Northern Cultural History (4op)

Osaamistavoitteet

After completion of the course the student is able to
- distinguish disciplinary traditions of Finnish cultural history, with special emphasis on contemporary Finnish New Cultural History and Northern cultural history, and its methodological questions
- distinguish special features and challenges of Northern cultural history and cultural history of Sámi people as a part of larger context of cultural history.

Sisältö

Viewpoints on Northern history, people and society, culture, art and religion.

Esitietovaatimukset

No previous studies required.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

Sufficient and satisfactory (1–2)
Performance is lacking in scope, superficial, or corresponds poorly to the assignment. The author merely lists things out of context or addresses them one-sidedly. The work may contain errors or obscurities.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

Good and very good (3–4)
Performance corresponds to the assignment, manifesting comprehension and a skill to analyse and justify. The author has addressed the issue comprehensively. The work may contain some deficiencies.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Excellent (5)
Performance delineates an extensive whole and the author can apply knowledge in a multifaceted way or place it in various contexts. The work manifests independency and insight, and it is a flawless entity that involves justified thinking or critical contemplation. The work is well written and implemented.

Oppimateriaalit

1. Tuominen, Marja: We call the past to support our present. Views on times and on the experience of times. Inaugural lecture 28.2.2005. (http://www.ulapland.fi/loader.aspx?id=d6e4cac8-14d6-41b3-b2f6-527475f01e6 e)

They Do Things Differently There. Essays on Cultural History (ed. Bruce Johnson and Harri Kiiskinen 2011, also available as an e-book). Articles by Marja Tuominen and Mervi Autti.

Lähteenmäki, Mari (2006) The Peoples of Lapland. Boundary demarcations and interaction in the North Calotte from 1808 to 1889.

The North Calotte. Perspectives on the histories and cultures of northernmost Europe (eds Maria Lähteenmäki & Päivi Pihlaja 2005). Articles by Päivi Maria Pihlaja, Maria Lähteenmäki and Marja Tuominen.

2. Tuominen, Marja: We call the past to support our present. Views on times and on the experience of times. Inaugural lecture 28.2.2005. (http://www.ulapland.fi/loader.aspx?id=d6e4cac8-14d6-41b3-b2f6-527475f01e6 e)

Lähteenmäki, Maria (2006) Terra Ultima. A short history of Finnish Lapland.

Lehtola, Veli-Pekka (2002) Sámi people. Traditions in transition.

Lehtola, Veli-Pekka (2018) Our histories in the photographs of the others. Sámi approaches to visual materials in archives. Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, VOL. 10, 1431501, see https://doi.org/10.1080/20004214.2018.1431501.

Lehtola, Veli-Pekka (2015) Sámi Histories, Colonialism, and Finland. Arctic Anthoropology, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 22–36.

Lehtola, Veli-Pekka (2015) Second World War as a trigger for transcultural changes among Sámi people in Finland, Acta Borealia, 32:2, 125–147, DOI:10.1080/08003831.2015.1089673.

North Calotte. Perspectives on the histories and cultures of northernmost Europe (eds Maria Lähteenmäki and Päivi Pihlaja 2005). Articles by Peter Stadius, Veli-Pekka Lehtola and Jukka Nyyssönen.

Lisätiedot

Timing
All periods

Tutor
Professor of cultural history

Language of instruction
English

Compulsory
Optional

Toteutustavat

Independent studying and a literature exam or an essay based on the required literature and supplementary reading. One of the following sets of books are to be read for the exam. The exam literature also serves as subsidiary reading for the essay. Possible substituting lecture series will be announced in Peppi.

Suoritustavat

Passed literature exam or essay (12 p.).