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1	Tornedalens kulturella gränser : En studie av Norrbottens museum och Tornedalens museums hantering av det tornedalska kulturarvet / The Cultural Boundaries of Torne river valley: : A study of Norrbottens museum and Tornedalens museum’s handling of the tornedalian cultural heritage. Asp, Evelina, Pettersson Juntti, Emma January 2023 (has links) Introduction: This thesis investigates how two regional museums, Tornedalens museum in Finland and Norrbottens museum in Sweden handles the cultural heritage of Tornedalen (Torne River Valley) and the tornedalian culture. The aim of the study is to understand how place, cultural heritage and nationality work together regarding visibility and dissemination of knowledge. The focus of this study surrounds the demarcations between the Finnish and Swedish side of Tornedalen, where the two regional museums with belonging archives are explored and compared. Method: In this study, ten interviews with a total of 12 participants were conducted, five at Tornedalens museum and five att Norrbottens museum, as well as field studies at both museums. The participants hold positions as archivists, educators, antiquarians, archeologists and managers at the museums. The interviews were taped and transcribed, and notes were taken during the field studies. Analysis: The theoretical and analytical framework consists of critical heritage discourse. Additional theoretical concepts are place, representation, identity, demarcations, narration and performativity. Results: the two museums portrait and relate to the tornedalian region and culture in different ways. Tornedalens museum portrait the partition of Tornedalen into two separate nations, and how this affected the lives of people living in the region and does to this day. The museum also represents a narrative that does not divide Swedish tornedalians from Finnish tornedalians and uses Tornio River as a symbol of unity. At Norrbottens museum, this narrative is not represented. Here, the linguistic oppression that Swedish tornedalians, lantalaiset and kvens were subject to is highlighted, as well as questions concerning how people and cultures in Norrbotten are united and share a common history and cultural heritage. This is a two-year master’s thesis in archival science and museology and cultural heritage science. Tornio river valley museums archives tornedalians lantalaiset kvens place identity representation boundaries. Tornedalen museum arkiv tornedalingar lantalaiset kväner plats identitet representation gränser. Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst
2	Representationen av Tornedalen : En kvalitativ diskursanalys av en svensk minoritet i riksmedia / The Representation of Tornedalen : A Qualitative Discourse Analysis of a SwedishMinority in National Media Lundblad, Andreas, Wettainen, Ebba January 2023 (has links) This study aims to investigate the representation of the region Tornedalen and tornedalians, a Swedish minority, in national news media through a critical discourse analysis. Despite being recognized as a national minority, tornedalians have reported a lack of media coverage, which can lead to feelings of invisibility and discrimination. News media has a significant impact on what we discuss and think about, and they have the responsibility to provide a broad representation of society, including its diversity. However, historically, minority groups have been overlooked or devalued in news media, which can have consequences for marginalized groups lacking significant power, including minorities. Therefore, this study seeks to deepen the understanding of the media’s impact on society’s perception of the minority. The study analyzes how power structures and ideologies shape their representation, interpreted from a post-structuralist perspective, using concepts such as producers/consumers, positioning, otherness, subaltern, and cultural identity. The study’s findings suggest that Tornedalen is often represented as a peripheral and exoticized place, reinforcing the idea of a homogeneous Swedish identity. Tornedalians are often positioned as “the other” with their cultural practices and language being portrayed as inferior or irrelevant. Journalistic practices play a crucial role in shaping knowledge and understanding of minority groups such as tornedalians, and the study highlights the need for news media to provide a more diverse and accurate representation of society. The study also suggests areas for further research, such as investigating how different audiences interpret and react to news articles, and how Tornedalen and tornedalians are represented in public service media. Overall, this study contributes to the understanding of how news media shapes society’s perception of minorities and highlights the importance of providing a diverse and accurate representation of society. Tornedalen tornedalians representation media discourse analysis critical discourse analysis producers consumers recipient interpreter news articles news articles minorities identity poststructuralism positioning othering otherness subaltern Tornedalen tornedalingar representation media diskursanalys kritisk diskursanalys producenter konsumenter mottagare tolkare nyheter artiklar nyhetsartiklar minoriteter identitet poststrukturalism positionering andrafiering de andra subaltern Media Studies Medievetenskap

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Tornedalens kulturella gränser : En studie av Norrbottens museum och Tornedalens museums hantering av det tornedalska kulturarvet / The Cultural Boundaries of Torne river valley: : A study of Norrbottens museum and Tornedalens museum’s handling of the tornedalian cultural heritage.

Representationen av Tornedalen : En kvalitativ diskursanalys av en svensk minoritet i riksmedia / The Representation of Tornedalen : A Qualitative Discourse Analysis of a SwedishMinority in National Media