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Intergenerational Encounters – Exploring Ándaras Kitti’s Heritage in Utsjoki
In the Footsteps of Andaras Kitti project, dialogical and participatory art-based methods were implemented, with the core idea of ‘knowing the past and acting proactively today’ driving the initiative. Our aim was to foster intergenerational encounters, knowledge creation, and exchange in the experiment carried out in Sápmi, Utsjoki, Finland, with local kindergarten and elderly care…
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Art can Build a Sustainable Future in the North
The University of Lapland’s doctoral researchers and artists Aki Lintumäki and Korinna Korsström facilitated the art-based process which was a starting point for the larger research project called On the Frontline of the Climate Crisis coordinated by the Youth Research and Development Centre Juvenia of South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences and the University of…
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“My Arctic is…” Exhibition Workshops for Participatory Artworks
The idea in our workshop was to bring a fun and easy way for Arctic Congress attendees to take part in art experiences and have a small creative piece to show to other attendees
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Greetings From the Arctic
The workshops were designed to foster cross-cultural connections and environmental dialogue through artistic expression. This initiative aimed to engage young people from Arctic and near-Arctic regions.
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Living With the Snow in the Landscape
In this text, I examine my work through three interrelated aspects: winter as a natural scientific phenomenon, winter’s aesthetic, and winter as an activity environment.
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Rewilding Mind
Rewilding is based on a nature conservation principle that highlights how fragmented and endangered ecosystems do not provide sufficient habitats for endangered species.
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Hay Barn Diaries and Capercailzies’ Tails
My dream as leader of the Living in the Landscape (LiLa) Summer School of the Arctic Sustainable Art and Design (ASAD) network of the University of Arctic was to run the LiLa annually in such a way that participants would have opportunities to learn about the Arctic and the North, in general, by visiting authentic…
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Young People’s Climate Future Performance
We planned and carried out a workshop period where a group of young people living in Rovaniemi, Finland, were able to process and express their views on the climate future through their co-artwork Solastalgia, for an international audience in the Arctic Spirit Congress.
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Sustainability in the Arctic – Ice Fishing Films from Vikajärvi Portraying the Local Lifestyle
Pupils from the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades at Vikajärvi School (20), along with their teacher, Jussi Korpi, participated in the workshop, creating four short films in Spring 2024. The project was carried out by the University of Lapland and involved art education students Aino Jäälinoja, Aleksi Ignatius, Sade Lylykoski, Arctic art and design…
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Knowing through Soil, Care, and Community
In this workshop, we used planting as an art-based tool to find a connection to a local sociocultural landscape and each other. As art educators, we questioned our contribution to our community and a better future. In this workshop, I wanted to approach this question from an ecosocial point of view, aiming to bring local…
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