Publications and presentations – Intra-living in the Anthropocene

Academic publications

Edelheim, J., Germann-Molz, J., Johannesson, G.T., Rantala, O. (2020) Slowing down with tourism. Matkailututkimus 16(2). https://journal.fi/matkailututkimus/article/view/100493

Gren, M. & Höckert, E. (2021). Hotel Anthropocene, in I. Yeoman, U. McMahon-Beattie & M. Sigala (eds.) Science Fiction, Disruption and Tourism. Channel View Publications.

Grimwood, B.S.R. & Höckert, E. (2023) Cultivating Relations with Plant Stories, Annals of Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2023.103661 (Open access until 1 Dec 2023 through this link)

Grimwood, B.S.R., Höckert, E. & Rantala, O. (2024) Editorial for a special issue: Leisure and the Anthropocene: Critical Disruptions and Pathways for Climate Justice. Leisure Sciences.

Haanpää, M., Salmela, T., García-Rosell, J-C. & Äijälä, M. (2019). Studying human-animal relations in tourism through videography. Tourism Geographies. DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1666158

Heikkurinen, P., Ruuska, T., Valtonen, A. & Rantala, O. (2020) Time and Mobility after the Anthropocene. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03936-957-7

Höckert, E. (2020). On scientific fabulation: Storytelling in the more-than-human-world. In Valtonen, A., Rantala, O., Farah, P. (eds.) Ethics and politics of space for the Anthropocene. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Höckert, E. (2019). Smell the melting Arctic Ice. In T. Jamal (Ed.) Justice and Ethics in Tourism (pp. 236-8). Oxon: Routledge.

Höckert, E. & Grimwood, B.S.R. (2024) Inquiring with Hospitable Methodologies, in Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene, edited by Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E., Palgrave McMillan.

Höckert, E., Kinnunen, V. & Rantala, O. (2024) Suggestions for future wanders, in Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene, edited by Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E., Palgrave McMillan.

Höckert, E., Rantala, O., García-Rosell, J-C. & Haanpää, M. (2020). Knowing with nature – The future of tourism education in the Anthropocene. Editorial. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, 20(3), 169-172.

Höckert, E. & Rantala, O. (2024) Multispecies Hospitality. In O. Rantala & D.K. Müller (Eds.) A Research Agenda for Arctic Tourism. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Höckert, E., Rantala, O. & Johannesson, G.T. (2022). Sensitive Communication with Proximate Messmates. Special issue ‘The interface of culture and communication through tourism’
edited by Jundan Jasmine Zhang & Adam Doering. Tourism Culture and Communication. https://doi.org/10.3727/109830421X16296375579624

Jutila, S., Höckert, E. & Rantala, O. (2024) Becoming fragile, Staying Proximate, in Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene, edited by Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E., Palgrave McMillan.

Kinnunen, V. & Duque, M. (2022). From waste management to waste care. In Valkonen, J., Kinnunen, V., Huilaja, H. & Loikkanen, T. (Eds.) Infrastructural being. Rethinking dwelling in a naturecultural world. Palgrave Macmillan.

Kinnunen, K., Martz, F., & Rantala, O. (2024), Slowing down with stinging nettle, in Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene, edited by Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E., Palgrave McMillan.

Kinnunen, V. & Valkonen, J. (2022). Approaching infrastructural being. In Valkonen, J., Kinnunen, V., Huilaja, H. & Loikkanen, T. (Eds.) Infrastructural being. Rethinking dwelling in a naturecultural world. Palgrave Macmillan.

Kinnunen, V., Valkonen, J., Huilaja, H. & Loikkanen, T. (2022). Introduction. In Valkonen, J., Kinnunen, V., Huilaja, H. & Loikkanen, T. (Eds.) Infrastructural being. Rethinking dwelling in a naturecultural world. Palgrave Macmillan.

Kinnunen, V. (2022). Corporeal Ethics in a more-than-human World (Rosalyn Diprose). In Hunter, C., & Kivinen, N. (Eds.). Affect in Organization and Management. Routledge.

Kinnunen, V. & Loikkanen, T. (2022). Syöminen on teorian tekemistä. Sosiologia, 59(4), 327–329. https://journal.fi/sosiologia/issue/view/8857

Kinnunen, V. (2022). Villiinnyttämisen politiikkaa? Sosiologia 59(3), 261–263.

Kinnunen, V. (2023) Bokashi: Vallankumous Ämpärissä. avain.

