomy of motives to cite. The suggested taxonomy consists of four main categories, which are purely descriptive: Argumentation, Social Alignment, Mercantile Alignment, and Data. These categories are divided into a suggested set of subcategories. We argue that the complexities of citing practice show how little can be assumed about actual citing beha…
Ironising with intelligence
This article is part of a project that seeks in part to explore how students understand and use the concept of intelligence. It is based on an ethnographically contextualized study of linguistic events and was conducted in an inner-city upper secondary school in Sweden. The article shows that the concept of intelligence is not spontaneously used by students but is given meaning by them when they are asked, and that this meaning is given in relati…
Facilitators in ambivalence
This is part of a larger ethnographical study concerning how school development in a local educational context sets cultural and social life in motion. The main data in this article consists of semi-structural interviews with teachers (facilitators) who have the responsibility of carrying out a project about formative assessment in upper secondary schools in the south of Sweden. The focus of the study is how the teachers make meaning of their pos…
Challenges in making an academic career in education sciences
The competitive university has brought about changes in structural conditions and created contradictions which are embedded in institutions. The present study is based on interviews with 42 early career researchers in the field of education sciences in Sweden. We analyse how members of this group handle career possibilities and limitations in relation to gender and to the structural ambivalence embedded in the higher education system. Our results…
Administrating existence
This article is a part of an on going ethnography project that run over six years in an Upper Secondary School in the south of Sweden. In this particular article we shed light over the implementation, enactment and reactions from the staff of one of the latest of a series of reforms that has been launched into the Swedish educational system: The Teachers’ Salary Boost reform (TSB). The reform rewarded especially excellent teachers – with raise in…
A fair game – the neoliberal (re)organisation of social and relational practices in local school settings
In this article, we use data from ethnography-inspired studies of eight Swedish schools. We describe and analyse how a number of neoliberal-inspired economic and political processes have (re)organised social and relational practices in local school settings. There is an increased focus on individuality in the everyday working lives of teachers, where result-centred practices, relations and professional identities have replaced notions of equality…
Change as technology in a Swedish secondary high school
This article addresses the fact that local school practices in Sweden today seem to be under constant change as a consequence of the ongoing and forceful neoliberalisation of society that has been going on for about three decades. The pressure on teachers and school leaders has increased due to school rankings and quality assessment has become an important instrument for administrators and evaluators. In this ethnographic study, we describe and a…
The Northern European Band
All over the world, there are schools that represent a different educational system and a different curriculum than the country these schools are situated in. Swedish Schools in turn are located in different parts of the world. The main purpose of this study is to describe and analyse some aspects of the social life at one of these schools, as well as some aspects of the relationship between the cultural life at the school and surrounding African…
Neoliberalisation and educational reforms
Similar to many countries in the Western world, educational reforms in Sweden have dramatically changed the educational system in the last few decades. The two reforms that we address in this paper concern “The Career Services for Teachers Reform” and “Teachers Salary Boost” which were implemented at the national level in Sweden in 2013 and 2017, respectively. In this ethnographic study we focus on the design features of these two contemporary re…
Generation alpha in a Rural Swedish community
In this paper, we explore how Generation Alpha in a Swedish rural area intersects with global and local spaces. We delve into pupils’ perspectives on digital experiences in school and leisure, shedding light on their future aspirations. Following an ethnographic approach, this study aligns with the established research methods of the field. The empirical data, part of a broader ethnographic project, focuses on one research site. Through the persp…
Educational endeavors in a rural society –an example from a small community in Sweden
The research presented in this paper has been conducted within the field of Ethnography of Education and explores the challenges and dynamics associated with rural culture in the context of shifting economies, demographic changes, and digitalisation, with a particular focus on the Swedish context. Our theoretical framework is rooted in the Sociology of Education. Our ethnographic analysis integrates the social and cultural aspects inherent to our…
Being there – ethnographers’ roles in transforming rural education
Teaching in the present for the future – addressing local and global challenges in a rural school
Education in place
The aim of this article is to synthesise and advance current knowledge on the conditions and challenges of rural education in contemporary Sweden, with particular attention to how processes of digitalisation and globalisation shape educational practices and possibilities in rural communities. Drawing on qualitative data material, the study shows how place functions as an active force shaping educational opportunities: organisational closeness cre…
Rural schooling, student aspirations and community futures
This article explores how rural schooling is lived in a contemporary context through an ethnographic case study of a Swedish community marked by economic restructuring, and ongoing debates about the sustainability of small schools. Drawing on classroom observations, interviews with students, teachers, and parents, the study investigates how rurality is produced in everyday educational practices and in young people’s orientations towards the futur…
Rural education and spatial struggles in a digitalised community
This paper examines how rural education is shaped through the interaction of local traditions, demographic change, and global digital influences in a small rural community in Sweden. The study forms part of a larger project aimed at advancing rural studies by addressing persistent gaps in research on rural schooling. Using an ethnographic approach, it provides an in-depth analysis of everyday practices in a single school and its surrounding commu…
Sociology (13 works) · Ethnography (9 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Indigenous and Place-Based Education (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Education Systems and Policy (4 works)