Promoting Value Practice in Museums Creates Impact

This article examines how museological value discussion can offer a tool for museum professionals to engage themselves in the current discourse regarding building sustainable futures. The focus of the article is on collection care and collection development. It describes the latest interview and workshop results regarding museum values in the field of collection development among Finnish museum professionals and students. In addition, it emphasizes the integration of theoretical knowledge and its practical application. Promoting and creating opportunities for value discussion among museum professionals increases the ability of these professionals to further engage in such value-related discourse with various stakeholders. Eventually, the benefits of this kind of value-based discussions are to be seen in the more coherent and focused ones regarding museological values between and among various parties, be they museum professionals, politicians, students or museum visitors. The initial idea for the interviews, and subsequently the workshops as well, emerged from a collection development survey conducted in 2012 among Finnish art museums, which was published in 2016 by the author. Based on the material analyzed at that time, it became clear that the issue of active values in Finnish museums would need further study.Peer reviewe

Aspects of administrative support in implementing inclusive education : a case study of three finnish comprehensive schools

Inclusive education is about all learners having a right to go to their local schools and receive support in learning there, instead of placing some learners in special schools and classrooms. It is a question of equality and human rights. In Finland, equality is highly appreciated, but the municipalities have differences in the implementation of inclusive education. Administration plays a role in supporting the implementation of inclusive education; however, inclusion requires changes to the whole educational organisation. The purpose of this study is to find out how inclusive education is implemented and how the administration supports it. This is a qualitative case study of three comprehensive schools in one Finnish municipality. The data have been collected from principals, teachers, administrators and decision makers. Official documents serve as additional sources. The research data have been analysed by using theory-guided content analysis. The research shows that inclusive education is implemented in schools in diverse ways. The teachers and principals seem to be open to try courageously new methods and solutions. The role of the administration is to create a working culture and resources so that this is possible. In addition, there needs to be firm guidance in the legislation and curricula since they provide the framework for school work. It also seems that knowledge and understanding, in addition to the right attitude is needed at every level of the educational organisation. Overall, a flexible organisational structure, openness to learning and development and a few pioneers to lead the change are needed

A Role for Authority Supervision in Impact Assessment? Examples from Finnish EIA Reviews

With the boom in mining in Fennoscandia, reconciliation of competing land use interests in governance procedures such as impact assessment has come to the fore. One of the functions that has been applied to varying degrees in national frameworks is supervision of the procedure by a responsible authority. This paper examines review statements issued in the context of mining project assessments in northern Finland – one of the countries implementing authority supervision. The study shows that third-party review may play a role in highlighting the importance of competing land use interest such as reindeer herding. Attention to such interests, however, remains limited by the application of spatial planning in the case and by consent processing, up until the end of the period examined. Among the lessons for impact assessment is the need for methodologies for accommodating anticipatory types of (practice-based and non-scientific) information. Unless these types of sources are considered valid, the possibility of substantializing anticipation and finding solutions along those lines will be missed, with the risk of making things on the ground worse before the need for mitigation measures is comprehended in the face of materializing impacts

Youths' and their guardians' prospects of reindeer husbandry in Finland

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Northern beauty : Barents visual arts in the 1970s and the 1980s

Lopullinen vertaisarvioitu käsikirjoitu

Youths' and their guardians' prospects of reindeer husbandry in Finland

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Bulletin of the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)

Published twice a year in PDF format DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Markus Lier, Jouni Hyvärinen, Essi Puranen PHOTOS: Varpu Heiskanen, Jouni Hyvärinen, Erkki Oksanen, Jussi Tiainen, Cover photo: Erkki Oksanen TRANSLATION: Pirkko Huuskonen @netsonic.fi3 The Metla Bulletin - A platform for dissemination of forest-related information - Hannu Raitio and Editorial Board 4 Metla - Focused to serve customers - Hannu Raitio 5 The forest monitoring programme has reduced emissions - Sinikka Jortikka 8 New software for driving efficiency in forest management - Satu Rasa 10 The forest sector in Eastern Europe facing challenges in forest management - Ján Ilavský 11 Genetic research revealing the secrets of wood - Ari Turunen 13 A wind of change blowing in Russian forests - Reeta Eskola 15 Column: Out of sight - out of funds? - Jari Parviainen 16 People at Metla: World traveller in the service of forest research Ari Turunen 18 Metla´s latest research news and current projects 19 Metla´s publications and upcomming events at Metla and partner organisation