Etikettarkiv: oral history

Doctoral defence: Terhi Pietäläinen. Monipaikkainen Viipuri – Muistitietotutkimus siirtoväen kaupunkilaisesta karjalaisuudesta

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Master of Arts Terhi Pietiläinen will defend her doctoral dissertation on February 14, 2025, at 1:15 PM at the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki. The topic of the dissertation is ”Multilocal Viipuri – An Oral History Study of the Urban Karelian Identity of the Evacuees.” (Original name of the thesis in Finnish: Monipaikkainen Viipuri – Muistitietotutkimus siirtoväen kaupunkilaisesta karjalaisuudesta)

The defense will take place at Athena, room 107 (1st floor), Siltavuorenpenger 3 A.

The opponent will be Professor Anne Heimo from the University of Turku, and the custos will be Pia Olsson.

The dissertation is sold by the Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys.

The dissertation is also available as an electronic publication and can be read on Helda.

A link to the stream can be found on University of Helsinki’s website

From the abstract:

This oral history research deals with the reminiscences and urban Karelianness of those who were evacuated from the city of Vyborg and its surrounding areas when it was ceded to the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

I also analyse Vyborg and its inhabitants’ multi-locality and their experiences of war in relation to the hegemonic narrative, which has influenced Karelian culture and the narrative identity of these evacuees to this day. The study is based on data from interviews undertaken over the period 2000–2002 in the From Karelians to resettled Karelians project, which was implemented in cooperation between the Department of Ethnology at the University of Helsinki and the Karelia Association. The interviews included about 330 former residents of the parishes and municipalities of ceded Karelia. Of these, 40 interviews with people who originally hailed from Vyborg were used in the research material. In my data, the persons from Vyborg and its districts were a catalyst for, and a shaper of, the peer community.

Nordic Voices Seminar and Workshop: Oral histories, life stories and analysing significance in museums

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Seminar and workshop: Oral histories, life stories and analysing significance in museums, October 5-7, 2023, Arcanum (Arcanuminkuja 1), University of Turku

The NOS-HS workshop series NORDIC VOICES: The use of oral history and personal memories in public history settings explores the use of personal narratives in museums and other cultural institutions in ethically, culturally and socially sustainable ways using participatory methods and future-oriented methods.

The presentations, workshop and excursions are open for all including students. The seminar is free of charge. NOTE! Registration for the seminar and excursions ends September 25th. Please, register here: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/C8FA802F831F4ABE

The keynotes will be streamed. The link will be announced later on the Nordic Voices website. For updates in the program and further information see: https://blogit.utu.fi/nordicvoices/autum-2022-2/

Program

Thursday 5.10.2023
10.00-10.15 (Lecture hall Aava, Arcanum) Welcome Words: Professor Anne Heimo
10.15-11.30 Keynote I: Professor Paula Hamilton (UTS, Sydney): ”Intimate publics? Memory and remembering in Museums” (Chair: Anne Heimo)
11.30-13.00 Lunch (self-paid)
Excursion to Luostarinmäki open air museum (requires registration)
13.00-14.00 Curator Maiju Tuisku (Museum Centre of Turku): ”Stories from the outskirts of the town: rewriting the museum exhibitions”
14.00-15.00 Guided tour of museum

Friday 6.10.2023
10.15-11.30 Keynote II (Lecture hall Aava, Arcanum): Professor Ene Kõresaar (University of Tartu): ”Revisiting the Use of Life Stories in the Museum: a Baltic Perspective” (Chair: Helena Ruotsala)
11.30-13.00 Lunch (self-paid)
13.00-17.00 Workshop and learning café (Luoma, Arcanum): Dynamic museums and heritage future collection (requires registration)
Development director, Professor of Practice Leena Paaskoski (The Finnish Forest Museum Lusto / University of Jyväskylä) & Museum educator Asta Vaittinen (The Finnish Forest Museum Lusto)
Museum Director Joanna Kurth ( Kokkola Museum)
Lecturer of Museum Studies Maija Mäki (University of Turku)

Saturday 7.10.2023
All-day excursion to Paimio Sanatorium (requires registration)

Nordic Voices: online workshop

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Nordic voices: The use of oral history and personal memories in public history settings (2022-2024)

NORDIC VOICES seeks to increase the use of oral histories, life narratives and personal memories in Nordic cultural institutions by collaborating with leading experts from both academia and various cultural institutions. Compared to many other countries, the use of personal sources in Nordic cultural institutions and online archives is limited, because all the Nordic countries have strict personal data acts. The first NORDIC VOICES workshop “Oral history and personal testimonies in museums” will be held in autumn 2022 in Copenhagen, Roskilde and Malmö. The second workshop “Oral histories, life stories and analysing significance in museums” will be held in autumn 2023 in Turku and Paimio. Additionally two online workshops will be held, the first “Significant literature on personal testimonies as museum communication” in spring 2022 and the second “Sustainable and transformative futures of memory practices and institutions” in spring 2023.

You can still sign up to the first online workshop:

Online reading circle: Personal testimonies as museum communication

April 26 2022 14.00-16.00 (UTC+3)

14:00-14:15 Anne Heimo (University of Turku) and Anne Brædder (University of Roskilde): Welcome and introduction to the NOS-HS network “Nordic Voices: The use of oral history and personal memories in public history settings.

14:15-14:30 Introductory round

14:30-14:40 Break

14:40-15:50: Discussion of the two texts, introduced by Iben Vyff (Museums of Elsinore & Roskilde University) and Anne Brædder.

15:50-16:00 Anne Brædder: Wrapping up and final remarks

The reading circle will take place via zoom. Please register with Anne Brædder by April 22, 2022 if you wish to participate: annebra(@)ruc.dk. The zoom-link will be sent to registered participants on April 25, 2022. If you have trouble accessing the texts, please be in contact.

The two texts are:

  1. Anette Day (2009) “‘They listened to my voice’: The refugee communities history project and belonging: Voices of London’s refugees” in Oral History vol. 37:1 pp. 95-106
  2. Andrea Witcomb (2019): “Oral history and First-person Narratives in Migration Exhibitions: Tracking Relations Between ‘Us’ and ‘Them’” in Darian-Smith and Hamilton Remembering Migration pp. 203-217.