Parallel session organised by the Human-Forest Relations Club in the Forest Science Day on 26 October 2021
Forest Science Day will be organised as a webinar. The afternoon parallel sessions will be broadcasted between 13:15 – 16:00.
The concept Human-Forest Relationship (HFR) refers to emotions, experiences, memories, skills, practices, traditions, and values we as humans connect to forests. Human-Forest Relationship can be described as an individual or community’s living relationship with the forest. Everyone’s HFR is unique and pluralistic and evolves over one’s lifetime. Forest culture consists of activities, practices, values, meanings and viewpoints related to forests that individuals share as community members in a social context. Presently, forest culture manifests itself as a HFR.
Research on the human-forest interrelatedness/relationship refers to research on forests in the field of human sciences, which encompasses, among others, research in humanities, behavioural sciences and social sciences. In our session, we study the diversity of HFRs and their historical, cultural, and societal impacts on forests and the use of forests.
| Bioeconomy and modern poetry – routes, works and people organising human-forest relations | Chairs Jaana Laine, Reetta Karhunkorva ja Tuulikki Halla | |
| 13.15 – 13.30 | Kuka sitoo hiilemme? Tieteestä innoittunut runous metsäsuhteiden jäsentäjänä | Karoliina Lummaa; University of Turku |
| 13.30 – 13.45 | Transforming socio-ecological mentalities? The case of the forest-based bioeconomy in Finland | Jana Holz; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany |
| 13.45 – 14.00 | What can we learn from forest conflicts in Europe? | Daniela Nousiainen, Blas Mola-Yudego; University of Eastern Finland |
| 14.00 – 14.15 | Retkeilyn esteettistä anarkiaa: Vaara-Kainuun retkeilyreitit kulttuuriympäristönä | Kristian Tuomainen; University of Jyväskylä |
| 14.15 – 14.30 | Discussion | |
| 14.30 – 14.50 | Break | |
| Experience, narrative, measurement and life – four research viewpoints to human-forest relationships | Chairs Sami Berghäll, Maija Halonen ja Jaana laine | |
| 14.50 – 15.05 | Ammatillisia metsäsuhteita tutkimassa – kokemukset ja niiden tulkinta | Tuulikki Halla; University of Eastern Finland |
| 15.05 – 15.20 | Metsänomistajien metsäsuhteita – Metsänomistajuus kulttuurintutkimuksen näkökulmasta | Reetta Karhunkorva; University of Eastern Finland |
| 15.20 – 15.35 | Metsäidentiteetti ja metsien erilaiset käyttömuodot – metsäsuhteen määrittelyä | Sari Pynnönen3, Katja Lähtinen3, Liina Häyrinen3, Sirpa Tani2, Sami Berghäll1; 1University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, 2University of Helsinki, Department of Education; 3Natural Resources Institute Finland |
| 15.35 – 15.50 | Kaskisavuista biotalouteen – metsäsuhteen kehitys 1700-luvulta tulevaisuuteen | Jan Kunnas; University of Jyväskylä |
| 15.50 – 16.00 | Discussion |
Programme and Zoom contact person:
Jaana Laine
jaana.laine ( ) helsinki.fi
Tel. +358 29 412 4862