Interviews with Finnish historians

Description

A set of 26 interviews with Finnish historians. Participants included historians from several universities as well as several faculties, departments, and sub-disciplines. Participants included (emeriti) professors, post-docs, senior lecturers, and university teachers, among others. The lengths of interviews ranged from approx. 45 minutes to nearly three hours. Topics of the semi-structured interviews included: developing interest for history, learning in history, changing conceptions of history, "what is history", ongoing research projcets and the everyday work related to them, expertise in history, as well as the aims, values, and ideals of historical research and writing.

Year of publication

2022

Authors

University of Turku

Marjaana Puurtinen - Contributor

Mikko Kainulainen - Publisher, Creator

Other information

Fields of science

Educational sciences; History and archaeology

Language

Finnish

Open access

Restricted access

License

Under negotiation

Keywords

tutkimusmenetelmät, oppiminen, Historia, History, learning, asiantuntijuus, historiography, asiantuntijuuden kehitys, episteeminen kognitio, epistemic cognition, epistemic practices, epistemiset käytännöt, expertise, expertise development, historians, historiografia, historioitsija, historioitsijat, research practices, tietokäsitykset, tutkimuskäytännöt

Subject headings

humanistic sciences, educational science, conception of history, historical research, history scholars, knowledge production, philosophy of history, scientific knowledge, work practices