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8.9.2021 13:29
In her doctoral dissertation, Elina Härkönen examines the actualisation of the principles of cultural sustainability in international art education in higher education. The study shows that place-specific teaching, which in its pedagogical orientation takes cultural diversity into account, promotes both local and cultural sustainability as well as integration of student groups.
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31.8.2021 15:30
Protecting fashion designs by copyright has been challenging. This has enabled large-scale copying of designs, which in turn has contributed to 'fast fashion' – a phenomenon that causes damage to the environment, human rights and cultural values. In her doctoral dissertation in the field of law, Heidi Härkönen states that copyright is one of the several legal means at our disposal to foster sustainable development of fashion.
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20.8.2021 11:30
Automotive industry is going through a digital transformation and striving to expand its business models into new mobility solutions. Their core product-driven business is expanding to service-orientated business models which requires a new set of expertise and capabilities. Linus Schaaf (M.A.) examines in his doctoral dissertation the possibilities to use service design in business development for human-centered accelerated decision-making by application of digital co-creation.
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2.6.2021 13:30
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31.5.2021 11:45
The Sámi archive materials can soon be searched through a new digital search service. The name for the new search service, Nuohtti, was chosen through an international competition, where the public were invited to present suggestions.
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26.4.2021 16:50
Feelings of Nature is a group exhibition that highlights the Northern nature relationship. The exhibition reflects the growing concern for the environment, current environmental activism and the everyday but deep connection of nature that Northerners have. The artists of the exhibition are based in Lapland and work at the Faculty of Art and Design in the University of Lapland in the fields of arts education and applied visual arts.
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22.4.2021 8:30
Featuring an international, multidisciplinary team of authors, a new book explores how arts-based methods can be utilised in developing more horizontal, democratic and reciprocal research practices. The purpose is to create new approaches, methods and processes for participatory research that supports the perspectives, needs and interests of research participants in their place-based and cultural contexts.
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24.3.2021 11:00
The new international Master’s degree in service design, "the Service Design Strategies and Innovation" (SDSI) envisages to kick off in the Fall 2021. The new programme focuses on interdisciplinary studies and cross-specialisation in design, business, technologies and social sciences. Graduates will be awarded with a Master’s double degree, one from the University of Lapland and one from the Art Academy of Latvia.
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22.3.2021 9:00
The new BioARTech laboratory in the Faculty of Art and Design focuses on bioart and its connections to art and research.
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4.3.2021 9:00
Around the world, there are not as many women in the workforce as there are men. This reality also holds true in the field of graphic design (GD). The fact that women usually excel in their studies but are not equally well represented in the job market has drawn particular attention. MA Yue Zhao explores the lower status of female graphic designers in the workforce as compared with males and the possible reasons for this situation.
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28.12.2020 11:00
Service designers often act as facilitators in co-creation workshops, and they need specific skills to ensure a positive participant experience. The facilitator needs to be capable of creating a sense of togetherness and optimizing interaction in order to allow the flow of collective creation. The study by Mariluz Soto, MA, aims to broaden our understanding of emotions in service design processes and presents three essential skills that help facilitators in their work.
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1.12.2020 11:00
The number of couples who find themselves in a long-distance relationship is increasing for a wide range of reasons. For example, the current outbreak of COVID-19 has kept numerous loved ones apart. M.Des. Hong Li argues that there is a gap between research-based knowledge of the needs of long-distance relationship couples and the practical solutions actually available for them. Her study contributes to bridging this gap by mediating emotional communication through unconventional user interfaces that use interaction solutions outside of the scope of their conventional use.
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9.9.2020 10:00
Culture-based Service Design Doctoral Programme celebrates the publication of five doctoral dissertations this autumn. The candidates’ research topics are related to Wicked Problems, Artificial Intelligence, Northern Design, Service Design Workshops and Unconventional Computer-Mediated Emotional Communication Systems. Together these dissertations create considerable new contributions of knowledge and theory on service design in both European and Global perspectives.
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1.6.2020 12:09
The Changing Winter exhibition shows winter as we know it, reminding us of what we stand to lose, and it illustrates some of the changes that are already noticeable. The photos in the freezing summer exhibition are captured by three leading nature photographers in Finland.
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25.5.2020 14:59
In order to celebrate International Arts Education Week (25.-31.5.2020) students of primary teacher education publish State of Emergency” -videos.
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4.3.2020 10:11
Finnish Nature Photographs of the Year 2019 are on display in spring exhibition in Arktikum Science Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland. The new exhibition presents the winners of The Nature Photographs of the Year Competition. The winner photograph is “Bear and Raven” by Ville Heikkinen.
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14.2.2020 15:35
The winners of the Christmas stamp design competition, organized by Posti and University of Lapland’s Faculty of Art and Design, have been selected. The three winners were picked out of a total of 174 entries, and two of them will be featured in the Christmas stamps released next November.
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4.12.2019 12:45
A number of artistic publications will be presented during December 2019 and January 2020 by the researchers of the ‘Co-Stars’ service design research group, and the Academy of Finland-funded projects Arctic Design and Art and Floating Peripheries.
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1.11.2019 8:59
SEEYouth research project is focusing on developing new ways to prevent youth marginalization, improving youth employment and increasing opportunities for the youth through design and Art Based Research (ABR). Multi-disciplinary project utilizes social sciences and arts in the development of Trans-Atlantic Mirroring (T-AM) method. This enables to create holistic and analytical view on complex societal challenges through design and art-based methods.
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27.8.2019 15:16
Future Bio-Arctic Design (F.BAD) project develops organic, non-toxic and durable mosquito repellent textile. Through interdisciplinary scientific research and textile design, we take a stand on climate change, chemical overloading and toxic finishing of textiles.
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