1. Instructions for the essay Return to kari.vesala@helsinki.fi, Deadline ?kari.vesala@helsinki.fi 7-10 pages, line spacing 1.5 Cover page: title of the essay, subtitle: an essay for the CEAF-course/UHEL Spring 2010; name of the author + student number Include list of references; see below; reference to the lectures: (lecturer)/CEAF/(date)

2. Instructions for the essay Define the topic and content according to your own interests, but try to cover (at least some of) the essential topics and points of the course. Utilize both the lectures and the regular readings In addition to summarizings lectures and readings, your own analytical comments and discussions are welcome Try to include how you understand: *Agency/self/identity/control beliefs/values *Entrepreneurship discourses/farm context

3. Regular readings Dudley, A. (2003): The Entrepreneurial self. Identity and morality in a Midwestern Farming community. In J. Adams (ed.) Fighting for the Farm. Rural America Transformed. Philadelphia:University of Pennsylvania Press. Halpin, D. & Guilfoyle A. (2005) The Attribution of Self Amongst Australian Family Farm Operators: Personal Responsibility and Control. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. XXXVI (3) 475-487. Perren, L., & Jennings, P. L. (2005). Goverment discourses on entrepreneurship: Issues of legitimization, subjugation, and power. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29(2), 173-184. Vesala H.T. & Vesala, K.M. Entrepreneurs and producers: Identities of Finnish farmers in 2001 and 2006. Journal of Rural Studies 26, 21-30.