Contents Papers tens Historiska Museum 1943‒2013. Rev. by Ma- rie Riegels Melchior 3 Editorial. By Lars-Eric Jönsson 202 Negotiations about Cultural Objects – Mikael 7 How Good Soldiers Become-with Their Uni- Hammelev Jörgensen, Förhandlingar om kultur- forms. An Exploration of Uniformity in Practice. föremål. Parters intressen och argument i proces- By Beate Sløk-Andersen ser om återförande av kulturföremål. Rev. by Nils 26 The German Language, Preiselbeeren and Orange Anfinset Juice. Processes of Identification in a Swedish- 205 Teenagers in Care and Punishment – Kim Silow Jewish Woman’s Everyday Storytelling. By Su- Kallenberg, Gränsland. Svensk ungdomsvård sanne Nylund Skog mellan vård och straff. Rev. by Anna Sofia Lund- 38 Vintage, Retro, Shabby Chic. Concepts Used on gren the Re:heritage Market. By Anneli Palmsköld 208 What is “Culture”? – Anna-Liisa Kuczynski, Mi- 55 Making Place for the Future. Transformations of noritetsgrupper och möten i trängda situationer. a Rural Village into an Industrial Area after 1972. Identifikationer och kulturell gemenskap. Rev. by By Daniel Svensson Oscar Pripp 210 Swedish Fashion 1930‒1960 – Ulrika Kyaga, 82 What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Pan- Swedish Fashion 1930‒1960. Rethinking the demic. Public-Health and Lay Perceptions of the Swedish Textile and Clothing Industry. Rev. by 2009‒2010 Swine Flu. Outbreak and Mass Vac- Marie Riegels Melchior cination in Norway. By Karine Aasgaard Jansen 213 Neither too much nor too little – Emma Lindblad, 98 Routines on Trial. The Roadwork of Expanding Looking vanlig; neither too much nor too little. A the Lab into Everyday Life in an Exercise Trial in study of consumption of clothing among main- Denmark. By Jonas Winther stream youth in a Swedish small town. Rev. by 123 That Little Football Girl. Swedish Club Football Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen and Gender Expectations. By Katarzyna Herd 215 Sustainable Eating – Matilda Marshall, Hållbar- 139 Encounters and Avoidances in Suburban Spaces. het till middag. En etnologisk studie om hur mil- Experiencing Cultural and Social Diversity in a jövänligt ätande praktiseras i vardagslivet. Rev. Multicultural City. By Tiina-Riitta Lappi & Pia by Maria Nyberg Olsson 217 Early Modern Ethnography – Tony Sandset, Time 153 The End of the World. Apocalyptic Narratives in and Translation: The Formation of Temporalities Children’s Fears. By Helena Hörnfeldt and Early Modern Ethnography in Theodore de 171 Social Distinctions and Political Rights. The De- Bry’s A Briefe and True Report of the New bates over the Right to Vote in Norway, 1814‒ Found Land of Virginia. Rev. by Eva Reme 1913. By Hans-Jakob Ågotnes 220 Extractive Violence – Kristina Sehlin MacNeil, Extractive Violence on Indigenous Country: Sami and Aboriginal Views on Conflicts and Power Relations with Extractive Industries. Rev. by Biographical Notes Trude Fonneland 189 Åke Daun, 1936–2017. By Mats Hellspong 221 Video Game Play – Jukka Vahlo, In Gameplay: The Invariant Structures and Varieties of the 191 Birgitta Skarin Frykman 1941–2017. By Kerstin Video Game Gameplay Experience. Rev. by Si- Gunnemark and Annika Nordström mon J. Bronner 193 Barbro Klein, 1938–2018. By Barbro Blehr Reviews Book Reviews 224 What is “Culture”? – Kultursociologi og kultur- New Dissertations analyse. Pernille Tanggaard Andersen & Michael Hviid Jacobsen (eds.). Rev. by Kristofer Hansson 195 Traces of Memory – Maryam Adjam, Min- 225 On the City’s Dark Side – Peter K. Andersson, På nesspår. Hågkomstens rum och rörelse i skuggan Stadens Skuggsida: Människor och Brott i Jack av flykt. Rev. by Katarina Saltzman the Rippers London. Rev. by Hilary Stanworth 197 German Belonging in Finland – Dorothea Breier, 228 Danish Manor Houses and Gentlefolk – Signe A Vague Feeling of Belonging of a Transcultural Boeskov, Herregård og herskab. Distinktioner og Generation. An Ethnographic Study on Germans iscenesættelser på Nørre Vosborg og Hvedholm and their Descendants in Contemporary Helsinki, 1850–1920. Rev. by Marie Steinrud Finland. Rev. by Oscar Pripp 230 Cultural Analysis of Museum Education – Mette 199 Sound Spaces in Istanbul – Karin Eriksson-Aras, Boritz, Museumsundervisning. Med sanser og Ljudrum. En studie av ljud och lyssnande som materialitet på kulturhistoriske museer. Rev. by kulturell praktik. Rev. by Mats Nilsson Britta Zetterström Geschwind 200 Materializing Democratic Ideals in a Museum – 235 A Textbook of Culture as Practice – Kultur som Britta Zetterström Geschwind, Publika museirum. praksis. Etnologiske perspektiver på individuali- Materialiseringar av demokratiska ideal på Sta- tet og fælleskab, kultur og historie. Søren Chris- Ethnologia Scandinavica, Vol. 48, 2018 tensen, Astrid P. Jespersen, Signe Mellemgaard, 250 Cultural-Historical