Tiina Kuokkanen

• PhD
• University of Oulu

Teollisuusarkeologia on keskittynyt pitkään rakennetun ympäristön tutkimiseen. Viime vuosikymmeninä nouseva tutkimustrendi on ollut teolliseen menneisyyteen liittyvien kysymysten laajentaminen sosiaaliarkeologian alueelle; enää ei olla kiinnostuneita vain teollisuuskohteiden rakennuksista ja niiden suojelusta, vaan myös noilla kohteilla eläneistä j...

Diseases, such as tuberculosis and Spanish flu, spread in industrial environments in the early decades of the 20th century, but increased knowledge of various pathogens, in particular the bacteriological breakthrough made in the late 19th century, helped in the fight against the infectious diseases. This paper examines the attempts made to establis...

A Guide to Studying the History of Childhood: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Methods This edited volume is a handbook of research methodologies for the history of childhood. The history of childhood is a vibrant, multidisciplinary field that incorporates a rich variety of methodological approaches developed in disciplines across the social scie...

Introduction to the edited volume "Matkaopas lapsuuden historian tutkimukseen. Monitieteisiä näkökulmia ja menetelmiä" (A Guide to Studying the History of Childhood: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Methods)(SKS, Helsinki 2022). The edited volume is the first handbook of research methodologies for studying history of childhood published in Finnis...

Vanhat teollisuusympäristöt ovat viime vuosina saaneet osakseen huomiota, kun niitä on purettu, muutettu asuinalueiksi ja virkistyskäyttöön mutta myös käytetty sellaisenaan esimerkiksi urbaanin löytöretkeilyn ja taiteellisten projektien näyttämöinä. Artikkelissamme käsittelemme teollisuuskohteeseen liittyviä paikan muuttuvia merkityksiä käyttäen es...

The 17th–19th century burial materials from northern Ostrobothnia are studied in order to consider the value, origin and meaning of textiles especially in child burials. The focus is on the preservation, quality and dyes of burial textiles unearthed at the yard of Oulu Cathedral as well as the clothes of the mummified bodies currently under the flo...

In 2010, we carried out archaeological fieldwork during a rock festival in Seinäjoki, Finland. We had two aims: first, to investigate what material culture tells about how people experience the place where a rock festival is held and second, to popularize archaeology. Our methods included test pits, mapping garbage with RTK-GPS and interviews. This...

Recent theoretical debates have identified time as a key area for research by historical archaeologists. In this paper we present evidence from Tornio, in northern Finland, and suggest that the early-17th-century colonists who founded this town developed a multidimensional conception of time that varied according to context and allowed deeply held...

Some of the most prominent characteristics of the early modern period are increasing control over human bodies and the increasing class differences in bodily practices. The rigid class society prevailing in early modern Sweden was reflected in the way people in different classes were expected to behave, dress and eat, amongst other things. This pap...

This article discusses street mirrors or 'gossip mirrors', in terms of urban social relations and surveillance. Street mirrors were introduced to coastal towns in Sweden and Finland in the 18th and early 19th centuries and may still be found in well-preserved towns with historic wooden centres. The authors argue that the introduction of monitoring...

At Oulu Cathedral. Finland, excavations have been conducted during renovations of the church and its yard. As a result more than 300 17th-and 18th-century burials were discovered. Many of the deceased were buried in a silk or wool funeral clothes made specifically for the burial. The burial customs varied, however, as some of the deceased were buri...