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Nylund Skog, SusanneORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-6759-5537
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Nylund Skog, S. (2024). Adventurous scientists: Genre Features and Narrative Roles in Birdwatchers´ Travel Reports.. Ethnologia Scandinavica, 54, 24-39
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Adventurous scientists: Genre Features and Narrative Roles in Birdwatchers´ Travel Reports.
2024 (English)In: Ethnologia Scandinavica, ISSN 0348-9698, Vol. 54, p. 24-39Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Literary scholar Mary Louise Pratt argue that the travelogue that took shape in the 18th century, still influence travel writing of today (2008:50, 197). Inspired by Pratts work, the article addresses this issue and examine 150 web-published reports from birdwatching trips conducted and reported in the years 2010 to 2015. The purpose is to analyze the genre and the narrative roles it offers. What are the genre features of the Swedish reports on birdwatching trips, and what narrative roles are expressed in them?

Despite differences in destinations and lengths of the tours, the birdwatchers' travel reports share several common features. One is the equation of birds and humans, with the landscape often dehumanized. Another common feature is the combination of personal stories with objective descriptions, extensive lists of bird species, as well as photographs and illustrations. Yet another common feature is that despite the reports being about birdwatching tours, the birds rarely take the main roles, even though they are described as the highlights. Instead, it is the tour leader and participants, and the way nature is presented to the travelers, that constitute the dramatic vein of the reports.

The article conclude that the birdwatchers' travel reports are shaped by the formal and stylistic paradigm that characterized the travelogue of the 18th century, as well as the narrative roles that the genre offers. The travel reports from birdwatching journeys contain traces of the connected and overlapping narrative roles of the man on-site, the reporter and the guide, but are mainly structured by the narrative role of the adventurer and the scientist.  

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: , 2024
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2808 (URN)
Available from: 2024-11-15 Created: 2024-11-15 Last updated: 2024-11-18Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. & Nilsson, J. (2024). Coronahälsningar: Så påverkades vårt sätt att hälsa av pandemin. Språktidningen. Språktidningen (3), 30-37
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Coronahälsningar: Så påverkades vårt sätt att hälsa av pandemin. Språktidningen
2024 (Swedish)In: Språktidningen, ISSN 1654-5028, no 3, p. 30-37Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: , 2024
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Swedish; Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2809 (URN)
Available from: 2024-11-15 Created: 2024-11-15 Last updated: 2024-11-18Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. (2024). I den svenska bubblan: Om midsommarfirande och svenskhet på Mallorca. Budkavlen, 103, 14-36
Open this publication in new window or tab >>I den svenska bubblan: Om midsommarfirande och svenskhet på Mallorca
2024 (Swedish)In: Budkavlen, ISSN 0302-2447, Vol. 103, p. 14-36Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Around the world, John the Baptist's Day is celebrated, such as St. John in Ireland, St. Hans in Norway, and San Juan in Spain (Sant Joan in Catalan) and midsummer in Sweden. This article focuses on how people who identify as Swedish and live wholly or partially in Mallorca celebrate Midsummer and the local tradition of Sant Joan. Do they integrate the traditions, or do they keep them separate? Which elements do they consider important, and which are less significant? How are these linked to Sweden and Swedishness?

The article is based on material collected during fieldwork in Mallorca in June 2023, as well as on material from folklore archives and websites describing Midsummer and Sant Joan celebrations.

In the article, tradition is considered a process of interpretation, where meaning is assigned in the present by referencing the past. The concept of tradition is combined with the concept of social positioning, which draws attention to Swedishness as a position that can be assumed by (and assigned to) some and not others.

For Swedes living in Mallorca who celebrate Midsummer, the common denominator is the food they eat and the fact that they do so together with other Swedes. If children are involved in the Midsummer celebration, additional elements are often included, such as a maypole decorated with leaves and flowers, flower crowns, strawberries, and traditional dances.

