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Root Vegetables in Times of Uncertainty: The Howling Miller’s Vegetable Patch by Avril Tynan*

Posted on October 19, 2020 by limala

‘To be rooted’, wrote French philosopher Simone Weil in The Need for Roots, ‘is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul’ (2002, 40). Writing at the height of the Second World War and shortly before … Continue reading →

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Second waving – and (not) drowning? A Finnish social scientist “reflects” by Liisa Lähteenmäki*

Posted on September 23, 2020 by limala

During the summer, the corona pandemic almost obeyed “the Trumpian wet dream” of disappearing in Finland – the entire country had only a few new cases and no further deaths occurred. In the fall, as universities, schools, play-schools and day-care … Continue reading →

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Turku Medieval Market: researcher and popular history by Reima Välimäki

Posted on June 29, 2020 by limala

Like the previous blog post, https://blogit.utu.fi/collegia/2020/06/05/explaining-quantum-physics-with-arts-and-games/ my text discusses outreach: a part of a researcher’s work that might not be rewarded as a curriculum activity, but which is extremely rewarding in itself. I am a medieval historian. Some of my … Continue reading →

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