Kortekallio, K., Niskavaara, M., Ouramo, H., Raipola, J., Salmela, T., Tervonen, A., & Karkulehto, S. (2021). Ehdotus ihmistä suhteellistavaksi sanastoksi. AVAIN – Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen Aikakauslehti, 17(4), 82–95. https://doi.org/10.30665/av.100030

Kravtsov, T. & Höckert, E. (2022). Northern Forest Memories: Sensing Arctic Nature Through Creative Practice with Clay. Relate North #9. www.insea.org/insea-publications-2-2/

Kugapi, O. & Höckert, E. (2020). Knitting and Purling Care. Tourism Geographies.

Lindell, L., Sattari, S. & Höckert, E. (2021) Introducing a conceptual model for wellbeing tourism – going beyond the triple bottom line of sustainability. International Journal of Spa and Wellness. DOI: 10.1080/24721735.2021.1961077

Meriläinen, S., Salmela, T. & Valtonen, A. (2021) Vulnerable relational knowing that matters. Gender, Work & Organization. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12730

Milne, J., Rantala, O., & Grimwood, B. S. R. (2019). Children as tour guides. Matkailututkimus, 15(2), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.33351/mt.88269 Available at: https://journal.fi/matkailututkimus/article/view/88269

Müller, D.K., Carson, D.A., de la Barre, S., Granås, B., Jóhannesson, G.T., Øyen, G., Rantala, O., Saarinen, J., Salmela, T., Tervo-Kankare, K., Welling, J. (2020) Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism. TemaNord2020:529, https://pub.norden.org/temanord2020-529/#.

Rantala, P. & Kinnunen, V. (2022). Menneisyyden kudokset. In Ahonen, M, Räsänen, M., Mähkä, R. & Ollitervo, S (eds.) Kulttuurihistorian tutkimus. Lähteistä menetelmiin ja tulkintaan. Kulttuurihistoria – Cultural History.

Rantala, O., Huhmarniemi, M., Mäkinen, M. & Jokela, T. (2020). Luonnonhoitometsän ja matkailukeskuksen kohtaamisia – yhdessä tietämisen mahdollisuuksista. In Jokela, T., Huhmarniemi, M. & Paasovaara, J. (Eds.) Luontokuvaus soveltavana taiteena. Lapland University Press.

Rantala, O., Valtonen, A., Salmela, T. (2020). Walking with rocks – with care. In Valtonen, A., Rantala, O., Farah, P. (eds.) Ethics and politics of space for the Anthropocene. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Rantala, O., Salmela, T., Valtonen, A. & Höckert, E. (2020). Envisioning Tourism and Proximity after the Anthropocene. Sustainability, 12, 3948. Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/10/3948

Rantala, O., Höckert, E., & Ilola, H. (2019). ‘Knowing-with’ in the era of the Anthropocene. Editorial. Matkailututkimus, 15(2), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.33351/mt.88263 Available at: https://journal.fi/matkailututkimus/article/view/88263

Rantala, O., Höckert, E., Anttila, S., Ranta, S. & Valtonen, A. (2024). Proximity and Tourism in the Anthropocene. Annals of Tourism Research.

Rantala, O. & Puhakka, R. (2019). Engaging with nature: Nature affords well-being for families and young people in Finland. Children’s Geographies.

Rantala, O. & Puhakka, R. (2019). Lasten ja nuorten luontoyhteyden vahvistamisesta perusta tulevaisuuden lähimatkailulle. Research note. Matkailututkimus, 15(1), 93-96. Available at: https://journal.fi/matkailututkimus/article/view/84347

Rantala, O. & Höckert, E. (2024) Multispecies Stories from the Margins. In Mobilities at the Margins: Creative processes of place-making, edited by B. Thorsteinsson, R. G. Jóhannesdóttir, G.T. Jóhannesson & K. A. Lund. Palgrave McMillan.

Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E. (2024) Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene. Palgrave McMillan.

Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V., Höckert, E., Grimwood, B.S.R., Hurst, C.E., Jóhannesson, G.T., Jutila, S., Ren, C., Stinson, M.J., Valtonen, A. & Vola, J. (2024) Staying Proximate, in Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene, edited by Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E., Palgrave McMillan.

