And other things I carried home from Finland This summer I have been working as an apprentice at the Pieni Kulttuuripuoti (engl. Little Culture Shop) in Finland. For 20 years, the shop has organised cultural […]
Category: Finnish stories
Forest thresholds for the dead
When grief arrives, we often expect to handle it quickly and in private. But in the old traditions of Eastern Finland and Karelia, grief was handled more gently. Grief was shared out loud and held by […]
On Nature Connection
Naming or framing our relationship with the world as a “nature connection” is a bit risky. When we use those words, we somehow assume that it is going to be easily definable in a way […]
An ecomyth: Rewriting and living the Kalevala’s Nine diseases and sampo
Eco + MythologyEco from oikos: home, household.Myth from mythos: story, narrative.Logy from logos: knowledge, deep inquiry. Eco+Mythology is the art and practice of creating new stories, ceremonies, and rituals calibrated to the needs, challenges, and resources of our time. We live […]
Micro Rituals to Connect to Place and Time Through the Senses
This is part II of the blogpost series In appley cycles – Tales from the micro orchard , which takes you into the world of small rituals – specifically ways to arrive into new places and […]
Finnish weird magical realism: re-enchanted Landscapes and ecofeminist thoughts in Karila’s ‘Summer Fishing in Lapland’
I’ve recently developed a new fascination: magical realism as a genre to understand the depths of other places. I’m captivated by the way authors create new folklore, or weave existing folklore into their stories, and […]
A micro-fermentation of the poem ”in appley cycles” with other alchemists during the NSU Summer Symposium in Finland
During the 2025 Summer Symposium of the Nordic Summer University in Finland, our study circle on the ecology of transformative learning practices with/in a more-than-human world explored the overarching theme of economy, woven through our […]
Forest bathing and foregrounding plants in Finland – two ecofeminist choices
This blog post offers guidelines on photography inspired by care ethics, particularly during intimate experiences such as forest bathing. It also acknowledges the practical need for promotional materials for our study circle and small enterprises, […]
Photovoice in Finland: What can we learn from the more than human world about economy?
This blog post is linked to our study circle about learning with the more-than-human-world at the Nordic Summer University, specifically to the first summer symposium, which took place in Finland from 21 to 28 July […]
A fishbowl in Finland: Moomins, queer ecology, decolonizing art practices, whiteness and Sápmi
During the 2025 Summer Symposium in Finland, our study circle on transformative learning practices with the more-than-human world at the Nordic Summer University organized a fishbowl discussion—a participatory format where a smaller group (the “inner […]