Tuomas Järvenpää
University Lecturer
School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty
tuomas.jarvenpaa@uef.fi | +358 50 401 9343
I am a cultural-anthropologist, whose main research interest are in the field of religion and cultural study of music. My current research project looks at the various intersections and influences between Christianity and hip hop in Finland. My past projects have looked at evangelical rap music in Namibia and reggae and Rastafari movement both in Finland and in South Africa.
Publications
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‘The Wisest Man in the East’
Järvenpää, Tuomas. 2023. Temenos. 59: 207-229 -
‘Real Gs and pastors in the church’: hip-hop esthetics in the rap music video productions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Järvenpää, Tuomas. 2022. Religion. 52: 450-469 -
Hiphop on tullut ryminällä suomalaiseen gospelmusiikkiin
Järvenpää, Tuomas. 2020. Katsomukset.fi. : - -
Pastori Pike on joulupukkeillut ja heittänyt Hoosiannaa matkallaan isolle areenalle
Järvenpää, Tuomas. 2020. Voima. : - -
Reggae oli vapauden ääni myös seksuaalivähemmistöille
Järvenpää, Tuomas. 2019. Antroblogi. : - -
The ruptures and reconfigurations of identity through Christian Hip Hop in Southern Africa
Abraham, Ibrahim; Järvenpää, Tuomas. Teoksessa: Gault, Erika D; Harris, Travis(toim.) , 2019. Beyond Christian Hip Hop. A Move Towards Christians and Hip Hop. s. 181-204. Routledge -
Kristityt hip hopparit eivät jää omaan kuplaansa
Järvenpää, Tuomas. 2018. Antroblogi. : - -
From Gugulethu to the World: Rastafarian Cosmopolitanism in the South African Reggae Music of Teba Shumba and the Champions
Järvenpää Tuomas. 2017. Popular music and society. 40: 453-473 -
From the margins, reggae in South Africa continues to struggle for human dignity
Järvenpää Tuomas. 2017. The Conversation. : - -
Roots reggae from Cape Town to Helsinki : an ethnographic study of local belonging and cosmopolitan imagination in Rastafarian reggae music
Järvenpää Tuomas. 2017. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Education, Humanities, and Theology