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Riina Haanpää is a university lecturer in Cultural Heritage Studies at the University of Turku, Finland, affiliated with the School for Cultural Production and Landscape Studies. Her academic work centers on the intersection of cultural research, memory studies, and intangible heritage.
Her research interests focus on oral history and the interaction between official and unofficial knowledge in cultural heritage processes. Key areas include memory studies, intangible heritage, human-environment interaction in cultural landscapes, and community-based heritage practices. Her work often examines how everyday cultural practices and spaces, such as public saunas, function as intangible cultural heritage.
Her recent publications reveal strong trends in cultural landscape studies, with particular attention to sustainable approaches to heritage management. Her research bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in community heritage contexts, often employing oral history methodologies to explore how communities narrate and preserve their heritage. The work demonstrates increasing focus on the relationship between tangible and intangible heritage elements within cultural landscapes.
Riina Haanpää actively participates in academic discourse, as evidenced by her session on Local Conservation and Heritage Communities of World Heritage Site Old Rauma. She engages with critical heritage studies frameworks and contributes to discussions about how heritage functions as an agent of social change.
