Katriina
Siivonen
Docent, Degree Programme in Digital Culture, Landscape and Cultural Heritage
University Lecturer, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
University Lecturer in Futures Studies, Adjunct Professor in Cultural Heritage Studies (especially in applied cultural research), PhD in European Ethnology
Areas of expertise
Futures studies
Ethnology
Ethnography
Qualitative research
Participatory methodology
Identities
Heritage Futures
Cultural heritage
Tradition
Cultural sustainability
semiosis
semiotics
Biography
I'm a futurist and an ethnologist with my academic background in University of Turku. I have been working also at Åbo Akademi University and University of Helsinki. I'm Adjunct Professor in Cultural Heritage Studies, especially in applied cultural studies at University of Turku. In addition I have a competence-based qualification in weaving.
Teaching
My teaching topics are futures studies in Master's Programme in Futures Studies and in Finnish Master's Programmes at Turku School of Economics as well as sustainable development (area of responsibility cultural sustainability) in the Study Programme in Sustainable Development (KEKO, minor).
Research
My main research topics lie under the concept of cultural sustainability transformation. Methodologically I'm concentrating in participatory, qualitative methods in futures studies and in ethnography. One main theme in my research is the interface of cultural and ecological sustainability. Another main theme is cultural heritage and heritage futures as instruments in building sustainable future in a glocal and global process of traditions. In all, I'm combining futures studies, sustainability studies and cultural heritage studies in my research.
Publications
Historian museo Turkuun: osallisuusverstasprosessin tulokset. (2017)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Proceedings of the Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality International Conference HTHIC 2017 September 27-29, 2017 Pori, Finland (2017)
Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality International Conference
(Toimitustyö tieteelliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (C2))
Kulttuurinen kestävyys (2017)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Combining Ecological, Economic and Cultural Sustainability in the Development of Science Tourism on the Seili Island (2017)
Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality International Conference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Coolest Student Papers at Finland Futures Research Centre 2015–2016. Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen valittuja opiskelijatöitä 2015–2016 (2016)
(Toimitustyö tieteelliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (C2))Puheenjohtajan puheenvuoro: Ovet avoinna uuteen (2016)
Ethnos-tiedote
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Managing Identification and Empowerment of Young People in the Art Project Myrsky (2016)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Kulttuuriperintö kestävän kehityksen voimavarana (2015)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Maailma muuttuu (2015)
Ethnos-tiedote
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))