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A wonderful history, travel guide and photographic journey through Finland. Full color photography and interesting informative text make this a must have for those planning a trip to Finland, or to relive fond memories. ... Read more

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Material culture is something we can touch and can be touched by. It is simultaneously concrete artefacts and expression of values produced and shared by humans. But what is modern material culture like? Material culture has always played an essential role in ethnological studies. The object of ethnological study has been the culture itself, the life reflected in things and artefacts, and the beliefs that lie behind the material. But like the definitions of subjects and concepts, the very meaning of material culture in modern ethnology is manifold and therefore needs to be considered continuously and repeatedly anew. This book discusses material culture from various viewpoints, such as museums, everyday life and consuming. The focus is on modern things from honeymoon mementoes to sweaters and summer cottages. Articles are based on the papers presented in the IX Finnish-Hungarian Symposium on Ethnology which was held in Jyvaskyla, Finland on 24 to 27 August 2006. ... Read more

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Hvittrask, the dwelling and studio built by the architect trio Gesellius, Lindgren and Saarinen, counts amoung the pearls of Finnish architecture and yet has suffered oblivion and neglect for years. It was only until the Museum of Finnisn Architecture and the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design/the Museum of Applied Arts, suppported by funding from Kone Oy undertook to collate the output, and initiate a general survey, of Eliel Sarrirnen's Finnish Period. Text in Finnish and in English; 128 pages; illusrated throughout with black/white and color photographs. ... Read more