Paper short abstract:

In this paper, I re-visit the theme of peasants and the view of peasant society on the pages of Ethnologia Scandinavica. Once the main core of ethnological research, it highlights changing attitudes to research and stuby objects.

Paper long abstract:

In this paper, I re-visit the theme of peasants and the view of peasant society on the pages of Ethnologia Scandinavica. Once the main core of ethnological research, it highlights changing attitudes to research and stuby objects. I shall follow ethnological development in the context of the object of study that in itself came to influence the shape and character of Nordic ethnology as a discipline. It is no mystery nor surprise that the roots of ethnology, which were in the study and collection of material from dwindling pre-industrial society, were acknowledged and cherished as peasant society and their complex struggles were at the core of many initial papers published in Ethnologia Scandinavica. I also include anglers’ communities in that category, as they formed a part of the changing landscape of progressing industrialism. My aim, thus, is to trace the change from the archive-based peasant society studies, to other forms and focuses of studying the society, illustrated by papers published in Ethnologia Scandinavica.