Jakob Hurda saalis
ERMi teadusseminar: „Vibing to the Furthest Past: The Utilization of Folklore and Mythology in the Contemporary Exhibition of Prehistory at the National Museum of Finland“
Heidi Henriikka Mäkelä (University of Helsinki, researcher) ja Liisa Kunnas-Pusa (University of Helsinki, PhD researcher)
Sel korral keskendub ERMi teadusseminar muinasaja esitamisele Soome rahvusmuuseumi püsiekspositsionis. Ettekannet peavad Heidi Henriikka Mäkelä ja Liisa Kunnas-Pusa Helsingi Ülikoolist.
Sel korral on ettekanne inglise keeles. Pikem kirjeldus allpool inglise keeles.
Ettekandele järgneb akadeemiline arutelu.
Kõik huvilised on väga oodatud!
Üritus toimub hübriidvormis Jakob Hurda saalis ja veebis.
Link veebivahendusel osalemiseks: https://bit.ly/42zP0gE
ENG:
The presentation explores the contemporary exhibition of prehistory at the National Museum of Finland. The permanent exhibition was re-opened for the public in 2017, and it represents the prehistory of Finland from the settlement of the current Finnish area from the first postglacial settlement until the end of the Iron Age (12th–13th CE). Our analysis concentrates on the multisensory representations of archaeological artefacts, scientific periodizations, and Finnic folklore and mythology that are intertwined in multifold ways in the museum exhibition. By studying the exhibition texts, artefacts, and interactive multisensory digital tools, we assert that Finnic folklore and mythology is used in a rather vague way to embellish and re-imagine the deep past. Furthermore, we suggest that folkloric elements seem to be utilized when archaeological background information is not regarded as detailed enough. This results in complex temporal interpretations, as the folklore materials referenced do not stem from the furthest past, but were collected and archived during the 19th century in the National Romantic period.
Heidi Henriikka Mäkelä (PhD, MMus) is a university researcher of folklore studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She specializes in the production of Finnishness and Finnish spatiality in contemporary Finland in relation to Kalevala-metric oral poetry and intangible cultural heritage. Her research interests include ICH, nationalism, cultural appropriation, landscape, spirituality, medievalism, and folk music. Currently, Mäkelä studies the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention in Finland.
Liisa Kunnas-Pusa (MA, archaeologist) is a PhD researcher at the University of Helsinki. She is currently finalizing her doctoral dissertation in archaeology about the history of Stone Age research in Finland c. 1700-1940. Her research interests include history of concepts, the political use of archaeology and history, heritagization processes and the history of museums.
Estonian National Museum’s research seminar takes place this time in English.
Lecture is followed by academic discussions.
Estonian National Museum`s research seminar takes place in a hybrid format in Jakob Hurt Auditorium and online.
Link to online broadcast: https://bit.ly/42zP0gE
Contact:
Tenno Teidearu
researcher
Estonian National Museum
tenno.teidearu@erm.ee