Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Education information
MA in Archaeology, Leiden University, The Netherlands (2008); PhD in Archaeology, University of Leuven, Belgium (2014); Docent in Archaeology, University of Helsinki, Finland (2021)
Description of research and teaching
I am University Lecturer in Museology in the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, where I teach on museum history, collection work, and community engagement, among other things. My research interests include museum and heritage ethics, object biographies, decolonisation and provenance issues, museum collection histories, and sensory archaeology. I am a founding member of the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires (2018-25), as well as steering committee member in the Una Europa focus area on Cultural Heritage and in the Helsinki Insitute of Sustainability Sciences.
I recently led two funded projects. The project "Making Home Abroad: Understanding Migrant Experiences and Heritage Implementation in Finland," funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, engaged communities with stored-away Middle Eastern objects in Finnish museum collections through 3D scanning technologies, teaching toolkits, and pop-up museums. The project "Religious Responses to Climate Change in the Southern Levant," funded by a UH 3-year project, studied the impact of past climatic changes on the rise and fall of Jewish ritual purification baths in Hasmonean-Roman Judaea through hydrological modelling and contextual archaeological analysis. In addition, I was also a co-PI of the NOS-HS Workshop series "Changing Hands, Changing Meanings: Researching Cultural Heritage Trafficking in the Nordic Region," in coordination with researchers at the universities of Agder, Stockholm and Turku.
(Photo by Lauri Laine.)
Fields of Science
- 6160 Other humanities
- Museology
- Museum studies
- Cultural heritage studies
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Collaboration and Cowriting in Ancient Near Eastern Studies: A White Paper by the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Bennett, E., Bonnie, R. & Töyräänvuori, J., 3 Jun 2024, 17 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Heritage ethics, intergenerational equity, and the publication of unprovenanced biblical texts
Bonnie, R., Apr 2024, Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions: Methodological Encounters and Debates. Nissinen, M. & Jokiranta, J. (eds.). Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, p. 487-516 30 p. (Resources for Biblical Study series; no. 106).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Social group identities and semantic domains in the ancient Near East
Lindén, K., Svärd, S., Alstola, T., Jauhiainen, H., Hardwick, S., Sahala, A., Debourse, C., Bennett, E., Tambs, L., Wasmuth, M., Holmqvist, E., Bonnie, R. & Lorenzon, M., 8 Aug 2024, In: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities . 39, 3, p. 917–935 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Afterword: on ethics, cultural capital, and sustainability
Bonnie, R., Lorenzon, M. & Thomas, S., 29 Sept 2023, Living Communities and Their Archaeologies in the Middle East. Bonnie, R., Lorenzon, M. & Thomas, S. (eds.). Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, p. 239-251 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Käsikirjoitukset vailla omistushistoriaa – miksi ongelma on myös meidän
Bonnie, R., 13 Mar 2023, In: Teologinen Aikakauskirja. 128, 1, p. 66-69 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Scientific
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Team 3: Material Culture and Community Heritage
Lahelma, A. (Principal Investigator), Bonnie, R. (Participant), Lorenzon, M. (Participant), Holmqvist-Sipilä, E. (Participant), Kouki, P. (Participant), Miettunen, P. H. (Participant), Kovanen, H. (Participant), Thomas, S. (Participant), Saari, S. (Project manager), Smith, S. L. (Participant), Kautonen, S. K. (Participant), Kailamäki, U. (Participant), Holappa, M. (Participant), Cutillas Victoria, B. (Participant), Gheorghiade, P. (Participant) & Reinikainen, S. J. J. (Participant)
