Conference presentations

2012

Semi Purhonen: Karjalanpaisti, korkeakulttuuri ja konservatiivisuus. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Kuopio, Finland, 29-30 March 2012. [“Karelian hot pot, higbhrow culture and conservativeness”]

Semi Purhonen & Jukka Gronow: Food, cultural taste and politics: The interweaving of culinary taste patterns, highbrow musical taste and conservative attitudes in Finland. Paper presented at the the 26th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Working group Consumption and Lifestyles, Reykjavik, Iceland, 15-18 August 2012.

Semi Purhonen & Jukka Gronow: Food, cultural taste and politics: The interweaving of culinary taste patterns, highbrow musical taste and conservative attitudes in Finland. Paper presented at the ESA Network of the Sociology of Consumption Interim Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 5-8 September 2012.

Semi Purhonen & Riie Heikkilä: Comparing ”cosmopolitanism”: Taste, nation and global culture in Finland and the UK. Paper presented at the ESA Network of the Sociology of Consumption Interim Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 5-8 September 2012.

David Wright & Semi Purhonen: Comparing ”cosmopolitanism”: Taste, nation and global culture in Finland and the UK. Paper presented at the VII International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR), Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 July 2012.

2011

Tuomo Laihiala: Is there a link between gender and cultural capital? Analyzing cultural taste of men and women using Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Paper presented at the 25th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Oslo, Norway, 4-7 August 2011.

Tuomo Laihiala: The link between gender and cultural capital in Finland. Paper presented at the research seminar “Field Analysis, Boundary Drawing and Socio-Cultural Inequality”, organized by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), York, UK, 24-25 May 2011.

Semi Purhonen: Korkea ja matala: Erään kulttuurisen hierarkian kehitysvaiheet ja nykyrelevanssi. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Tampere, Finland, 24-25 March 2011. [“High and low: Trajectory and contemporary relevance of a cultural hierarchy”]

Semi Purhonen & Jukka Gronow: Polarizing Appetites? Stability and Change in the Culinary Cultures in Finland, 1995–2007. Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Research Network of the Sociology of Consumption, Geneva, Switzerland, 7-10 September 2011.

Semi Purhonen & Jukka Gronow: Polarizing appetites? Stability and change in the culinary cultures in Finland, 1995–2007. Paper presented at the 25th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Oslo, Norway, 4-7 August 2011.

Semi Purhonen & David Wright: Cultural capital in the UK and Finland: Methodological issues in comparative work on tastes. Paper presented at the research seminar “Field Analysis, Boundary Drawing and Socio-Cultural Inequality”, organized by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), York, UK, 24-25 May 2011.

2010

Nina Kahma: Keskiluokan maku ja elämäntyyli. Mini-plenary session at Sosiaalipolitiikan päivät (Conference of the Finnish Association of Social Policy), Helsinki, 22 October 2010. [“Taste and lifestyle of the Finnish middle class”]

Tuomo Laihiala: Onko naisten kulttuurinen maku ja osallistuminen distinktiivisempää? Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Jyväskylä, Finland, 19-20 March 2010. [“Is the cultural taste and participation more distinctive among women?”]

Tuomo Laihiala: The second sex of cultural consumption: Male-typical cultural taste in contemporary Finland. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR), Jyväskylä, 24-27 August 2010.

Tuomo Laihiala: Sukupuoli, kulttuuripääoma ja sosiaalinen differentiaatio 2000-luvun Suomessa. Paper presented at Miesten ja maskuliinisuuksien tutkimuksen päivät (Conference of the Finnish Society for Studies on Men) , Helsinki, 27-28 May 2010. [“Gender, cultural capital and social differentiation in contemporary Finland”]

Semi Purhonen: Kulttuurinen kaikkiruokaisuus Suomessa. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Jyväskylä, Finland, 19-20 March 2010. [“Cultural omnivorousness in Finland”]

Semi Purhonen, Jukka Gronow & Keijo Rahkonen: Highbrow culture in Finland: Knowledge, taste and participation. Paper presented at the research seminar “Cultural capital: gender, nation, ethnicity”, organized by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), Milton Keynes, UK, 12-14 April 2010.

Semi Purhonen, Jukka Gronow & Keijo Rahkonen: Highbrow culture in Finland: Knowledge, taste and participation. Paper presented at the ESA Network of the Sociology of Consumption Interim Meeting, Tartu, Estonia, 25-28 August 2010.

Semi Purhonen, Jukka Gronow & Keijo Rahkonen: Highbrow culture in Finland: Knowledge, taste and participation. Paper presented at the Conference “Trente ans après La Distinction/Thirty years after Distinction”, Paris, France, 4-6 November 2010.

2009

Riie Heikkilä: Between ethnicity and mother tongue: Self-images of the
Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Research Network of the Sociology of Consumption, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-5 September 2009.

Riie Heikkilä & Camilla Kennedy Harper: Investigating personal taste and class using interviews: A methodological comparison between British and Finnish qualitative data. Paper presented at the research seminar “Comparative and methodological issues”, organized by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), Bergen, Norway, 21-22 April 2009.

