KAROL
Karoliinisesta instituutista palautuneen kallokokoelman monitieteinen tutkimus
Timetable: 01.01.2025- 31.12.2029
Project status: Active
Project personnel: Laura Arppe; Markku Oinonen, Shevan Wilkin
Funders: Koneen Säätiö
Budget: 300 000€ - 350 000€
Project external partners: Laura Arppe, Helsingin yliopisto, ajoituslaboratorio
Project website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570485848880
Strategic research and education profiles: Kulttuurinen muisti ja yhteiskunnan muutos
Sustainable development goals: Eriarvoisuuden vähentäminen
; Terveyttä ja hyvinvointia; Yhteisö ja kumppanuus
Summary: Karoliinisesta instituutista palautuneen kallokokoelman monitieteinen tutkimus, jossa tutkitaan vainajien alkuperää ja henkilökohtaista historiaa hyödyntämällä arkeologian, genetiikan, historiantutkimuksen, kamian, proteomiikan ja tietojenkäsittelytieteen menetelmiä.
Additional info: In August 2024, 82 skulls housed in the collections of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden were returned to Finland. The remains belong to individuals who lived between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries and originated from different parts of Finland and from diverse social backgrounds. Their identities, origins, and life histories have largely remained unknown.
The aim of the KAROL project is to investigate who these individuals were and what their lives were like. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the study will generate information on their chronology, health, diet, mobility, and kinship relationships. The project promotes an ethically sustainable and respectful approach to human remains and enables the construction of a more detailed and humane picture of people in the past. At the same time, it creates the conditions for unidentified individuals to be returned to their home regions for reburial.
The aim of the KAROL project is to investigate who these individuals were and what their lives were like. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the study will generate information on their chronology, health, diet, mobility, and kinship relationships. The project promotes an ethically sustainable and respectful approach to human remains and enables the construction of a more detailed and humane picture of people in the past. At the same time, it creates the conditions for unidentified individuals to be returned to their home regions for reburial.
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