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There has been discussion of English translation for quite a long time, but so far the matter has not progressed. The Finnish edition of the book was already published in 2022. Hopefully, the English translation can be accomplished sometime in the near future.

Registration for our new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities is still open for Nordic students (either citizens or did bachelors in a Nordic country). Please pass along this great tuition-free study opportunity!

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Min och Maarits bok Havet och Tove har kommit ut och vi har fått våra författarexemplar! #tovejansson #environmentalbiography

Digitised historical press data as research material for interdisciplinary biodiversity research - Biodiversity and Conservation Biodiversity and Conservation - This article explores the use of digitised historical press data as a valuable resource for biodiversity research, especially in understanding long-term changes in...

Finally, this is published. The article explores the use of digitised historical press data as a valuable resource for biodiversity research. Although a few typos slipped into the published article (despite thorough proofreading 😅), it is still a nice paper! doi.org/10.1007/s105...

Hyvinvointivaltio rakentui työnteon päälle – miten käy, jos työssäkäyvät menettävät luottamuksensa siihen? Hyvinvointivaltio syntyi osin Ruotsia matkimalla, osin omista lähtökohdista ja riitojen kautta. Mutta miten sille käy, kun rahasta on tiukkaa ja väestö ikääntyy?

Lisää kiinnostavaa hyvinvointivaltion historiasta, mainiot tietolähteet myös!
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The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded me a one-year research grant for my personal project entitled "From Admiration to Hatred: the Shared Past of Barnacle Geese and Humans in Finland". Many thanks #wihurinrahasto!

Apply for this free PhD course on Energy Humanities in Stavanger, Norway!

Please pass the opportunity on to students you know. Students from anywhere are welcome.

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‘Plant Perspectives’ 2.2 is now available online – entirely #openaccess thanks to our #subscribetoopen supporters and our generous individual donors. #plantstudies @plantperspectives.bsky.social

No, tuota... 😅

Harmittomasta kiusasta pelottavaksi viholliseksi – näin suhtautuminen punkkeihin on muuttunut historian saatossa Humanistinen ympäristötutkimus on tarkastellut punkkeja kulttuurisesta ja historiantutkimuksen näkökulmasta.

Tutkijamme @ottolatva.bsky.social on selvittänyt, miten suomalaiset ovat suhtautuneet punkkeihin ennen ja nykyään.

Punkkeihin liitettiin 1800-luvulla erilaisia uskomuksia, joista yhden mukaan puuvilla kasvaa sille korkeudelle, jolle punkki on puraissut nuorta neitoa.

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The link to the news: yle.fi/a/74-20134759 It is good that the problem has been brought up because the material shown in the news report is not pleasant to watch.

8 Coming to terms with fish farming and fish consciousness 8 Coming to terms with fish farming and fish consciousness was published in Animal Industries on page 153.

The ethical problems of fish farming have already been widely discussed outside Finland. In my article published in the spring of 2024 (www.degruyter.com/document/doi...), I wondered when the issue would emerge in the Finnish public discussion. Well, now this has happened #fishfarming #animalhistory

Yle on ollut yksi tärkeimpiä suomalaista kulttuuria ylläpitäneitä ja puolustavia instituutioita. Tämä on synkkä päivä suomalaiselle kulttuurille. #yle

ISCH 2025 Rovaniemi International Conference on Cultural History

Human/Nature - Entanglements in Cultural History. Rovaniemi, Finland, June 16.-19. 2025. Deadline for individual papers February 2, 2025! Keynotes by @wildpasts.bsky.social , @hansalmi.bsky.social and Marek Tamm. #isch2025 #culturalhistory #environmentalhistory

Chapter 7 From Harmless Nuisance to Frightening Enemy: the Perceptions of Ticks in Finland before the Beginning of the Tick Hysteria in the 1990s Abstract This chapter investigates the relationship between ticks and humans in Finland between 1889 and 1990. The multispecies relationship is examined using the digitised press material of the Natio...

All of you interested in ticks, and especially in the long-term relationship between ticks and humans, my new open access research article on this topic has been published! #tick #arachnids #environmentalhistory #animalhistory #tickbornediseases #borreliosis #tbe doi.org/10.1163/9789...

The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture: The Monsterization of Molluscs This book builds upon the extensive study of the historical relationship between sea animals and humans in transatlantic culture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It exposes the present ...

A cheaper paperback version of my Giant Squid book will be out next month! If you're interested in the shared history of humans and large cephalopods, get your copy now! #giantsquid #molluscs #monsterization #environmentalhistory #biodiversity #routledge

Arrivals and Departures This book explores the human relationship to changing biodiversity by bringing together multidisciplinary insights into human-nature relations from the humanities. New animal and plant species arrive ...

"Arrivals and Departures: the Human Relationship with Changing Biodiversity" has been published. The book is an open-access publication. It explores the human relationship to changing biodiversity by bringing together multidisciplinary insights into human-nature relations from the humanities.

Eilen oli vuoden viimeinen työmatka. Visiitti Pasilassa Kalle Haatasen haastateltavana. Keskustelimme Lohikäärme-kirjastani, jonka SKS julkaisee näillä näkymin 12.1.2024.

Johtamieni HumBio ja Fauna et Flora -hankkeiden kirjoituksia julkaistiin tuoreessa Auraica-lehdessä journal.fi/aur. Harri Uusitalo kirjoitti Carl von Linnen Suomenmatkallaan käyttämästä kielestä ja Heli Rantala teki FaFFe-hankkeen esittelyn, jossa myös juttua hirvistä ja majavista.