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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ANEE: Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Silverman, J. M. (Principal Investigator), Svärd, S. (Project manager), Lahelma, A. (Principal Investigator), Nikki, N. (Participant), Töyräänvuori, J. (Participant), Jokiranta, J. (Participant), Laine, L. (Participant), Kletter, R. (Participant), Bonnie, R. (Participant), Thomas, S. (Participant), Holmqvist-Sipilä, E. (Participant), Kouki, P. (Participant), Wasmuth, M. (Participant), Wallis, C. (Participant), Lorenzon, M. (Participant), Jauhiainen, H. (Participant), Jauhiainen, T. (Participant), Alstola, T. (Participant), Bach, J. (Participant), Fink, S. (Participant), Konstantopoulos, G. (Participant), Zaia, S. (Participant), Sahala, A. (Participant), Miettunen, P. H. (Participant), Avneri Meir, R. (Participant), Aissaoui, A. I. (Participant), Arpe, O. P. (Participant), Luukko, M. I. (Participant), Kovanen, H. (Participant), Linden, K. (Participant), Bennett, E. R. (Participant), Saari, S. (Participant), Vanderstraeten, E. (Participant), Autere, K. (Participant), Debourse, C. H. I. (Participant), Kailamäki, U. (Participant), Kautonen, S. K. (Participant), Spunaugle, A. (Participant), Tambs, L. (Participant), Jones, C. W. (Participant), Wijnsma, U. Z. (Participant), Valk, J. (Participant), Gheorghiade, P. (Participant), Autere, K. (Participant), Uotila, R. (Participant), Reinikainen, S. J. J. (Participant), Cutillas Victoria, B. (Participant), Holappa, M. (Participant), Kletter, R. (Participant), Smith, S. L. (Participant) & Pfoh, E. (Participant)
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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Future Development Fund:Local Museums as Spaces of Memory and History
Lahtinen, A. (Project manager), Bonnie, R. (Project manager), Olsson, P. (Project manager) & Lainto, J. (Project manager)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2022
Project: Other project
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Making Home Abroad: Understanding Migrant Experiences and Heritage Implementation in Finland
Bonnie, R. (Principal Investigator), Saari, S. (Participant), Wallis, C. (Participant) & Debenjak, A. (Participant)
01/06/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
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Religious Responses to Climate Change in the Southern Levant: Understanding the rise and fall of Jewish ritual purification baths in the Hasmonean-Roman period
Bonnie, R. (Principal Investigator), Kautonen, S. K. (Participant) & Aarnio, N. M. (Participant)
University of Helsinki, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
Datasets
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Kotona kulttuurissa – oppimateriaali (suomeksi)
Saari, S. (Creator) & Bonnie, R. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 8 Dec 2021
Dataset
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Making Home Abroad - Lesson packages (in English)
Saari, S. (Creator) & Bonnie, R. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 8 Dec 2021
Dataset
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Making Home Abroad: 3D digitization data of the cuneiform cylinder KM6560
Debenjak, A. (Creator) & Bonnie, R. (Supervisor), Fairdata.fi, 5 Dec 2021
DOI: 10.23729/cd8927bd-14a1-49c8-baf3-e1fece573278
Dataset
Activities
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Artefacta 2025: The Fourth International Artefacta Conference
Rauhala, A. (Member of organizing committee), Räisänen, R. (Chair of organizing committee), Suomela, J. (Secretary of organizing committee), Kirkinen, T. (Member of organizing committee), Tossavainen, M. (Member of organizing committee), Sahramaa, J. K. (Member of organizing committee), Plit, M. E. (Member of organizing committee), Bonnie, R. (Member of organizing committee) & Sadik, S. A. (Member of organizing committee)
13 Feb 2025 → 14 Feb 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Museum & Society (Journal)
Bonnie, R. (Reviewer)
19 Apr 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Strengthening Provenance Research in Museum Practices
Bonnie, R. (Speaker)
23 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals (Journal)
Bonnie, R. (Reviewer)
22 Feb 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture (Journal)
Bonnie, R. (Reviewer)
11 Jun 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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Muinaisia Aarteita Suomen Museoiden Kätköissä
Bonnie, R., Saari, S. & Debenjak, A.
09/12/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Raahen museon mittaamattoman arvokkaat antiikin aikaiset esineet tallennetaan 3D-muotoon
Debenjak, A., Bonnie, R., Saari, S. & Wallis, C.
09/08/2021 → 10/08/2021
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Tyhjenikö amme?
Bonnie, R., Holmqvist-Sipilä, E. & Kouki, P.
01/04/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media