Drawing on studies from Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Scotland, Relate North 2014 explores contemporary practices in arts based research and knowledge exchange in the fields of arts and design. The essays and reports in the book interpret the terms 'arts' and 'design' broadly to include, for example, crafts, indigenous making, media and also product and service design. By directing attention to Northern and Arctic perspectives on contemporary arts and design, often linking those to issues of sustainability and context sensitive research, the authors provide thought-provoking accounts of current practice in these regions.

Their writing helps advance our understanding of arts, design and visual culture education particularly among people living in Northern and Arctic areas. Relate North 2014 engages with the wider theoretical debates and will be of interest to a diverse audience including, for example, anthropologists, geographers, sociologists, artists, designers and art educators, practice-based researchers and those with a general interest in Northern and Arctic issues.

There are seven researchers from the University of Lapland among the writers: Professor Timo Jokela, Professor Glen Coutts, Professor Mirja Hiltunen, Doctoral Student Asthildur Jonsdottir, and with a collaborative article Professor Satu Miettinen, Laura Laivamaa and Mira Alhonsuo.




Relate North 2014
Engagement, Art and Representation
Review on Arctic Sustainable Art and Design
Timo Jokela & Glen Coutts (Eds.)
Lapland University Press 2014
171 pp., ISBN 978-952-310-989-6
29€ (Includes VAT 10%)
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