Riie Heikkilä & Keijo Rahkonen: Suomenruotsalaisen yläluokan elämäntyyli ja maku. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Helsinki, Finland, 21-22 March 2009. [“Lifestyle and taste of the Swedish-speaking upper class in Finland”]

Nina Kahma: How Finns talk about and what makes them identify with class? Paper presented at the research seminar “Comparative and methodological issues”, organized by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), Bergen, Norway, 21-22 April 2009.

Nina Kahma: Liikunta ja luokka. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Helsinki, Finland, 21-22 March 2009. [“Sport and social class”]

Nina Kahma & Arho Toikka: Class cultures in “classless” Finland? Preliminary results from a national survey. Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Research Stream “Re-assessing class in contemporary sociology”, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-5 September 2009.

Nina Kahma & Arho Toikka: Cultural map of Finland 2007: An international comparison. Paper presented at the research seminar “Cultural legitimacy and class domination”, organized by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), Manchester, UK, 18-20 November 2009.

Tuomo Laihiala: Miestapainen kulttuurimaku. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Helsinki, Finland, 21-22 March 2009. [“Male-typical cultural taste”]

Semi Purhonen: Televisionkatselun sosiaalinen stratifikaatio nyky-Suomessa. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Helsinki, Finland, 21-22 March 2009. [“The social stratification of television viewing in Finland”]

Semi Purhonen, Jukka Gronow & Keijo Rahkonen: Nordic democracy of taste? Cultural omnivorousness in Finland. Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Research Network of the Sociology of Consumption, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-5 September 2009.

2008

Riie Heikkilä: Matters of taste? Conceptions of good and bad taste in the light of Finnish focus groups. Paper presented at the 24th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Working Group 14 Consumption and Lifestyles, Aarhus, Denmark, 14-18 August 2008.

Riie Heikkilä: Matters of taste? Conceptions of good and bad taste in the light of Finnish focus groups. Paper presented at the ESA Network of the Sociology of Consumption Interim Meeting “Materiality, meaning, power”, Helsinki, Finland, 27-30 August 2008.

Riie Heikkilä & Nina Kahma: The Finnish focus group study and household interviews. Paper presented at the research seminar “Cultural capital and class”, organised by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), Aalborg, Denmark, 26-28 October 2008.

Nina Kahma: Social class and sport: The case of Finland. Paper presented at the ESA Network of the Sociology of Consumption Interim Meeting “Materiality, meaning, power”, Helsinki, Finland, 27-30 August 2008.

Semi Purhonen, Jukka Gronow & Keijo Rahkonen: Cultural capital and social differentiation in contemporary Finland: Preliminary results from a national survey. Paper presented at the 24th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Working Group 14 Consumption and Lifestyles, Aarhus, Denmark, 14-18 August 2008.

Semi Purhonen, Jukka Gronow & Keijo Rahkonen: Cultural capital and social differentiation in contemporary Finland: Preliminary results from a national survey. Paper presented at the ESA Network of the Sociology of Consumption Interim Meeting “Materiality, meaning, power”, Helsinki, Finland, 27-30 August 2008.

Semi Purhonen, Jukka Gronow & Keijo Rahkonen: The Finnish survey: Social differentiation of musical and literary taste patterns in Finland. Paper presented at the research seminar “Cultural capital and class”, organised by the SCUD-network (Network for the Studies of Cultural Distinctions and Social Differentiation), Aalborg, Denmark, 26-28 October 2008.

2007

Riie Heikkilä: Bättre folk, bättre smak: Suomenruotsalaisten myyttinen kulttuuripääoma. Paper presented at Sosiaalipolitiikan päivät (Conference of the Finnish Association of Social Policy), Tampere, Finland, 25-26 October 2007. [”Better people, better taste? The mythical cultural capital of the Finnish Swedes..”]

Riie Heikkilä: Kaupunki, ravintola, asiakas: Ravintola puolijulkisena kaupunkitilana fokusryhmähaastattelujen valossa. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Westermack Society, Turku, Finland, 23–24 March 2007. [“City, restaurant, customer. The restaurant as a semi-public urban space in the light of focus group interviews.”]

Riie Heikkilä & Nina Kahma: Defining legitimate taste in Finland: Does mother tongue matter? Paper presented at ESA Conference, Network of the Sociology of Consumption, Glasgow, UK, 3-6 September 2007.

Nina Kahma: Keskiluokan pääomat arkipuheessa. Paper presented at Sosiaalipolitiikan päivät (Conference of the Finnish Association of Social Policy), Tampere, Finland, 25-26 October 2007. [”The everyday talk on the different capitals possessed by the middle class”]

2006

Nina Kahma & Riie Heikkilä: Focus group interviews as a means of examining the ways to talk about taste and culture. Paper presented at 23rd Nordic Sociological Conference, Turku, Finland, 18-20 August 2006.

2005

Keijo Rahkonen & Semi Purhonen: Cultural capital and hedonistic shopping in Finland: An empirically orientated postscript to the sociology of consumption in the 1980s. Paper presented at the 7th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Research Network on Sociology of Consumption, Torun, Poland, 9-12 September 2005.