Tuomas Järvenpää
University Lecturer
School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty
tuomas.jarvenpaa@uef.fi | +358 50 401 9343
I am a cultural anthropologist specializing in the cultural study of music and religion. In my career, I have done research on Rastafari movement and reggae music and Christian hip hop culture, and developed methods to teach intercultural skills at the university level. I have done research in Finland, as well as in Namibia and 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