Ren, C. & Rantala, O. (2024). Arctic Adventure. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Salmela, T. (2019). Book Review: Elsphet Probyn 2016. Eating the Ocean. Durham and London: Duke University Press. Gender, Work & Organization. DOI:10.1111/gwao.12341

Salmela, T. (2020) SF-puheenvuoro matkailun mahdollisista maailmoista. Matkailututkimus 16(2), pp. 9-19. https://journal.fi/matkailututkimus/article/view/97575

Salmela, T., Nevala, H., Nousiainen, M., & Rantala, O. (2021). Proximity tourism: A thematic literature review. Finnish Journal of Tourism Research, 17(1), 46–63. https://doi.org/10.33351/mt.107997

Salmela, T., & Valtonen, A. (2019). Towards collective ways of knowing in the Anthropocene: Walking-with multiple others. Matkailututkimus, 15(2), 18-32. https://doi.org/10.33351/mt.88267 Available at: https://journal.fi/matkailututkimus/article/view/88267

Valtonen, A. & Pullen, A. (2021) Writing with rocks, Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(2), pages 506-522. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12579

Valtonen, A. & Rantala, O. (2020). Introduction: Re-imagining ways of talking about the Anthropocene. In Valtonen, A., Rantala, O., Farah, P. (eds.) Ethics and politics of space for the Anthropocene. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Valtonen, A., Salmela, T. & Rantala, O. (2020) Living with mosquitoes. Annals of Tourism Research. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016073832030089X

Vola, J. (2020). Living on Rooftops / Elämän Kate (ENG/FI) – photographic essay. In Northern Luminance / Pohjoista valoa – an international portal of Northern science, art, and culture. https://www.ulapland.fi/Saitit/Pohjoinenvalo/en/Living-on-Rooftops/b20a8534-6830-4093-8e65-a6401045fe84, https://www.ulapland.fi/Saitit/Pohjoinenvalo/fi/Elaman-kate/393f9c94-02a6-4816-b03e-31bf650aed18

Vola, J. (2024) Composing the incomprehensible — A Cinematic Inquiry into Anthroposcenic Proximity, in Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene, edited by Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E., Palgrave McMillan.

Vola, J., Rautio, P. & Rantala, O. (2024) Made-to-measure – In and out of touch with the old-growth forest, in Researching with Proximity: Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene, edited by Rantala, O., Kinnunen, V. & Höckert, E., Palgrave McMillan.

Forthcoming publications

Höckert, E. (forthocoming) På besök hos blåbären. In Gå Ihop – Om Gåendets betydelse i våra liv. R. Paqvalén, M. Lindman, & S. Österlund-Pötzsch. Vasa: Boklund.

Höckert, E. (in press) Scientific Fabulation. Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management edited by Eriksson, P., Montonen, T., Laine, P-M, & Hannula, A., forthcoming in 2025, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035306459

Müller, S., Höckert, E., & Rantala, O. (submitted) Affective Atmospheres in a Melting Destination. Annals of Tourism Research.

Valtonen, A. (forthcoming) Thinking with Sleep: Feminist New Material Re-imagination of Human-Earth relations. punctum books.

Vola, J. (forthcoming). Northern Reach Report – Intra-view on the im/possibilities of intra-living. In Tennberg, M. & Bravo, M. (Eds.) Post-Human Dialogues in the Arctic.

Master’s thesis

Björklund, S. (2021). HUOLTA, HÄPEÄÄ JA HUOLENPITOA: Ympäristötunteet nuorten matkailijoiden kerronnallisissa identiteeteissä. Master thesis, University of Lapland. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021062139317

Haapakoski, Anna-Emilia (2021). Hidas matkailu osana matkailun murrosta : Sisällönanalyysi ja diskurssianalyysi media-aineistosta. Master thesis, University of Lapland. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021061738291

Heikkilä, T. (2022). Phenomenological study of human-nature relationships among freeriders in Pyhätunturi. Master thesis, University of Lapland. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022061647125

Karjalainen, K. (2023). Exploring the impact of climate change on tour guides’ practices in the Arctic. Master thesis. University of Lapland. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023061656272

Nevala, H. (2021). NGOs Fostering Alternative Tourism Economies: Sleeping outdoors campaign as a case of proximity tourism. Master thesis, University of Lapland. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021102952942

Nousiainen, M. (2022) Mundane mobilities in mundane places? The role of proximity tourism in place attachment in the rural north. Master thesis, University of Lapland. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022021519287

Tikkanen, J. (2023). To grow or to degrow? Discourse analysis on degrowth and socio-ecological justice in the futures of Arctic tourism. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023061656143

Tuomainen, K. (2020). Lomalla kotikaupungissa: staycation-matkailuilmiön rakentuminen suomalaisissa lifestyle-blogeissa. Master thesis, University of Lapland. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020061744830

