Fanikäytännöt leikkinä ja tyttöystekoina

Kirja-arvi

Liikuttavat erot. Etnografisia kohtaamisia itämaisessa tanssissa

Siirretty Doriast

Osallisuus ja yhteisöllisyys hyvinvointia edistämässä – Taiteen ja kulttuurin vaikuttavuuden arviointi EU-hankkeissa

The aim of the article is to discuss how the impacts of cultural and artistic activities are discussed, conceptualized and evaluated in the documents of Finnish EU-funded arts and well-being projects. In the documents, artistic activities are claimed to promote social in- clusion, participation and communality. During the last decades, EU has financed hundreds large-scale projects in Finland. For this article, we have analyzed the public documents and reports of three extensive EU-funded art projects.In the present situation, there are not yet unambiguous evaluation instruments for the impact of art on well-being. The analyzed projects aim at enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities both in work organizations and health and social services. They also aim at preventing social exclusion in everyday life and long term care. In the current Finnish society, profound social, political, economic and cultural changes shape the context for the work of EU projects. First, the projects are seen as a part of a social structural change called projectisation, which is characterized by a new market economy and a gradual decline of the welfare state. Second, the projects are addressed in the context of cultural policy, which currently takes a shape of social policy. Third, the changes for working life are ambiguous. On the one hand, the projects have offered a new field for cultural and art activities, which are used in organizations to improve the well-being of individuals and communities. On the other hand, they also create more surplus value and productivity for the organizations.On the basis of our analysis, we argue that the effects of arts and culture activities on communality and participation can be viewed as a continuum. In one end of the continuum, communality and participation, which are assisted by the projects’ culture and health activi- ties, may help individuals to get at least a grip on their lives. In the other end, communality and participation are the very conditions for any further effects of arts and culture. In conclusion, we argue that an extensive part of the vagueness in the evaluation is due to the concrete situation of the development projects where they lack methodological training in the evaluation of controversial effects in the interdisciplinary contexts and among multiple public interests.</div

Taste compound - Nanocellulose interaction assessment by fluorescence indicator displacement assay

Interactions between taste compounds and nanofibrillar cellulose were studied. For this, a new fluorescent indicator displacement method was developed. Two fluorescent indicators, namely, Calcofluor white and Congo red, were chosen because of their specific binding to cellulose and intrinsic fluorescence. Seven taste compounds with different structures were successfully measured together with nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC) and ranked according to their binding constants. The most pronounced interactions were found between quinine and NFC (1.4 x 10(4)M(-1)) whereas sucrose, aspartame and glutamic acid did not bind at all. Naringin showed moderate binding while stevioside and caffeine exhibited low binding. The comparison with microcrystalline cellulose indicates that the larger surface area of nanofibrillated cellulose enables stronger binding between the binder and macromolecules. The developed method can be further utilized to study interactions of different compound classes with nanocellulose materials in food, pharmaceutical and dye applications, using a conventional plate reader in a high-throughput manner.Peer reviewe

Tarvitseva, ulkopuolella, vailla: Kulttuurin saavutettavuuden tulkintoja kulttuuri-, sosiaali- ja terveysalan henkilöstön puheessa

The principles of culture for all and diversity are central in Finnish cultural policy concerning accessibility of art and culture. Although the concept of accessibility has its roots in disability studies and activism, the accessibility of art and culture has not been articulated from the point of view of critical disability research in the international culture policy conversation. Following disability researcher Tanya Titchosky we argue that accessibility can be considered as interpretation of relations between human and the environment they live in. In our analysis of culture projects that aimed making art and culture accessible for those living in social and health care institutions, we examine what kind of interpretations about those lacking access to arts and culture were constructed in the interviews of the personnel. How were the lack of art and culture or hindrance to art and culture defined? How was art and culture made accessible and how this was rationalized?We argue, that the figure of non-participant and its lack and need for art and culture was partly constructed as a rationalization for the culture projects we studied. This figure and the values attached to it may work as an obstacle in making arts and culture more accessible because it does not allow context-specific understanding of the conditions for participation in arts and culture. Keywords: Cultural participation, accessibility, arts for health, social and health servicesThe principles of culture for all and diversity are central in Finnish cultural policy concerning accessibility of art and culture. Although the concept of accessibility has its roots in disability studies and activism, the accessibility of art and culture has not been articulated from the point of view of critical disability research in the international culture policy conversation. Following disability researcher Tanya Titchosky we argue that accessibility can be considered as interpretation of relations between human and the environment they live in. In our analysis of culture projects that aimed making art and culture accessible for those living in social and health care institutions, we examine what kind of interpretations about those lacking access to arts and culture were constructed in the interviews of the personnel. How were the lack of art and culture or hindrance to art and culture defined? How was art and culture made accessible and how this was rationalized?We argue, that the figure of non-participant and its lack and need for art and culture was partly constructed as a rationalization for the culture projects we studied. This figure and the values attached to it may work as an obstacle in making arts and culture more accessible because it does not allow context-specific understanding of the conditions for participation in arts and culture. Keywords: Cultural participation, accessibility, arts for health, social and health service

Tarvitseva, ulkopuolella, vailla. Kulttuurin saavutettavuuden tulkintoja kulttuuri-, sosiaali- ja terveysalan henkilöstön puheessa

Needy, outsider, deprived. Interpretations of accessibility among the staff of the culture sector, health care and social services The principles of culture for all and diversity are central in Finnish cultural policy concerning accessibility of art and culture. Although the concept of accessibility has its roots in disability studies and activism, the accessibility of art and culture has not been articulated from the point of view of critical disability research in the international culture policy conversation. Following disability researcher Tanya Titchosky we argue that accessibility can be considered as interpretation of relations between human and the environment they live in. In our analysis of culture projects that aimed making art and culture accessible for those living in social and health care institutions, we examine what kind of interpretations about those lacking access to arts and culture were constructed in the interviews of the personnel. How were the lack of art and culture or hindrance to art and culture defined? How was art and culture made accessible and how this was rationalized? We argue, that the figure of non-participant and its lack and need for art and culture was partly constructed as a rationalization for the culture projects we studied. This figure and the values attached to it may work as an obstacle in making arts and culture more accessible because it does not allow context-specific understanding of the conditions for participation in arts and culture. Keywords: Cultural participation, accessibility, arts for health, social and health services </p

Negotiating boundaries: reflections on the ethics of arts-based and artistic research in care contexts

BACKGROUND Arts-based practice and research in care has increased significantly. There is a need to examine the ethical issues arising from this complex phenomenon, conceptualised as boundary work.METHOD To support interdisciplinary understanding in artistic and arts-based work, we collaboratively explored three arts-based research projects implemented in diverse care and healthcare contexts. The ethical issues related to boundary work were negotiated through reciprocal, in-depth reflection.RESULTS Arts-based and artistic research allows embodied, sensitive, and sensible encounters to emerge, in which the boundaries between artistic agency, professional positions, and even notions of evidence may be challenged. The notion of vulnerability emerges as a central ethical feature of boundary work.CONCLUSIONS Articulating ethical concerns in artistic-pedagogic boundary work and research can promote a more nuanced understanding of power relations in cross-sectoral practices. It may help develop services that support the agency and holistic well-being of individuals and communities.</p