Diversity in Finnish Comics History: Minorities and Self-representation
The research project Diversity in Finnish comics history: Minorities and self-representation (2023–2026) studies how comics artists from different minorities in Finland and their comics form a part of Finnish comics culture historically and in contemporary society. The research also focuses on what kind of comics artists from minorities have created and especially on how the comics have dealt with minority status and formed minority identities. The focus is particularly on the Swedish-speaking population, women, and gender and sexual minorities in Finnish comics culture. The project combines an interest in comics as a form of expression and the societal and comics cultural context from the 1850s to the 2020s.
The project is affiliated to the Department of Finnish Literature, University of Turku, and it is funded by the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland.
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