Keynotes and invited speeches

Höckert, E. (2023) Cultural Sensitivity in Arctic Tourism. Keynote in CultSense & ATLAS conference, Bridging Cultures Through Travel – from Theory to Practice, 14-15 June 2023, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. https://www.cultsense.com/news-events/conference-bridging-cultures-through-travel/

Höckert, E. (2023) Adventuring with Multispecies Hospitality. Keynote in the 10th Adventure Tourism Conference, Being-with and being well in nature: Our tentacular adventures, 7-9 June 2023, Treuchtlingen, Germany. https://www.adventure-campus.com/iac2023/

Hoarau-Heemstra, H. & Höckert, E. (2023) Scientific Fabulation: the art of giving voice for mosses and moose working for tourism. Keynote in Virtual Conference, Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism, 8-10 March 2023. https://www.thecivetproject.com/emergingvoices

Höckert, E. & Rantala, O. (2022) Proximate resources in Nordic tourism practices. Presentation in ‘Non-human nature in Nordic resource politics and governance: Moving beyond “wilderness” to understand practice’ workshop 25 October, 2022, Luleå, Sweden.

Höckert, E. (2022) Proximity tourism in the era of the Anthropocene. Uppsala University, Campus Gotland, SuHRFs Sustainable Heritage Seminar, 19 October, 2022, Visby, Sweden.

Valtonen, A. (2022) Walking with the rocks – with care. Speech in Sustainable Tourism Practice: Exploring sustainability transitions from a practice based approach. Organised by Roskilde University’s Centre for Tourism Research (CfTR) and research group Innovation in Service and Experience. Online seminar, 6th of September 2022.

Rantala, O. & Ren, C. (2022) Reframing tourism: A few propositions from Nordic tourism research. Nordic Tourism Seminar 2022, 30 August, 2022, Helsinki, Finland.

Valtonen, A. (2022) Well-being of earthly beings? Keynote in research seminar Wellbeing of the Globe organised by the Faculty of social sciences of the University of Lapland, 1st of September 2022, Ylläs, Finland.

Grimwood, B.S.R. & Höckert, E. (2022) Unsettling and Cultivating Relations with Berries. Keynote in Critical Tourism Studies IX Conference, With in Dangerous Times, 27 June – 1 July 2022, Menorca, Spain.

Höckert, E. (2022) Hotel Anthropocene. Science Fiction, Disruption and Tourism book launch online 15 March 2022.

Höckert, E. (2021) Panel ‘Enhancing sustainable and inclusive economic development’ in EU Arctic Forum, Brussels 10 November 2021.

Jutila, S. & Höckert, E. (2021) Osallisuuden tilat ja positiot. Keynote in research seminar Inclusion organised by the Faculty of social sciences of the University of Lapland, 1st of September 2021, Muonio, Finland.

Rantala, O. (2021). Exploring the potential of proximity. December 9, 2021 at Travel Culture Network 2021-22 seminar series at University of Nottingham “(Re)considering micro-travel: lessons from pre- and post-covid-19”

Rantala, O. (2021) Re-thinking tourism with our proximate surroundings. Keynote in the 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, Shaping mobile futures: Challenges and possibilities in precarious times, 21-23 September 2021, Akureyri, Iceland. Watch the keynote here: YouTube

Rantala, O. (2020). Vähähiilisen matkailun visioita. November 18, 2020 at Matkalla vähähiiliseen tulevaisuuteen – Matkailu ja hiilijalanjälki by ORSI.

Salmela, T. (2021) Me(tsä) – mietteitä yhteisten arkisten maailmojen luomismatkoista ja niiden pyhyyden ulottuvuuksista // We – Forests: thoughts about the co-creation of mundane worlds with trees and mountains and their elements of sacredness, April 2021. Conference: Pyhiinvaelluksen paikat / Places of Pilgrimage, organized by Centre for the Study of Christian Cultures.

Conference presentations

Cahoon, N., Vlasov, M., Höckert, E. & Rantala, O. (2024). ECOLOGICAL PILGRIMAGE – Repairing Human-Forest Relations. Presentation at Mobile heritage symposium, Hanaholmen, 17 Sept 2024.

Höckert, E, Einarsdottir, E.B., Roger N., Hurst, C., Zhang, J. & Kinnunen, V. (2023) Responsible planning with multispecies communities, panel in Responsible Tourism Planning 4: Cohabiting tourism landscapes Seminar, 24 March 2023, University of Lapland, Finland

Kinnunen, V., Höckert, E, & Rantala, O. (2023). Making good relations with symbiotic ontology, presentation in the conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society, Relations and beyond, 21-23 March, 2023; Rovaniemi, Finland.

