Vihreä museo

Ilmolahti, Oona; Lähteenmäki, Maria; Karhu, Jani; Osipov, Alexander

doi:10.30666/elore.77208

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…On the difference between human (culture) and nature, their interconnectedness, and related policy change, seeIlmolahti, Lähteenmäki, Karhu & Osipov 2018, 1-20. 18 Baldacchino 2007Pugh & Chandler 2021. https://doi.org/10.21435/sfh.27…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Lake Ladoga. The Coastal History of the Greatest Lake in Europe

2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aimed at researchers, students and all interested in history, this multidisciplinary study offers a spectacular view of the history of Europe’s largest lake. Adopting the lens of coastal history, this edited volume presents the development of the vast Great Lake’s catchment area over a long-time span, from archaeological traces to Viking routes and from fishery huts to luxury villas of the power elite. It reflects on people’s sensory-historical relationships with aquatic nature, and considers the benefits and harms of power plants and factories to human communities and the environment. The focus of the study is on the central and northern parts of the shores of Lake Ladoga, which belonged to Finnish rule between 1812 and 1944. The multidisciplinary approach permits an unusually wide range of questions. What has the Great Lake meant to local residents in cultural and emotional terms? How should we conceptualize the extensive and diverse networks of activities that surrounded the lake? What kind of Ladoga beaches did the Finns have to cede to the Soviet Union at the end of the war in 1944? How have Finns reminisced about their lost homelands? How have the Russians transformed the profile of the region, and what is the state of Ladoga’s waters today? The volume is the first overall presentation of Lake Ladoga, which today is entirely part of Russia, aimed at an international readership. The rich source material of cross-border research consists of both diverse archival material and chronicles, folklore, reminiscence, and modern satellite images. The history of Lake Ladoga helps readers to understand better the economic, political, and socio-cultural characteristics of the cross-border areas, and the dynamics of the vulnerable border regions.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Lake Ladoga. The Coastal History of the Greatest Lake in Europe

2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Luonto historiakuvan loimilangaksi? Luonnonympäristölle annetut merkitykset pohjoiskarjalaisessa matkailussa

Ilmolahti

2019

matk

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nature and culture are often seen as two separate entities in the travel industry. In this article, it is argued that nature is an essential part of human culture, and nature tourism should also be interpreted through cultural concepts. Cultural nature is addressed by examining the historical imaginaries used in the tourist attractions within the North Karelia Biosphere Reserve in Eastern Finland. The main scope of interest is how nature is implicated in the local narratives of the past, and how history and nature are intertwined in nature attractions such as national parks. The findings will be viewed with the help of a museological significance assessment, which enables the examination of the different meanings given to cultural nature in tourism. The cultural information about local nature and human traces of human life in nature can be regarded as enhancing the attractiveness of the area and as constituting an integral part of the nature experience. National parks can be seen as nature museums, which originally sought to preserve samples of virginal forests, thus representing the nature relationship of the previous generations. Nature, the key attraction of the area, is deeply connected with the local history culture and imaginaries of the exotic wilderness of Karelianism. The national romantic view bypasses to some extent the local experience and stories by emphasising the 19th-century national romantic artists and images related to historical Border Karelia.

show abstract

Ecotourism in Russian Karelia: Emergence, development, opportunities

Osipov¹

2019

matk

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This review article examines the development of ecotourism in national parks in the Republic of Karelia over the last 30 years. In Russia, the term “ecotourism” has appeared in newspapers and scholarly articles since the 1990s and its popularity is still increasing. The authorities in the Republic of Karelia have argued that tourism and especially ecotourism have the potential to become a major sector of the Republic’s economy. This article focuses on the meaning of this term internationally, and especially in the context of Russia and Karelia, and considers this definition through the lens of conventional historiography. The key issue of this research is the triangular relationship between ecotourists, local communities and wildlife conservation areas or national parks, where ecotourism functions as a major tool, connecting all these points. This paper applies comparative historical research methods as part of a qualitative approach, analysing a variety of primary sources including archive materials, interviews and forum discussions. The article concludes that the slow growth of ecotourism, despite the attempts of regional authorities and the assistance of the European Union, is due to several reasons including remote locations, poor infrastructure and the lack of symbolic meaning for national parks.

show abstract

Vihreä museo

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Lake Ladoga. The Coastal History of the Greatest Lake in Europe

Lake Ladoga. The Coastal History of the Greatest Lake in Europe

Luonto historiakuvan loimilangaksi? Luonnonympäristölle annetut merkitykset pohjoiskarjalaisessa matkailussa

Ecotourism in Russian Karelia: Emergence, development, opportunities

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About