Pertti Alasuutari
Academy Professor
E-mail: pertti.alasuutari@uta.fi
telephone: +35850-4211053
Pertti Alasuutari is interested in the cultural aspects of social life
and especially in their links to power and politics. His areas of specialization
are everyday life and identity construction, media reception and audiences,
cultural dimensions of globalization, social and cultural theory, and
methodology of social research.
Research Interests:
In Alasuutari's scholarly work, empirically driven research approach
is combined with theory-building that serves the understanding of the
human reality. The ethnographic approach of his earlier production (e.g.
Desire and
Craving: A Cultural Theory of Alcoholism, SUNY Press 1992) has
during the 1990s changed into a methodology that makes use of the analysis
of public discourses, but common to all his works is an attempt to understand
the cultural processes of contemporary society. His current research projects
deal with the harmonization of global social change and with the domestication
of ubiquitous communication.
Alasuutari's interest in social research methodology, especially qualitative
research can be seen in many of his articles and textbooks (e.g. Researching
Culture: Qualitative Method and Cultural Studies, Sage 1995; An
Invitation to Social Research, Sage 1998). He is also interested
in social and cultural theory, which can be seen in his latest book, Social
Theory and Human Reality (Sage 2004).
Alasuutari is founding and current editor of the European
Journal of Cultural Studies and the first chair of the international
Association for Cultural Studies .
Selected publications:
(The full list of Alasuutari's publications can be found in his CV)
Rautalin, Marjaana and Pertti Alasuutari: The uses of the national PISA
results by Finnish officials in central government. Journal of Education
Policy, 24, No 5, 2009, 539-556.
Alasuutari, Pertti and Maarit Alasuutari: Narration and Ritual Formation
of Diasporic Identity: The Case of Second Generation Karelian Evacuees.
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 16, Issue 3, 2009,
321-341.
Alasuutari, Pertti and Ari Rasimus: Use of the OECD in Justifying Policy
Reforms: The Case of Finland. Journal of Power 2, No 1, 2009, 89-109.
Rautalin, Marjaana and Pertti Alasuutari: The Curse of Success: The Impact
of the OECD PISA Study on the Discourses of the Teaching Profession in
Finland. European Educational Research Journal 7, No 4, 2007, 348-364.
Alasuutari, Pertti: Social
Theory and Human Reality. London, Sage 2004.
Alasuutari, Pertti: The Globalization of Qualitative Research. In: Clive
Seale et al.: Qualitative
Research Practice. London: Sage 2004, 595-608.
Alasuutari, Pertti: Art, Entertainment, Culture, and Nation. Cultural
Studies - Critical Methodologies 1 No 2, 2001, 157-184.
Alasuutari, Pertti: Globalization and the Nation-State: An Appraisal
of the Discussion. Acta Sociologica 43 No 3, 2000, 259-269.
Alasuutari, Pertti (ed.):
Rethinking the Media Audience. London: Sage 1999.
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