{"id":157,"date":"2018-10-06T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T09:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/?p=157"},"modified":"2018-10-08T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T12:29:32","slug":"sukol-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/2018\/10\/06\/sukol-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"SUKOL presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 6th October I entered two notable Turku buildings that I had never entered before. One was the Messukeskus or Exhibition Centre in Artukainen west of the centre. This was for the Turku Book Fair and a highlight was almost literally rubbing shoulders with President Sauli Niinist\u00f6 who marched right past me wearing a literary-looking tweed jacket.<\/p>\n<p>But before that I spoke at the Virastustalo building in the centre on the south\/east side of the river, next to the Finnish theatre. The audience was a fairly large one of high-school English teachers. I applied my research on St Louis to pedagogy: how, in the classroom, would we use this sort of material and the sort of approach I have developed in publications as Deep Locational Criticism? The possibilities to use a city for genuinely multidisciplinary, multimedial and participatory activities seemed to come across well, based on the feedback I have received so far. Here are the materials for the day, and a few images from my second visit to St Louis in April of this year<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-165\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/26664040157_002c9ee972_k-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/26664040157_002c9ee972_k-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/26664040157_002c9ee972_k-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/26664040157_002c9ee972_k-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/26664040157_002c9ee972_k.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-166\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40672842885_8f332de4c2_k-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40672842885_8f332de4c2_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40672842885_8f332de4c2_k-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40672842885_8f332de4c2_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40672842885_8f332de4c2_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-167\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40765014495_084dd44e1a_k-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40765014495_084dd44e1a_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40765014495_084dd44e1a_k-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40765014495_084dd44e1a_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40765014495_084dd44e1a_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-168\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40842282174_6356290268_k-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40842282174_6356290268_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40842282174_6356290268_k-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40842282174_6356290268_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/40842282174_6356290268_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-169\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41589688222_e001349bb6_k-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41589688222_e001349bb6_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41589688222_e001349bb6_k-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41589688222_e001349bb6_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41589688222_e001349bb6_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-170\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41655346981_ce77bab4e5_k-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41655346981_ce77bab4e5_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41655346981_ce77bab4e5_k-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41655346981_ce77bab4e5_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/41655346981_ce77bab4e5_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/FINCH-061018_SUKOL.pdf\">6 October presentation, SUKOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jasonfinch1970\/albums\/72157674185076208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photographs of St Louis, 18-24 April 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2018\/10\/Handout-061018.pdf\">Handout 061018<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 6th October I entered two notable Turku buildings that I had never entered before. One was the Messukeskus or Exhibition Centre in Artukainen west of the centre. This was for the Turku Book Fair and a highlight was almost literally rubbing shoulders with President Sauli Niinist\u00f6 who marched right past me wearing a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/2018\/10\/06\/sukol-presentation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SUKOL presentation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/urbanlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}