Author: Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen
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Misalignments in consumption journeys within REKO
In my master’s thesis, I examined consumption journeys within the alternative local food network REKO. The aim was to identify different types of consumption journeys and analyse factors that cause misalignment in these journeys. The study employs a qualitative approach, aiming to deepen the understanding of the reality experienced by REKO participants within their sociocultural…
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Collaborative consumption in REKO
I wrote my master’s thesis about collaborative consumption in a REKO local food system. In this blog writing, I briefly discuss the main findings of my thesis. The purpose of the study was to analyse and identify how collaborative consumption builds a local food system. The study used the data collected in the Organizing REKO…
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REKO AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO … WHAT?
REKO is an alternative local food network (Leipämaa-Leskinen, 2021). But what is REKO an alternative to? This is a question that has puzzled us since we started exploring REKO in 2013 and revisited it in 2023. In this blog text, we reflect on the question through our past and current ethnographic research. Hanna has been…
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ETHNOGRAPHERS GOING TO THE FIELD
What happens when a group of social science researchers go to the field to collect research data? In this blog post, I will reflect upon our ethnographic data collection trip to explore the organization of REKO network in Latvia. Our two-day field trip took us to the city of Valmiera in October 2024. Just like…