Vola, J. (2023). Human bean: More-or-less-than-human relations. Presentation in the conference of the Finnish Anthropoligical Society, Relations and beyond, 21-23 March, 2023; Rovaniemi, Finland.

Yeasmin, N. & Jutila, S. (2023) Cross-cultural participatuon in tourism landscapes. Seminar presentation in research seminar Cohabiting Tourism Landscapeq organised by the degree prgramme of tourism research of the University of Lapland, 24th of March 2023, Rovaniemi, Finland.

Jutila, S. (2022). Local acceptance of tourism-based sharing economy. Conference presentation in 30th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality research, 27th of September 2022, Porvoo, Finland.

Höckert, E., Rantala, O. & Johannesson, G.T. (2021) Sensitive Communication with Proximate Messmates. Presentation at the 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, Shaping mobile futures: Challenges and possibilities in precarious times, 21-23 September 2021, Akureyri, Iceland.

Höckert, E. & Grimwood, B. (2019). Toward Hospitable Methodologies in Tourism. Presentation at 8th CTS conference, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Que(e)rying Tourism Hope, 24-28 June 2019, Ibiza, Spain.

Kinnunen, V. & Rantala, O. (2021) Souvenirs in Motion: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on the Souvenir as a Research Object, Souvenirs 2021 Conference – April 22-23, 2021, Rovaniemi, Finland.

Nousiainen, M. & Rantala, O. (2021) Proximity tourism: A thematic literature review. Presentation at the 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, Shaping mobile futures: Challenges and possibilities in precarious times, 21-23 September 2021, Akureyri, Iceland.

Rantala, O., Valtonen, A. & Salmela, T. (2020). Yhdessä elämistä – uusmaterialistisia kokeiluja pohjoisesta. Presentation at An Event Series on New Materialisms #08. 7 May 2020. University of Turku.

Rantala, O., Höckert, E., Salmela, T., Valtonen, A. (2019). Envisioning proximity Tourism: A New Materialist Reading. Conference presentation at THE 3RD PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE COLLOQUIUM: After the Anthropocene: time and mobility, 13-14 June 2019, Helsinki, Finland.

Salmela, T. (2020) Can you talk to me if I just lay here and listen…” A noble plea for help from dying trees. ECOFE2020- conference, virtual, 19-20.11.2020.

Salmela, T. & Rantala, O. (2021). Envisioning tourism after the Anthropocene, The XIII Symposium of Finnish Tourism and Leisure Research. Tourism in crisis? 25-26 May 2021

Salmela, T., Valtonen, A., Höckert, E. & Rantala, O. (2019). Engaging with More-than-human Ethnography to Envision Tourism Futures: A Feminist New Materialist Approach. Conference paper presented at EGOS 2019 (European Group for Organizational Studies) Enlightening the Future: The Challenge for Organizations, Edinburgh, UK.

Valtonen, A. (2019) Touching Rocks. Annual meeting of the academy of management

Organised conference sessions

Arctic Tourism Congress 2024 — to be added

Multispecies communities in Tourism, H. Hoarau-Heemstra, C. Kline, E. Höckert. Special session in the 31st Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, Rethinking tourism for a sustainable future, 19-21 September 2023, the European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR), Mid Sweden University.

Celebrating proximity in tourism. Special session in the 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, Shaping mobile futures: Challenges and possibilities in precarious times, 21-23 September 2021, Akureyri, Iceland.

Newspaper articles and podcasts

Nevala, H. (2021) Matkailun uudet kuviot – Ja miten kansalaisjärjestöt siihen liittyvät? Latu & Polku.

Rantala, O., Salmela, T., Valtonen, A. & Höckert, E. (2020) Lähimatkailu on huolenpitoa, Lapin kansa, 32

Rantala, O., Salmela, T., Valtonen, A. (2020) Tuokio arktisessa. Kide: Lapin yliopiston tiede-ja taidelehti 2020 (2), 24.

Salmela, T. (2021) Pyhiinvaelluksen paikat: haastateltavina Tuomas Hovi, Kimi Kärki ja Tarja Salmela. Places of Pilgrimage, organized by Centre for the Study of Christian Cultures. 25.5.2021, Listen here.

Veijola, S., Rantala, O. & Salmela, T. (2020) Uusi luottamus matkailuun? (A new trust to tourism?) Lapin Kansa, 26.9.2020.