Study title

Significance of the Disco Club "Kåren Kellari" 2006-2007: Weblog Data

Dataset ID Number

FSD2333

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2333

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Avelin, Liisa (University of Turku. Department of History)

Abstract

The survey charts the significance of the disco club "Kåren Kellari" for young people of the 1960s and 1970s who lived in Kymenlaakso region. The club was located in Karhula area. The data were collected by a weblog, on which everyone who used to frequent "Kåren Kellari" between 1969 and 1979 was allowed to write. The researcher controlled the conversation loosely by raising new topics every week and by summarising preceding discussions. Altogether about a hundred people wrote on the blog. 15-25 of them were active writers, and altogether approximately 4,700 messages were submitted during nine months. The blog writers also sent photographs from the 1960s and 1970s, which were published in the weekly summaries.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

friends; leisure time; public houses; recreational facilities; social activities (leisure); youth

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural activities and participation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• History (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Avelin, Liisa (University of Turku. Department of History)

Time Period Covered

1960 – 1979

Collection Dates

2006-02-23 – 2007-01-07

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Kymenlaakso

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Media unit: Text

Universe

Young people of the 1960s or 1970s who had frequented the disco club "Kåren Kellari" in Karhula between 1969 and 1979

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The data were collected online on a blog that was freely accessible for reading and commenting. Anyone who wanted could write on the blog and use either their real name, a nickname or no name at all. Participants commented that they had gone to Kåren Kellari in the 1960s and 70s.

Collection Mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

A total of 4,698 messages from approximately a hundred different writers plus 48 weekly summaries composed by the researcher, approximately 700 pages in all.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data were archived both as a text file and a static web page.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Avelin, Liisa (University of Turku): Significance of the Disco Club "Kåren Kellari" 2006-2007: Weblog Data [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2008-04-03). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2333

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Avelin, Liisa (2014). Kåren Kellari. Karhulalaisdisko ja sen yhteisöt 1969-1979. Väitöskirja. Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja 117. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Avelin, Liisa (2010). Mission impossible? Oral historian and the blog. In Search of Voice: Oral History as Theory, Method, and Source. Eds. Gelinada Grinchenko & Natalia Khanenko-Friesen. Publisher: Torgsin Plus, Kharkiv, Ukraina.

Avelin, Liisa (2009). Oral history & e-research. Collecting memories of the 1960s and 1970s youth culture. In: Oral History. The challenges of dialogue. Eds. Marta Kurkowska-Budzan & Krzysztof Zamorski. Studies in narrative 10. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.