Methods in Ethnology – Kul- Marie Sandberg (eds.). Rev. by Mattias Friham- turhistoria. En etnologisk metodbok. Lars-Eric mar Jönsson & Fredrik Nilsson (eds.). Rev. by Ane 237 Seaways to Sweden – Sjövägen till Sverige. Från Ohrvik 1500-talet till våra dagar. Simon Ekström, Leos 251 Political Projects and Uncertain Cultural Heritage Müller & Tomas Nilson (eds.). Rev. by Dan H. – Politiska projekt, osäkra kulturarv. Kampanjer Andersen och fôrhandlingar i det sena 1900-talets Sverige 238 Of Lobsters and Men – Simon Ekström, Humrar- och Europa. Lars-Eric Jönsson (ed.). Rev. by na och evigheten. Kulturhistoriska essäer om kon- Bobo Krabbe Magid sumtion, begär och död. Rev. by Mikkel Venborg 252 Imagined Finland-Swedishness in the Twenty- Pedersen first Century – Föreställda finlandssvenskheter. 239 Methods in Dress Research – Opening up the Intersektionella perspektiv på det svenska i Fin- Wardrobe – A Methods Book. Kate Fletcher & In- land. Sven-Erik Klinkmann, Blanka Henriksson gun Grimstad Klepp (eds.). Rev. by Tytti Leh- & Andreas Häger (eds.). Rev. by Gösta Arvastson tovaara 253 The Limits of Swedishness in Early Modern Swe- 241 Heritage Sites of Death – Heritage of Death: den – Jens Lerbom, Svenskhetens tidigmoderna Landscapes of Emotion, Memory and Practice. gränser. Folkliga föreställningar om etnicitet och Mattias Frihammar and Helaine Silverman (eds.). rikstillhörighet i Sverige 1500–1800. Rev. by Rev. by Hanna Snellman Sven-Erik Klinkmann 242 Exploring Life from a Folkloristic Perspective – Anders Gustavsson, Folkloristic studies in Scan- 257 Textiles Clothing the Danish Home – Louise Skak dinavia. Personal research experiences and reflec- Nielsen, Det påklædte hjem. Tekstiler og bolig- tions. Rev. by Ülo Valk kultur i Danmark gennem 300 år. Rev. by Mette 244 Sailors’ Wives in Marstal – Mette Eriksen Eriksen Havsteen-Mikkelsen Havsteen-Mikkelsen, Sømandskoner i Marstal – 258 Thinking through Narrated Communities and In- fortællinger fra sø og land. Rev. by Bård Gram dividual Life Stories – Ulf Palmenfelt, Berättade Økland gemenskaper. Individuella livshistorier och kol- 246 Rethinking the Museum – Museums in a Time of lektiva tankefigurer. Rev. by Sven-Erik Klink- Migration. Rethinking Museums’ Roles, Repre- mann sentations, Collections, and Collaborations. 261 Loving Your Job – Magdalena Petersson Mc- Christina Johansson & Pieter Bevelander (eds.). Intyre, Att älska sitt jobb – Passion, entusiasm Rev. by Malene Dybbøl och nyliberal subjektivitet. Rev. by Sabine Køhn 248 Cultural Perspectives on Humour – Skratt som Rohde fastnar. Kulturella perspektiv på skratt och hu- 263 To Work! – Birgitta Theander, Till arbetet! Yr- mor. Lars-Eric Jönsson & Fredrik Nilsson (eds.). kesdrömmar och arbetsliv i flickboken 1920–65. Rev. by Camilla Asplund Ingemark Rev. by Lena Marander-Eklund Editorial By Lars-Eric Jönsson In her recently published novel The Son of One could claim that ethnologists have Svea, the Swedish author Lena Andersson studied, at least since the 1990s, ordinari- starts with a situation where one of the ness via perspectives on deviance, mar- main characters, Ragnar, is rejected by an ginalization and such. That is, through its ethnologist who is about to investigate the opposite we have claimed certain access history of the Swedish Folkhem or the to the ordinary. And those are valid argu- welfare state. While sitting in a café drink- ments. Yet I would argue that our view of ing their coffee, eating their buns and pas- concepts like “ordinary” or “everyday tries Ragnar is asked about his everyday life” is left unproblematized and undevel- routines, in particular his very regular oped. I may be wrong. And in a certain coffee-drinking, or fika, habits. sense I hope I am. If so, Ethnologia Scan- After a while the ethnologist leaves a dinavica welcomes contributions that de- message that Ragnar won’t fit in her pro- velop and argue for the idea of ordinary ject. Why? He is told he is too ordinary, and neighbouring concepts. too common. He is rejected but does not A quick look at this year’s articles in understand why. As the novel continues, Ethnologia Scandinavica gives some sup- he is presented as a typical – and very port to the above observation. On the other common – representative of the rationalis- hand we find crucial themes or concepts tic Swedish project called the Folkhem like materiality, gendering, performance, (People’s Home). He has strong beliefs in identity, power and citizenship. They are science, development, the state and the all examples and signs of where ethnology common good. And in most senses he has been heading in the last few decades. lives in accordance with these beliefs. Beate Sløk-Andersen starts with her Andersson’s novel is not about ethnolo- fieldwork in the Danish army, focusing on gy but