Published on 30th December, the fourth issue of 2015 from the art history e-journal TAHITI features a column by project researcher Suzie Thomas. The column, titled “Cultural Environments, Art History, and dark heritage“, reflected upon the TAHITI-6 -the National Conference of Art History in Finland which took place at the University of Jyväskylä in February 2015. At that event Suzie gave a keynote lecture on the conference’s theme of cultural environments, drawing on our project research in Lapland.

Suzie Thomas in Dresden, Germany, in May 2015.

In the column, she further discusses the interdisciplinary nature of researching cultural environments generally, and especially the value of multiple approaches and perspectives to Lapland’s Dark Heritage. The column and the rest of the TAHITI journal are open access. Most articles are in Finnish with a smaller selection in English. Other issues also feature articles in Swedish.