Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Lying on Sofas and Asking for a Key

Maija Lanas; Maria Petäjäniemi; Anne-Mari Väisänen; Kaisu Alamikkelä; Iida Kauhanen; Kirsi Yliniva

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Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Lying on Sofas and Asking for a Key

Maija Lanas, Maria Petäjäniemi, Anne-Mari Väisänen, Kaisu Alamikkelä, Iida Kauhanen, Kirsi Yliniva

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Abstract

In this chapter, we explore a form of young people’s activism taking place in a central societal institution and a central forum in the lives of young people – school – that we conceptualise as ‘active equity’. We present three cases from northern Finland: reindeer herders smashing potatoes, immigrant youth requesting a key and young people lying on sofas during breaks between lessons. We suggest that these acts, in the contexts in which they took place, were an unrecognised form of social action for equity undertaken by young people. We argue that the concept of active equity helps examine the assertion of rights and claims for justice by children and young people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Childhood, Youth and Activism
Subtitle of host publication	Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates
Editors	Katie Wright, Julie McLeod
Publisher	Emerald
Pages	73-88
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-80117-468-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-80117-469-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-46612023005
Publication status	Published - 14 Dec 2023
Publication type	A3 Book chapter

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Name	Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
Volume	33
ISSN (Print)	1537-4661

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Lanas, M., Petäjäniemi, M., Väisänen, A.-M., Alamikkelä, K., Kauhanen, I., & Yliniva, K. (2023). Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Lying on Sofas and Asking for a Key. In K. Wright, & J. McLeod (Eds.), Childhood, Youth and Activism: Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates (pp. 73-88). (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth; Vol. 33). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-46612023005

Lanas, Maija ; Petäjäniemi, Maria ; Väisänen, Anne-Mari et al. / Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education : Potato Smashing, Lying on Sofas and Asking for a Key. Childhood, Youth and Activism: Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates. editor / Katie Wright ; Julie McLeod. Emerald, 2023. pp. 73-88 (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth).

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Lanas, M, Petäjäniemi, M, Väisänen, A-M, Alamikkelä, K, Kauhanen, I & Yliniva, K 2023, Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Lying on Sofas and Asking for a Key. in K Wright & J McLeod (eds), Childhood, Youth and Activism: Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, vol. 33, Emerald, pp. 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-46612023005

Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Lying on Sofas and Asking for a Key. / Lanas, Maija; Petäjäniemi, Maria; Väisänen, Anne-Mari et al.
Childhood, Youth and Activism: Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates. ed. / Katie Wright; Julie McLeod. Emerald, 2023. p. 73-88 (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth; Vol. 33).

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Lanas M, Petäjäniemi M, Väisänen AM, Alamikkelä K, Kauhanen I, Yliniva K. Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Lying on Sofas and Asking for a Key. In Wright K, McLeod J, editors, Childhood, Youth and Activism: Demands for Rights and Justice from Young People and their Advocates. Emerald. 2023. p. 73-88. (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth). doi: 10.1108/S1537-46612023005

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