Locals, Incomers, Tourists and Gold Diggers: Space, Politics, and the "Dark Heritage" Legacy of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland

Suzanne Elizabeth Thomas

Locals, Incomers, Tourists and Gold Diggers: Space, Politics, and the "Dark Heritage" Legacy of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland

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Abstract

This chapter explores the ways in which different people engage with and understand the material legacy of the German presence in Finnish Lapland from the time of the Second World War. The different notions of ‘scale’ are assessed through the ways in which scale relates to the so-called ‘dark’ heritage of this period and place, at local, regional, national and international levels. The research starting point has been the history of Finnish Lapland in the Second World War, including the so-called ‘Lapland War’ (1944–45), with contestations appearing between the public and private spheres, and differently-scaled notions of heritage making.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Politics of Scale : New Approaches to Critical Heritage Studies
Editors	Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Suzie Thomas, Yujie Zhu
Number of pages	13
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Publication date	15 Jan 2019
Pages	113-125
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78920-016-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-78920-017-1
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2019
MoE publication type	A3 Book chapter

Fields of Science

5143 Social and cultural anthropology
615 History and Archaeology

Access to Document

CHAPTER SEVENAccepted author manuscript, 540 KB

Lapland's Dark Heritage: Understanding the Cultural Legacy of Northern Finland's WWII German Materialities within Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Herva, V.-P. (Project manager), Thomas, S. (Participant), Seitsonen, O. (Participant), Koskinen-Koivisto, E. (Participant) & Lagerstedt, J. (Participant)
Royal Society of Edinburgh
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project

1 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
1 Editor of research anthology/collection/conference proceedings

Berghahn Books (Publisher)
Lähdesmäki, T. (Editor), Thomas, S. (Editor) & Zhu, Y. (Editor)
2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research anthology/collection/conference proceedings
Association of Critical Heritage Studies Third Biennial Conference
Thomas, S. (Speaker: Presenter)
30 Jun 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars

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Politics of Scale: New Approaches to Critical Heritage Studies. ed. / Tuuli Lähdesmäki; Suzie Thomas; Yujie Zhu. New York: Berghahn Books, 2019. p. 113-125.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

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Locals, Incomers, Tourists and Gold Diggers: Space, Politics, and the "Dark Heritage" Legacy of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland

Abstract

Fields of Science

Access to Document

Projects

Lapland's Dark Heritage: Understanding the Cultural Legacy of Northern Finland's WWII German Materialities within Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Activities

Berghahn Books (Publisher)

Association of Critical Heritage Studies Third Biennial Conference

Cite this