Kirjoituksia keräilyharrastukseeni liittyen

Teksti suomeksi englanninkielisen alapuolella / Text in Finnish below the text in English  Actually, a good starting point of this blog is the comment of  Colin Fraser  of F.I.P. in his column in  F.I.P. FLASH 130 | SEPTEMBER 2020 ISSUE ( link ):  "A further thing to consider is the  over formalization of our hobby.  Stamp collecting is a very personal matter and can range from simply accumulating stamps in a largely random fashion, to highly organized and detailed studies of individual stamps, stamp issues or the postal service or postal history of a given country. There is great personal freedom in what you can choose to collect and the manner in which you wish to do it.  Part of our failing is perhaps to have formalized the hobby too much. We are constantly told that there is a “right” way to do everything and that the alternatives are inappropriate or unacceptable. Rules by their very nature are discouraging.  This is especially true in e...

Text in Finnish below English text / Suomenkielinen teksti alapuolella Stamp collecting was part of my youth—an era we now, almost sheepishly, call the last century. It was a pastime almost everyone tried: if you didn’t collect in earnest, you at least sorted, swapped, and filled album pages. Stamps were part of everyday life, of correspondence, of the world of childhood and adolescence. Even then, it was clear that the vast majority of collectors operated on their own or within circles of friends, outside formal philatelic societies. The digitization of communication and the disappearance of the everyday role of the paper letter and the postage stamp have altered not only the post but the cultural standing of the hobby itself. At the same time, they have distanced new generations from traditional, association ‑ based collecting. As the activities of philatelic societies have visibly ebbed in recent years, attention has increasingly turned to these independent, so ‑ called go ‑ it ‑ al...

Teksti suomeksi on englanninkielisen tekstin alla. Text in Finnish is below English text. Conclusion: "The majority of stamp collectors have traditionally pursued the hobby outside formal associations – just as I did in my youth together with my friends. Today, this independent community of collectors is visible on online marketplaces and social media platforms. What has changed is that associations would like to attract these collectors as members in order to secure their own continuity.  Although the associations have certainly acted as they see fit, the normative and tradition-based culture of these organizations is unlikely to appeal to outsiders. Likewise, initiatives such as school-based programs or other renewal experiments are unlikely to reverse the downward trend of associations — partly due to limited resources and partly because of the aforementioned cultural gap. Consequently, the decline of philatelic associations appears likely to continue." What will stamp col...

TEXT IN ENGLISH BELOW ENGLISH TEXT Kysyin ChatGPT:ltä, miksi yhdistysten on niin vaikea puhua siitä, että toiminta on hiipumassa ? Sain seuraavia vastauksia. Tämä on erittäin osuva ja tärkeä kysymys. Filatelistiyhdistysten (ja laajemminkin monien muiden perinteisten harrastusyhdistysten) vaikeneminen oman tulevaisuutensa synkistä näkymistä ei ole sattumaa. Ilmiö johtuu useiden tekijöiden yhdistelmästä: 🔒 1. Inhimillinen torjunta ja toivon ylläpito Pitkään mukana olleet aktiivijäsenet eivät halua hyväksyä rakkaan harrastuksen ja sen yhteisön näivettymistä. On psykologisesti helpompaa keskittyä nykytoimintaan ja toivoa parempaa kuin kohdata todellisuus suoraan. "Niin kauan kuin minä olen hengissä, tämä toimii" -asenne on yleinen. 🎭 2. Kasvonkohotuksen tarve ja ulkoinen uskottavuus Moni yhdistys pyrkii näyttämään ulospäin aktiiviselta ja elinvoimaiselta esimerkiksi juhlimalla merkkivuosia, julkaisemalla näyt...