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Drifting teens

Tampere University
Faculty of Social Sciences
Unit of Social Research
1.9.2022–31.12.2025
Society

In the research project "Drifting teens: inequalities in the discourses concerning vocational school students and the Finnish society" we articulate mechanisms for producing inequalities concerning vocational school students. We concentrate especially on the processes of othering by choosing certain ways of framing these youth, both in media and in everyday language. These kinds of actions can affect the inequality and polarization at a larger scale in the Finnish society.

The project Drifting teens aims to challenge hierarchies between researchers and the youth, whose worlds appear as the field and topic of research. We have chosen to use methods, that allow us to break even a little these traditional positions. For example artistic and other creative workshops are in important role in our work.

Project in social media (Instagram, Twitter, TikTok): @driftaavat

Funding

Kone Foundation

Contact persons

Niina Meriläinen

Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Management and Business
Tampere University
niina.merilainen [at] tuni.fi (niina[dot]merilainen[at]tuni[dot]fi)
City Centre Campus
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1233-0395

Susi Nousiainen

Grant Holder
Faculty of Social Sciences
Tampere University
susi.nousiainen [at] tuni.fi (susi[dot]nousiainen[at]tuni[dot]fi)
City Centre Campus
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1596-7519