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In this chapter we will discuss the autonomous renewal of gendered practices at an academic workplace in Finland.1 Thereby we will provide readers with a case to consider the possibilities and limits of local, incremental, and autonomous strategies in dealing with unjust gendering practices. Our story suggests that local initiatives at workplaces can in certain circumstances produce favourable outcomes. The questions are what these conditions could be and and how to go about with the initiatives.
We thank Maaret Wager for helpful comments on a draft of this text. A grant (no 108645) from The Academy of Finland aided Keijo Räsänen’s work in writing this piece.
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Meriläinen, S., Räsänen, K., Katila, S. (2009). Autonomous Renewal of Gendered Practices: Interventions and their Pre-conditions at an Academic Workplace. In: Andresen, S., Koreuber, M., Lüdke, D. (eds) Gender und Diversity: Albtraum oder Traumpaar?. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91387-2_14
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