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Matti
Kamppinen
Docent, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
University Lecturer, Study of Cultures
Senior Lecturer

Contact

+358 29 450 2299
+358 40 549 8938
Arcanuminkuja 1
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Cultural models
risk and uncertainty
cultural ecosystem services
integral thinking
systems thinking and spirituality
philosophy of ethnography.

Biography

I work as Senior Lecturer in Study of Religion at the University of Turku. I graduated from Philosophy in 1985, and did my PhD in Study of Religion in 1989, on the topic of folk religion, illness classification and witchcraft in Peruvian Amazon. I started as Senior Lecturer in 1991, but have also worked in various posts, for example, in Methodology of Social Sciences (Department of Philosophy) and Futures Research (Finland Futures Research Centre). Besides teaching and research, I enjoy walking in the woods, gardening and kayaking.


Teaching

I teach courses Digital Religion, Values and Ethics, and the BA seminar in Study of Religion.

Research

My key expertise is the study of cultural models. I have studied models of illness and witchcraft in the Peruvian Amazon, models of environmental risks and uncertainty, as well as models of ecosystem services in Finland. Recently I have investigated models operative in integral thinking, systems thinking and spirituality. I have also had long-term interest in the role of intentional systems theory (theory of mind) in religious studies, especially ethnography. Currently I am investigating Ken Wilber's integral theory as an example of a model that combines tools of thought from East and West. In addition I am studying nature-based wisdom and spirituality as cultural ecosystem services, and cultural models of time.

Publications

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Ihmistieteellinen neuvo yhteiskunnan häiriötilanteessa (2021)

Hiedanpää Juha, Häyrynen Simo, Kamppinen Matti, Kuikka Sakari, Kumpula Anne, Naskali Arto, Oksanen Markku, Peltola Taru, Rannikko Pertti, Setälä Maija, Uusivuori Jussi, Opas Minna, Rönkä Mia
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))