Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen

• D.Sc. (Econ.)
• Professor (Associate) at University of Vaasa

In this study, we theorise the pluri-temporality of market-mediated spaces. By taking the Finnish sauna as an empirical context, we analyse the sauna as a pluri-temporal space whose momentary existences are actualised by slow and fast spatio-temporal movements flowing simultaneously at different speeds. In so doing, we advance the concept of the sa...

Meillä on ilo julkaista Kulutustutkimus.Nyt -lehden uusin numero kesän kynnyksellä. Numeroon sisältyy jälleen kiinnostava kattaus kulutustutkimuksellisia tutkimuksia ja keskusteluita: kaksi artikkelia, runokokoelma, kolme väitöskirjalektiota sekä kirja-arviointi. Ensimmäinen artikkeli tuo uuden näkökulman kestävän kuluttamisen tutkimukseen pureutum...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to define and analyse the emergence of collaborative engagement platforms (CEPs) as part of a rising platformisation phenomenon. Contrary to previous literature on engagement platforms (EPs), this study distinguishes between formalised and self-organised EPs and sheds light on collaborative EPs on which heteroge...

This chapter utilizes the semiotic square analysis to identify and elaborate the semantic categories of energy transition ideologies. The qualitative data were generated in the real-life settings where local actors participated in workshops discussing renewable energy opportunities available for their municipality. The analysis reveals two semanti...

Purpose This study aims to answer two research questions, namely, what kinds of mundane resistance practices emerge in the local food system and which spatial, material and social elements catalyse the resistance practices. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a post-humanist practice approach and focusses on exploring the agentic capacity...

In this paper, we introduce the concept of saunascape. To that end, we explore what kind of socio-material practices are carried out within sauna bathing, and thereby discover the elements of saunascape. We focus on interrelated practices of sauna bathing and address the agentic capacity of saunascape as it structures these practices. The data wer...

Alhonnoro, Leipämaa-Leskinen, and Syrjälä analyse distributed agency in food waste, focusing on how non-human actors participate in production and/or reduction of food waste in retailing. Adopting the Actor-Network Theory, they follow how bread may—or may not—turn to waste. They zoom in on the interactions of three particular sets of non-human acto...

Self-organization is a term that is increasingly used to describe how engaged citizens come together to create sustainable food systems at the local community level. Yet, there is a lack of understanding of what this self-organizing activity actually means. While previous literature has addressed self-organization as an outcome of building consensu...

Offering a novel view on morality in consumption, this book creatively examines how the seven deadly sins - pride, greed, lust, gluttony, envy, wrath, and sloth – are embodied in contemporary consumer society. Each of the seven chapters summarizes previous literature of the sins across disciplinary boundaries, and explores how consumption is likely...

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Purpose Drawing on food consumption research and human-animal studies, this study explores how the meanings related to a living horse may be transferred to those of horsemeat. This is accomplished by constructing a nuanced understanding of how different semantic meaning categories of accepting/avoiding consuming horsemeat relate to each other. Des...

The previously used luxury fashion market uses various terms, such as vintage, secondhand luxury, eco-fashion, retro, antique and ethical fashion. Researchers focusing on secondhand consumption find the field fragmented with many mixed and overlapping concepts. We clarify the existing conceptual discussions in the fields of vintage fashion and seco...

Tämä tutkimus tuottaa aiempaa hienojakoisempaa ymmärrystä niin sanotuista hiljaisista kulutuskannanotoista, jotka tähtäävät tärkeiksi koettujen arvopäämäärien edistämiseen, mutta jotka toteutetaan yksityisesti arkisen kulutuksen osana. Käsitteellinen analyysi erottelee hiljaiset kulutuskannanotot äänekkäistä neljän kriteerin kautta: käsitteelliset...

Purpose – This paper aims to show how social needs – the need for integration and need for distinctiveness – guide Finnish young adults’ mundane consumption behaviors. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws on literature on the fundamental importance of social needs for people’s social well-being and the healthy development of the young. Th...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to shed light on the consumption of second-hand luxury brands, identifying the meanings attached to second-hand luxury possessions in the context of fashion and, specifically, in the case of luxury accessories. Prior discussions of luxury consumption and marketing have focused on brand-new luxury goods, thus l...

PurposeThis paper examines in what ways cultural representations of money reveal deprivation and empowerment in poverty. Methodology/approachThe study draws on Finnish poor consumers’ narratives of their daily lives to identify the discursive practices involved in money talk. Poverty is seen as a frame in which the tacit cultural knowledge of money...

This study presents a novel conceptual illustration of the non-voluntary anti-consumption practices that evolve in poor circumstances. The study brings a complementary and contrasting perspective to current discussions on anti-consumption by clarifying the understanding of non-voluntary anti-consumption practices and market resistance. Three concep...

Tämä tutkimus tarkastelee vastuullisen kuluttamisen ristiriitaisuutta ja haasteita kosmetiikan kuluttamisen kontekstissa. Tutkimus analysoi, millaisiin kategorioihin vastuulliset kuluttajat asemoituvat, kun he epäonnistuvat vastuullisen valinnan teossa eli toimivat ihanteiden vastaisesti. Tutkimuksen aineisto perustuu eläytymistarinoihin, joita käs...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify which consumption practices young adults regard as necessary. Recently, necessity consumption has not attracted the interest of consumer researchers, even though it serves as an important concept for studying the fundamentals of consumption. Design/methodology/approach – The data are based on cons...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how meanings of body and identity are constructed when dieting. The paper utilizes cultural approach and focuses on the ways meanings of body and identity are constructed in social interaction. Design/methodology/approach – A netnographic research design connected to qualitative diary research was...

This study asked consumers to identify the possible contradictions in their food consumption. The article takes the so-called antinomies of taste health vs. indulgence, convenience vs. care, extravagance vs. economy, novelty vs. tradition and together vs. alone by Warde and Mäkelä as a starting point. The empirical part of the research analyses bet...