Swedes living in Mallorca seem to rarely participate in the local Sant Joan celebrations, even though this tradition is one of the most important on the island. A comparison between Midsummer and Sant Joan reveals that the traditions share several similar elements, which could easily be combined into a single tradition. However, Midsummer and Sant Joan are kept separate, likely because they play a key role in the creation of national identity for Swedes and Catalans, respectively.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Åbo: , 2024
Keywords
midsommarfirande, tradition, immateriellt kulturarv, svenskhet
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Folklore
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2867 (URN)10.37447/bk.147353 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-12-12 Created: 2024-12-12 Last updated: 2024-12-20Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. & Hagström, C. (2024). Inledning. In: Blanka Henriksson och Susanne Nylund Skog (Ed.), Vardagens triviala allvar och berättandets kraft: En festskrift till Lena Marander-Eklund. Åbo: Åbo Akademi förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Inledning
2024 (Swedish)In: Vardagens triviala allvar och berättandets kraft: En festskrift till Lena Marander-Eklund / [ed] Blanka Henriksson och Susanne Nylund Skog, Åbo: Åbo Akademi förlag , 2024Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Åbo: Åbo Akademi förlag, 2024
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Folklore
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2811 (URN)
Available from: 2024-11-15 Created: 2024-11-15 Last updated: 2024-11-18Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. (2024). Mina födelsedagar: Trevligheter, temafester och trauman. Uppsala
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Mina födelsedagar: Trevligheter, temafester och trauman
2024 (Swedish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, pages
Uppsala: , 2024
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2813 (URN)
Available from: 2024-11-15 Created: 2024-11-15 Last updated: 2024-11-18Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. (2024). Små grodor och dansande djävlar: Midsommar och Sant Joan på Mallorca.. Sverigekontakt (1), 12-15
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Små grodor och dansande djävlar: Midsommar och Sant Joan på Mallorca.
2024 (Swedish)In: Sverigekontakt, no 1, p. 12-15Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborg: , 2024
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Ethnology; Cultural History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2810 (URN)
Available from: 2024-11-15 Created: 2024-11-15 Last updated: 2024-11-18Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. & Henriksson, B. (Eds.). (2024). Vardagens triviala allvar och berättandets kraft.: En festskrift till Lena Marander-Eklund.. Åbo: Åbo Akademi förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vardagens triviala allvar och berättandets kraft.: En festskrift till Lena Marander-Eklund.
2024 (Swedish)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Åbo: Åbo Akademi förlag, 2024
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Folklore
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2812 (URN)978-952-389-056-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-11-15 Created: 2024-11-15 Last updated: 2024-12-20Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. (2023). Elisabeth-kaffe, Sigvard-dagen och annat namnsdagsfirande. Institute for Language and Folklore
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Elisabeth-kaffe, Sigvard-dagen och annat namnsdagsfirande
2023 (Swedish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, pages
Institute for Language and Folklore: , 2023
National Category
Other Humanities
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2671 (URN)
Available from: 2023-12-18 Created: 2023-12-18 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. (2023). En rolig historia och ett 170 år gammalt psalmodikon: Att praktisera ett immateriellt kulturarv.. RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, 105(1), 1-13
Open this publication in new window or tab >>En rolig historia och ett 170 år gammalt psalmodikon: Att praktisera ett immateriellt kulturarv.
2023 (Swedish)In: RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, ISSN 0035-5267, E-ISSN 2002-3863, Vol. 105, no 1, p. 1-13Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: , 2023
National Category
Other Humanities
Research subject
Cultural History; Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2672 (URN)
Available from: 2023-12-18 Created: 2023-12-18 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
Nylund Skog, S. (2023). Fira högtider: Sätt att göra för att höra ihop. Institute for Language and Folklore
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fira högtider: Sätt att göra för att höra ihop
2023 (Swedish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, pages
Institute for Language and Folklore: , 2023
National Category
Other Humanities
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2669 (URN)
Available from: 2023-12-18 Created: 2023-12-18 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
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