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Mire trend research project

Project
Finished 01.01.2020 - 31.08.2023
School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty
Information People Publications

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Kone Foundation

The full name of the project: Nakedness, puddles and critical comments: mire trend as changing the cultural heritage
UEF research community: BOMOCULT - Borders, Mobilities and Cultural Encounters

Leaders

Introducing image of the groupMire trend research project

Researchers of the Mire Trend team: Noora Vikman, Virpi Kaukio, Kirsi Laurén, Marjukka Piirainen, and Pauliina Latvala-Harvilahti

In this project researchers are examining the changes in the ways that mires and peatlands are utilized today, and how these changes are affecting the human-environment relationship. According to the trend of the 2000s, environmental, commenting art, and various culture and sport events related to mires have increased. Leaving mires in their natural state and the restoration of ditched mires are also representations of the trend that emphasizes a protective use of nature. These ways of using mires reflect a significant changes in the cultural relationship with nature, and the cultural heritage associated with mires. The central research questions of the project are: What is the mire trend like, and how does it influence the construction of a new cultural heritage?

The findings of the research project: 1) reveal the cultural forms of the mire trend, their influence on the values, attitudes and meanings of nature, and how they remodel the cultural heritage of mires; 2) provide up-to-date information about the cultural heritage of mires; 3) provide research-based information about the culturally sustainable use of mires; 4) contributes to the multidisciplinary and societal debate over the use of mires. Research materials include 21st century writings, illustrations and photos of mires, interviews and observations of participants in sporting and artistic events held on mires, and cultural products drawn from media and literature.

 

Cooperation

LATEST ACTIVITIES 2023

Presentations by the project researchers 2023

Kirsi Laurén:

  • Sensed and Aestheticized Mire: Moving in a Wet and Submerged Environment. Scoping Sustainable Aesthetics – Rethinking Nature, Man-Made Environment. XV International Summer Conference of the International Institute of Applied Aesthetics (IIAA), Sibeliustalo, Lahti. 12.-14.6.2023.
  • Affective and carnival mires: Experiences of Mire Sports. [Scientific poster]. Our mutual mires: The cultural heritage and future of mires. Photograph and poster exhibition. Lobby of the Carelia building, University of the Eastern Finland, Joensuu. 12.-23.5.2023.
  • Yhteisöllinen suourheilukulttuuri ja luontosuhde. Suo minulle, suo meille: soiden kulttuuriperintö ja tulevaisuus –seminaari. Suotrendi-hankkeen loppuseminaari. Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu. 12.5.2023.
  • Suommeko perintöä? Suokulttuurin suunnat. Suo minulle, suo meille: soiden kulttuuriperintö ja tulevaisuus –seminaari. Suotrendi-hankkeen loppuseminaari. Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu. 12.5.2023.

Pauliina Latvala-Harvilahti:

  • Pauliina Latvala & Virpi Kaukio: Environmental emotions in the Mire Art. Ecocritical  Network for Scandinavian Studies (ENSCAN), Workshop VI. Helsingin yliopisto. 13.6.2023.
  • Ecologically-engaged Mire art as a transformative tool: case study on constructing respectful human-mire-relationship. In session of ‘Transformative Culture / Cultural Transformation’. Kestävyystieteen päivät – Sustainability Science Days, Helsingin yliopisto, 24.5.2023.
  • From footprint to handprint: Mire art statements in nature and society. [Scientific poster]. Our mutual mires: The cultural heritage and future of mires. Photograph and poster exhibition. Lobby of the Carelia building, University of the Eastern Finland, Joensuu. 12.-23.5.2023.
  • Jalanjäljestä kädenjälkeen: kantaaottava suotaide luonnossa ja yhteiskunnassa. Suo minulle, suo meille: soiden kulttuuriperintö ja tulevaisuus –seminaari. Suotrendi-hankkeen loppuseminaari. Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu. 12.5.2023.
  • Suotaiteen ja sen vaikuttavuuden tutkimus. Tieteen ja toivon talo, Helsinki. 2.2.2023.
  • Suotrendi-tutkimushankkeen ja oman tutkimusaiheen esittely, Tutkijoiden ja kansanedustajien seura, Tieteen ja toivon talo, Helsinki. 24.1.2023.

Marjukka Piirainen:

  • For body, mind and senses: mires as a source of well-being. [Scientific poster]. Our mutual mires: The cultural heritage and future of mires. Photograph and poster exhibition. Lobby of the Carelia building, University of the Eastern Finland, Joensuu. 12.-23.5.2023.
  • Keholle, mielelle, kielelle: suot hyvinvoinnin lähteenä. Suo minulle, suo meille: soiden kulttuuriperintö ja tulevaisuus –seminaari. Suotrendi-hankkeen loppuseminaari. Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu. 12.5.2023.
  • Marjastuskokemukset suokertomuksissa. Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen päivät 2023, teemana kokemus. Turun yliopisto & Åbo Akademi, Turku. 3.-5.5.2023.

