In this article, I study how young Finnish Muslims negotiate for agency amidst a multitude of governing discoursesâthat is, discourses that seek to regulate what is âproperâ Finnishness, âproperâ Muslimness etc. The study is based on a discourse analysis of theme interviews conducted with 14 young Muslims active in civil society organisations. The analysis demonstrates that the young Muslims are skillful in negotiating their way in the discursive field that surrounds them; by adopting certain subject positions offered to them while at the same time distancing themselves from other positions, my young interviewees create space for increased agency both for themselves and their peers.
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âCf. Veit Bader, âThe Governance of Islam in Europe: The Perils of Modelling,â Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33/6 (2007), 871â886, 872; Tuomas Martikainen & Marja Tiilikainen, âJohdanto: islamin hallinta,â Tuomas Martikainen & Marja Tiilikainen (eds.), Islam, hallinta ja turvallisuus (Turku: Eetos, 2013), 9â23, 14.
âSee, for example, Martikainen, âThe Governance,â 252â253; Edward W. Said, Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World (New York: Pantheon Books, 1981). Regarding Finland, see Karin Creutz-Kämppi, âIslam Suomen ruotsinkielisissä sanomalehdissä,â Tuomas Martikainen, Tuula Sakaranaho & Marko Juntunen (eds.), Islam Suomessa: Muslimit arjessa, mediassa ja yhteiskunnassa (Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2008), 244â265; Mari Maasilta, Juho Rahkonen & Pentti Raittila, Islam suomalaisissa joukkoviestimissä (Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto, 2008); Pentti Raittila & Mari Maasilta, âSilmäyksiä islamin esittämiseen suomalaisessa journalismissa,â Tuomas Martikainen, Tuula Sakaranaho & Marko Juntunen (eds.), Islam Suomessa: Muslimit arjessa, mediassa ja yhteiskunnassa (Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2008), 225â243; Teemu Taira, âIslamin muuttuva julkisuuskuva: Tapaustutkimus Helsingin Sanomista 1946â1994,â Tuomas Martikainen, Tuula Sakaranaho & Marko Juntunen (eds.), Islam Suomessa: Muslimit arjessa, mediassa ja yhteiskunnassa (Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2008), 200â224.
âCf. Richard Patrick Branson, âThe Use of Foucauldian Discourse Analysis to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Religious Education Pedagogy,â The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society 3/3 (2014), 19â26, 20.
âBranson, âThe Use,â 21. See also Hanna, âFoucauldian,â 145; Willig, âDiscourse,â 173â174.
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âCf. Branson, âThe Use,â 21; Willig, âDiscourse,â 174â178.
âCf. Willig, âDiscourse,â 174â179. See also Hanna, âFoucauldian,â 145.
âMahmood Mamdani, âGood Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism,â American Anthropologist 104/3 (2002), 766â775.
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âDean, Governmentality, 14. See also Arribas-Ayllon & Walkerdine, âFoucauldian,â 94.
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In this article, I study how young Finnish Muslims negotiate for agency amidst a multitude of governing discoursesâthat is, discourses that seek to regulate what is âproperâ Finnishness, âproperâ Muslimness etc. The study is based on a discourse analysis of theme interviews conducted with 14 young Muslims active in civil society organisations. The analysis demonstrates that the young Muslims are skillful in negotiating their way in the discursive field that surrounds them; by adopting certain subject positions offered to them while at the same time distancing themselves from other positions, my young interviewees create space for increased agency both for themselves and their peers.
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