Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Heidi Henriikka Mäkelä (PhD, MMus, title of Docent) is a folklorist at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She also works as a lecturer in folk music at the University of the Arts Helsinki. She specialises in the production of Finnishness and spatiality in contemporary Finland in relation to Kalevala-metric oral poetry and intangible cultural heritage. Her research interests include ICH, folklore, nationalism, cultural appropriation, landscape, spirituality, medievalism, and folk music. Furthermore, Mäkelä has studied the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 ICH Convention in Finland.
Education/Academic qualification
Folklore Studies, Title of Docent, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 1 Jun 2023
Folklore Studies, PhD, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 14 Feb 2017
Folk Music, Mmus, Taideyliopisto
Award Date: 31 Dec 2013
Folklore Studies, MA, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 10 Nov 2009
External positions
Visiting Researcher, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Dec 2023 → …
Lecturer, University of the Arts Helsinki
1 Sept 2023 → 31 May 2025
Fields of Science
- 6160 Other humanities
- Folklore Studies
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Nation-space and the transtemporal woodlands: The politics of the past in the heritagised narratives on forests in twenty-first century Finland
Mäkelä, H. H. & Linkola, H., 2 Apr 2024, Routledge International Handbook of Heritage and Politics. Bozoğlu, G., Campbell, G., Smith, L. & Whitehead, C. (eds.). Oxon: Routledge, p. 362–379 18 p. (Routledge Handbooks on Museums, Galleries and Heritage).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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The Alluring Past: Progressive Heritagisations of Traditional Sexual Poetry in the Field of Contemporary Folk Music in Finland
Mäkelä, H. H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Ethnologia Europaea.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The Spiritual Forest: An Ethnographic Exploration of Finnish Forest Yoga and the Forest Landscape
Mäkelä, H. H., Leiwo, L., Linkola, H. & Rinne, J., 17 Feb 2024, In: Landscape Research. 49, 2, p. 163–175 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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”Hankalaa lukea kaiken raamatulla hujauttelun vuoksi”: H. G. Porthanin Vanhojen suomalaisten tietoperäisestä ja käytännöllisestä taikauskosta -teos Salakirjojen näköispainoksena
Mäkelä, H. H. & Kunnas, L., 4 Nov 2024, In: Auraica Scripta a Societate Porthan edita. 15, 1, p. 24–38 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Aineellisuus, suullinen runous, myyttinen tieto ja eletty ympäristö (ASME) – Materiality, Verbal Art, Mythic Knowledge and the Lived Environment [project presentation]
Frog, Ahola, J., Barber, J., Karlsson, T., Kohonen, S., Lukin, K. & Mäkelä, H. H., 2023, In: ISFNR Newsletter. 10, p. 58–59 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Scientific
Open Access
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Folklore metsässä. Uusvilpittömät tulkinnat metsästä ja kansanperinteestä 2000-luvun Suomessa
Mäkelä, H. H. (Project manager) & Linkola, H. (Participant)
01/01/2023 → 30/04/2023
Project: Research project
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ASME: Aineellisuus, suullinen runous, myyttinen tieto ja eletty ympäristö – Materiality, Verbal Art, Mythic Knowledge and the Lived Environment
Frog, M. (Project manager), Mäkelä, H. H. (Participant), Ahola, J. (Participant), Karlsson, T. (Participant), Kohonen, S. (Participant), Barber, J. B. (Participant) & Lukin, K. (Participant)
01/01/2021 → 30/04/2024
Project: Research project
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MuMOC: Academy of Finland research project The Muted Muses of Oral Culture. Ideology, transnationalism and silenced sources in the making of national heritages and literatures
Tarkka, L. (Project manager), Saarelainen, J. K. (Participant), Karhu, H. (Participant), Hämäläinen, N. (Participant), Kallio, K. (Participant) & Mäkelä, H. H. (Participant)
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
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Omistajuus, kieli ja kulttuuriperintö – Kansanrunousideologiat Suomen, Karjalan tasavallan ja Viron alueilla
Stepanova, E. (Project manager), Mäkelä, H. H. (Principal Investigator), Kalkun, A. (Principal Investigator), Tarkka, L. (Participant) & Fewster, D. (Participant)
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research project
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Cultural Meanings and Vernacular Genres (CMVG)
Tarkka, L. (Other), Anttonen, P. (Participant), Apo, S. (Participant), Siikala, A.-L. (Participant), Salmi-Niklander, K. (Participant), Latvala, P. (Participant), Survo, A. (Participant), Frog, M. (Participant), Ahola, J. (Participant), Hyvönen, J. T. (Participant), Kallio, K. (Participant), Koski, K. (Participant), Naarminen, N. (Participant), Lukin, K. (Participant), McKeough, A. (Participant), Misharina, G. (Participant), Ojanen, K. (Participant), Savolainen, U. (Participant), Stark, E. (Participant), Stepanova, E. (Participant), Sykäri, V. (Participant), Mäkelä, H. H. (Participant) & Hämäläinen, N. (Participant)
24/02/2011 → 24/02/2011
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
Prizes
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Kalevala Society's Kekri Day Award for Young Researchers 2019
Haapoja-Mäkelä, H. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Porthan-seuran kirjoituskilpailun vertaisarvioidun artikkelin palkinto
Mäkelä, H. H. (Recipient) & Kunnas, L. K. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The Finnish Ethnomusicological Society's Article Prize 2021
Mäkelä, H. H. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Reetta Näätäsen taiteellisen tohtorintutkinnon arvostelulautakunnassa toimiminen (Sibelius-Akatemia / Taideyliopisto)
Mäkelä, H. H. (Participant)
Mar 2024Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
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Kaustinen ICH Academy
Valo, O. (Speaker: Presenter) & Mäkelä, H. H. (Speaker: Presenter)
9 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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From Forests to Heritage 2024 Conference
Kunnas, L. K. (Speaker: Presenter) & Mäkelä, H. H. (Speaker: Presenter)
31 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Dosenttihakemuksen arvioiminen / Turun yliopisto
Mäkelä, H. H. (Participant)
Jun 2024Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
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Landscape Research (Journal)
Mäkelä, H. H. (Reviewer)
2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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Haastateltavana Myyttinen tieto -podcastissa
20/05/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu Voima-lehdessä
Linkola, H. & Mäkelä, H. H.
11/04/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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SKS Keskustelemuksia -podcast: Nationalistinen ruokaperinne
Kaarlenkaski, T. & Mäkelä, H. H.
09/11/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Radio Helsinki / Musiikin juurilla / haastattelu
25/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Yle Radio 1 / Kulttuuriykkönen / haastattelu
01/12/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media