Virpi Kaukio:

  • Puheenjohtajana työryhmissä: Art & Aesthetics; Sustainable Aesthetics: Theory and
    Practice,     sekä keynoten (Sanna Lehtinen) esitelmöinnin aikana. Scoping Sustainable Aesthetics – Rethinking Nature, Man-Made Environment. XV International Summer Conference of the International Institute of Applied Aesthetics (IIAA), Sibeliustalo, Lahti. 12.-14.6.2023.
  • Sustainable Use of Mires From an Aesthetic Perspective. Scoping Sustainable Aesthetics – Rethinking Nature, Man-Made Environment. XV International Summer Conference of the International Institute of Applied Aesthetics (IIAA), Sibeliustalo, Lahti. 12.-14.6.2023.
  • Pauliina Latvala & Virpi Kaukio: Environmental emotions in the Mire Art. Ecocritical  Network for Scandinavian Studies (ENSCAN), Workshop VI. Helsingin yliopisto. 13.6.2023.
  • Rewriting mires in the 21st century writings. [Scientific poster]. Our mutual mires: The cultural heritage and future of mires. Photograph and poster exhibition. Lobby of the Carelia building, University of the Eastern Finland, Joensuu. 12.-23.5.2023.
  • Suolla kuokatta: kirjallisuuden suot 2000-luvulla. Suo minulle, suo meille: soiden kulttuuriperintö ja tulevaisuus –seminaari. Suotrendi-hankkeen loppuseminaari. Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu. 12.5.2023.
  • Johdatus Suotrendi-hankkeen valokuva- ja posterinäyttelyyn. Suo minulle, suo meille: soiden kulttuuriperintö ja tulevaisuus –seminaari. Suotrendi-hankkeen loppuseminaari. Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu. 12.5.2023.

Noora Vikman:

  • Soiva suo – koettuja ja kuviteltuja kuulokulmia. Suo minulle, suo meille: soiden kulttuuriperintö ja tulevaisuus –seminaari. Suotrendi-hankkeen loppuseminaari. Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu. 12.5.2023.

Kirsi Laurén & Pauliina Latvala-Harvilahti & Virpi Kaukio & Noora Vikman & Marjukka Piirainen:

  • Nakedness, puddles and critical comments: Mire trend as changing the cultural heritage. [Scientific poster]. Our mutual mires: The cultural heritage and future of mires. Photograph and poster exhibition. Lobby of the Carelia building, University of the Eastern Finland, Joensuu. 12.-23.5.2023.

Presentations by the project researchers 2022

Kirsi Laurén: 

  • Ympäristökulttuurinen tieto ja luonnon käyttö. Ethnology Days and the Finnish Conference on Cultural Policy Research 2022, March 17-18, 2022, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Suokulttuuri ennen ja nyt. (Rrequested lecture in Webinar.) April 28, 2022. Association for Rural Culture and Education. https://msl.fi/tapahtuma/suokulttuuri-ennen-ja-nyt-webinaari/
  • Liikuttava suo: ruumiinkulttuuri ja suosuhteen muuttuminen. (Poster presentation.) Mire Day, 20th May, 2022, Finnish Peatland Society, Helsinki.
  • Reusing nature: mire sport events as indicators of a change in the human-nature relationship. RE:22 Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference. 13–16 June, Reykjavik, Island.

 

Pauliina Latvala-Harvilahti:

  • A sustainable future – Agency, co-creation and well-being. Webinar Living heritage and social sustainability – well-being and inter-generational dialogue. 19th September 2022. Programme.
  • Paikallinen tieto suotaiteessa: elävä perintö ja maiseman kokemuksellisuus. Ethnology Days and the Finnish Conference on Cultural Policy Research 2022, March 17-18, 2022, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Artistic Practices in Mire Landscapes: New Insights Into Past, Present and Future Nature. Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), 21-23 April 2022, Oslo. 
  • Suotaiteen välittämä bio- ja geokulttuurinen perintö. Mire Day, 20th May, 2022, Finnish Peatland Society, Helsinki.
  • Artist’s expressions of vulnerable mire landscapes: reflecting the well-being of nature and ecosystem. RE:22 Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference. 13–16 June, Reykjavik, Island.
  • Aspects of Biocultural Heritage. Indigeneity in Europe: Issues and Perspectives. SIEF Place Wisdom Working Group 2022 Inter-Congress Workshop Perth UHI, 27-29 July 2022, Scotland.

 

Noora Vikman:

  • Suo soikoon – festivaali pitkospuilla. 26th Annual Symposium for Music Scholars in Finland 4-6 May 2022, University of Jyväskylä.

 

Virpi Kaukio:

  • Suon eläimet luontosuhteen osallisina. Eläimen luonto. The Annual Conference of the Finnish Society for Human-Animal Studies, April 4th–6th, 2022, University of Turku.
  • Elämyksellinen suo (poster presentation). Mire Day, 20th May, 2022, Finnish Peatland Society, Helsinki.
  • Multispecies relationships on the mires. Reforming the cultural heritage of mire landscapes. RE:22 Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference. 13–16 June, Reykjavik, Island.

Past events

Final seminar of the Mire Trend project: Our mutual mires. The cultural heritage and future of mires.  12 May, 2023, University of Eastern Finland. Program.

Photograph and poster exhibition of the Mire Trend project, and a photo story Six Stories from the Mire by the Planeetan rajat journalists’ agency, May 12-23, 2023. Lobby of the Carelia building, Joensuu.

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cultural encounters cultural heritage environmental aesthetics environmental humanities folklore studies human-nature relationship mire culture mire relationship trend

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