Erkko Lecture Wrap-Up
Jane Cowan’s inaugural lecture at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies is insightful in more than one way not least […]
The Bureaucratization of Utopia – A Report
Our students do not dream of global change anymore! It is on these pessimistic words that Alessandro Monsutti opened our
The Gloss of Harmony
I spent much of my fieldwork at a department of the UK Government grappling with a confusing dynamic between civil
Essential Readings #ErkkoLecture
I am rereading some of my own articles and chapters as I prepare for today’s lecture, and I thought these
Jane Cowan on the OriÂgins of ‘MinorÂity’
Jane Cowan, the Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced
#HAUTALK: the tyranny of structurelessness and no end in sight
On June 11th 2018, David Graeber published an apology about the amount of time it took him to understand the
The Un(der)revealed Relations of Things in Museums: an introduction
I was at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam one fall afternoon when I decided to take a shortcut through the exhibition
Layers – A Photography Exhibition
Allegra has an extensive archive of photographs. These images are usually incorporated as supporting materials to written essays. This exhibition
What’s Left Behind – A visual essay #livesofobjects
Brook Andrew is an interdisciplinary artist who examines dominant narratives, often relating to colonialism and modernist theories. Through museum and
The Secret Life of Objects: Strategies for Telling New Stories in Exhibitions #livesofobjects
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects – Wislawa Szymborska, Polish poet It’s 2013 and I