Aura Colliander
aura.f.colliander@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3134-4370 |
Cultural heritage studies; plastic heritage; posthuman heritage studies; posthuman ethnography.
I have graduated as Master of Arts in 2020 in the Degree Programme in Cultural Production and Landscape Studies. My major was Cultural Heritage Studies.
I am preparing my dissertation about plastic heritage. My research combines the historical and material aspects of plastics and other materials with posthuman approaches, and I study plastics in the museum context.
My research is informed by posthuman ethnography and the concept of heritage assemblage. I consider the connections between places, materials and humans that participate in heritage assemblages.
The research provides knowledge about the relationship between humans and plastics in museums. The results of my research can also be applied outside of the museums into questions about plastic durability in other cultural contexts.
2022 Museum studies, lecture about plastics in museums
2021, 2022, 2023 Presence of cultural heritage: Discussions and practices (heritage studies, Finnish culture studies), level: advanced studies
In charge of planning the course and 1/3 of teaching.
Pre-recorded lecture video Looking at and with plastics
2021 & 2022 Cultural heritage (heritage studies), level: basic studies course
Lecture on plastic as a material, in material culture and as cultural heritage
2021 Material culture (ethnology and museology), level: intermediate studies
Pre-recorded lecture video on the relationship of human and plastics in the museum context
2021 Supervision and evaluation of master's thesis
- Kirja-arvio: Ihmisen ja kaupunkiympäristön suhde humanistisen tutkimuksen kohteena. Tanja Vahtikari, Terhi Ainiala, Aura Kivilaakso, Pia Olsson ja Panu Savolainen: Humanistinen kaupunkitutkimus.2021.ISBN 978-951-768-850-5 (2022)
- Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Kirja-arvio: Onko museoiden kokoelmissa tilaa uusille ajatuksille? Harrison, Rodney; DeSilvey, Caitlin; Holtorf, Cornelius; Macdonald, Sharon; Bartolini, Nadia; Breithoff, Esther; Fredheim, Harald; Lyons, Antony; May, Sarah; Morgan, Jennie & Penrose, Sefryn. Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices. 2020. ISBN 978-1-78-735602-3 (2022)
- MuseoPro
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Konservaattorista tutkijaksi eli käsityöstä käsitetyöhön (2022)
- Konservaattori-lehti
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Muovi on ajassamme muotoutuva kulttuuriperintö (2021)
- Turun Sanomat
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Museoiden tulee ottaa muovit haltuun (2021)
- MuseoPro
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Tutkimattomia ovat muovin tiet (2021)
- Humanistina Porissa
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Muovin kytkennät museossa. Uusmaterialistinen näkökulma materiaaliseen peliperintöön (2020) Aura Colliander
(Master’s thesis, polytechnic Master’s thesis (G2)) - The conservation of a vinyl-upholstered chair: PVC degradation and conservation (2017) Aura Colliander
(Unrefereed conference proceedings (B3)) - PVC-pinnoitteisen keinonahan konservointi. Aino Aallon suunnitteleman tuolin konservointi ja materiaalitutkimus (2016) Aura Colliander
(Polytechnic thesis, Bachelor’s thesis (G1))