Thursday, 27 April 2017

Poetic Archaeology @ the 8th International Conference on Artistic Research

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So looking forward to this presentation with Jan Martti Kaila on Saturday in Helsinki, Finland. THE 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIS...
Thursday, 20 April 2017

These WW2 helmets lay forgotten for decades in Hämeenlinna

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There they lay, tens and tens of discarded WW2 helmets including a Swedish M21/M26, an Italian M33, a Czech M34, a Sovjet M40 and a Sovjet M...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017

"Durchgangslager Hangö" Helsinki-Raseborg (Ekenäs)-Hanko-Turku-Raseborg (Karis)-Helsinki.

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Yesterday I ventured on a 12 hour long (car) journey to promote the scientific conflict archaeological research of "Durchgangslager Han...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017

A few more cleaned finds from "Durchgangslager Hangö" 7.3.2017.

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Today I spent most of the time at the "Poetic Archaeology" workspace at "Kaapelitehdas" arranging the find boxes with un...
Monday, 6 March 2017

The "Organisation Todt" Volkswagen made stoves from "Durchgangslager Hangö"

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There has been some discussions about the authenticiy of the VW markings on the "Organisation Todt" stoves found in "Durchgan...

A few more cleaned finds from "Durchgangslager Hangö"

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Today was a rather busy day, lots of finds and only a limited amount of time. I have decided to take it easy although at times it seems like...
Sunday, 5 March 2017

Helsingin Sanomat article about the conflict archaeology, finds and history of "Durchgangslager Hangö"

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A german coin found during the excavations of the German transition camp. Photo Jukka Gröndal/HS A lengthy article about the conflict ar...
Saturday, 4 March 2017

The scientific archaeological research of "Durchgangslager Hangö 1942-1944" and Poetic Archaeology.

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The scientific conflict archaeology research of "Durchgangslager Hangö" owes a lot to the photographic art project "Poetic Ar...
Tuesday, 21 February 2017

"Durchgangslager Hangö 1942-1944" midterm report. The archaeology of civilian and military encounters in Hanko 1942-1944.

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Since the beginning of the scientific research project in 2014 I have been conducting interviews with locals in Hanko, S. Finland, who remem...
Thursday, 16 February 2017

Thursday. A few of todays cleaned WW2 finds from Hanko!

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Today I was preoccupied with arranging the uncleaned WW2 finds from Hanko, S. Finland. I managed to do some cleaning too, mostly brittle uni...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Halfway through the cleaning process!

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Time for a celebration? Today I realized that I´m half way through the cleaning and sorting process. Lot´s of WW2 finds still in their plast...