Monthly Archives: July 2016

Guest talks next wednesday / Vierailuluentoja ensi keskiviikkona

Guest talks next wednesday

As part of our field work week, our research collaborators visiting from the UK are giving guest talks at Siida Museum on Wednesday 3rd August. The lectures are in English, and start at 17.00 in the Auditorium of Siida.

Dr Gabriel Moshenska, University College London: “Air Raid Protection: An International Heritage Perspective.”

Dr Iain Banks, University of Glasgow: “In the Hands of the Enemy: PoW Camps in the Second World War.”

Each talk will last approximately 30 minutes. All are welcome!

Vierailuluentoja ensi keskiviikkona

Osana kenttätyöviikkoa saamme vieraiksi ulkomaalaisia tutkijoita. Keskiviikkona 3.8.  kaksi vierailevaa tutkijaa luennoi Siida-museon auditoriossa. Luennot ovat englanniksi ja alkavat kello 17:00.

Dr Gabriel Moshenska, University College London: “Vieraiden käsissä: Toisen maailmansodanaikaiset sotavankileirit.”

Dr Iain Banks, University of Glasgow: “Ilmatorjunta. Kansainvälisen kulttuuriperinnön näkökulma.”

Molemmat luennot kestävät noin puoli tuntia ja ovat avoimia kaikille. Tervetuloa!

Provincial museum / Lapin maakuntamuseo

Projektin opiskelijavahvistus Anni Tolppanen esittäytyy / Student member of the project Anni Tolppanen introduces herself

Projektiryhmä on kasvanut tuomalla mukaan muutaman opiskelijan ja esittelyvuorossa on arkeologian opiskelija Anni Tolppanen Aberdeenin yliopistosta. Kentältä löydettävien materiaalisten jäännösten lisäksi Anni osallistuu Inarin kaivauksiin haastattelemalla paikallisia. Lisätietoa Annin suunnitelmista kandinsa suhteen löytyy esittelysivulta.

The project has grew with few additional student members and this time it is we are introducing Anni Tolppanen. Anni is an archaeology student from University of Aberdeen. She is not only interested in the material findings of the upcoming excavations but she also plans to interview locals in Inari. More insight to her undergraduate dissertation in the introduction page.

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Anni by the shore / Anni rannalla

Maisteriopiskelija Mirkka Hekkurainen mukaan projektiryhmään / Master Student Mirkka Hekkurainen joins the research team

Projektiryhmä on kasvanut tuomalla mukaan muutaman opiskelijan. Ensimmäisenä esittelemme maisterivaiheen opiskelijan, Mirkka Hekkuraisen, joka on mukana tekemässä graduaan osallistavasta etnografiasta ja synkästä kulttuuriperinnöstä. Mirkka tutkii osallistamista kaivausten lisäksi sosiaalisessa mediassa ja hänen(kin) työtään pääsee seuraamaan myös kotisohvalta käsin. Esittely ja linkit sosiaaliseen mediaan on vain klikkauksen päässä.

The research team grew with few students and first we will introduce master student Mirkka Hekkurainen. Mirkka is doing her master thesis about participatory ethnography and dark heritage. She does her research at the open excavation and in the social media. You can follow her (and others) work comfortably from your home couch. The introduction and the links to social media is only one click away.

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Mirkka and a tar pit / Mirkka ja tervahauta

New article published in World Archaeology journal

 

Our latest article was recently published in the international journal World Archaeology.

‘I have better stuff at home’: treasure hunting and private collecting of World War II artefacts in Finnish Lapland is written by Vesa-Pekka Herva, Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto and Suzie Thomas, and has the following abstract:

Almost all archaeologists encounter collectors of different kinds of artefacts at some point in their career, whether it is the private collectors of financially valuable antiquities or ‘amateur archaeologists’ who have amassed personal collections of local finds. In our research into the material legacy of the German presence in northern Finland during World War II, we have encountered both artefact hunters (primarily but not exclusively metal detecting enthusiasts) and artefact collectors (sometimes the same people) with a specific interest in military remains from this location and period. In this article, we explore these alternative perspectives on collecting, and frame them within the context of treasure hunters, militaria collectors and other history hobbyists, and their relationship to the ‘official’ heritage managers and curators.

The article forms part of a special issue on archaeologists and collectors, which will be published in full later in the year.

For more information about this article and other publications, contact the project team.

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