National Identity, Collective Events, and Meaning
A Qualitative Study of Adolescents’ Autobiographical Narratives of Flag Ceremonies in Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7352017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eerika Finell (0000-0002-9605-610X, University of Tampere, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-36 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/pops.12512 |
| OpenAlex | W2889769714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 51 |
Although collective events are central to group identity processes, little is known about how young people experience and remember national ceremonies in which they have participated. This qualitative study analyzes 80 autobiographical narratives written by upper secondary school students about flag ceremonies from their past in Finland. The analysis reveals that the narratives fall into three categories ( (Dis)honored , Deserved and Loved Flag ) according to how the social context, participants’ actions, narrator’s role, and emotions are described, all of which combine to create a dense web of meanings associated with this common national ceremony. The results also indicate that different group contexts—family and peer group networks and the national context—are inextricably linked in the narratives and that the meanings associated with these contexts tend to fuse. The findings highlight the importance of analyzing national collective events and related autobiographical memories to better understand the sources of national identity’s emotional power
Aesthetics · Art · Autobiographical memory · Ceremony · Cognitive psychology · Collective identity · Context (archaeology · Flag (linear algebra · Identity (music · Literature · Meaning (existential · Narrative · National identity · Peer group · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Sociology · Anthropology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Aspect
Content analysis
How Societies Remember
The Emergence of Autobiographical Memory
Social Identity Performance
The Psychology of Life Stories
Territories, boundaries, and consciousness
Collective Memory of Political Events
The politics of belonging intersectional contestations
Rediscovering the Social Group
Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences
The experience of collective participation
Embodiment in Religious Knowledge
Redirecting Violence
Parents' and children's understanding of their own and others' national identity
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Interpersonal Networks and Social Categories
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Late Adolescent Identity Development
Bounding difference
Tense variation in narrative
Imagined communities
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How the past weighs on the present
Explaining enduring empowerment
Parameters of a national biography
Record and Hold
The Psychology of Prejudice
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Mythscapes
Generations and Collective Memories
Childhood in National Consciousness and National Consciousness in Childhood
Reconsidering National Temporalities
Materializing identities
Staging The Nation
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Ritual and Oratory Revisited
The Study of Identity As Cultural, Institutional, Organizational, and Personal Narratives
Theorizing Narrative Identity
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |