Introduction: Towards the Study of Urban Public Histories

The first lecture is an introduction to the course, its content and modes of learning. The main emphasis is laid on the concept of 'heritage' and its transformation during the last decades. Today, heritage covers not only material remains of the past but also intangible elements, such as ways of life, customs and practices. The lecture pays also attention to the concept 'history culture' (or 'historical culture') and 'public history'. The lecture ends by considering critical questions in the study of heritage and urban public histories.

The course starts

The course Heritage and Lived Environment in an Urban Context (5-10 credits) starts with a series of lectures at the Sirkkala lecture hall. You can comment lectures on this blog.

5.3. Hannu Salmi: Introduction - Towards the Study of Urban Public Histories

6.3. Tutoring for the teamwork (Hannu Salmi), NB. in the history seminar room, Sirkkala

12.3. & 13.3. Riitta Laitinen: Defining Urbanity - Turku and its People in the Middle Ages and the 17th Century

19.3. & 20.3. Silja Laine: Nation-building and Consumerism in Finland after the Civil War

26.3. & 27.3. Rauno Lahtinen: Building a Sanitary City? Town Planning and Urban Environment in the Early 20th century

2.4. & 3.4.: Tuija Aarnio: "Cityscape Becomes More Beautiful" - Modernization Process in Turku after WW II.

16.4. & 17.4. Taina Syrjämaa: Planning vs. Living. An Historical Approach to the City as a Lived Space"