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5.9.2025

From Field to Festival: New Potatoes and Finland-Swedish Song Traditions in Nauvo

Text, pictures & lyric translations: Kaj Ahlsved (Cover picture: Gittan Holmberg performing as Evita Päron singing unaccompanied “potato songs”. The traditional Finnish horn septet “Sointu-seitsikko” performed separately. ) The archipelago community of Nagu has a rich cultural life—among other things, several music festivals and events that enrich the everyday life and cultural experience of the permanent […]

1.9.2025

When the Recorded Soundscape Roars and Rumbles — Exploring wind noise, hidden frequencies, and the collaborative work of the microphone, ears, and moving air

Text, images, audio: Anne Tarvainen In the cultural study of sounds, field recordings are not intended to produce a high-fidelity auditory replica of the original environment. Instead, they serve as research memos—reminders of the places and situations encountered in the field. Weeks or months later, listening back to the recordings can vividly transport the researcher […]

9.6.2025

Ethnography on Mediation: Musica Mobilis and Sonic Effect  

Text: Heikki Uimonen The SOMECO research team organised a soundscape workshop at Nauvo Library on 4 June. We were well rehearsed and prepared to present the project to the audience in Swedish and Finnish, and to play recordings of previous studies carried out 25 years ago. Above all we were also very much looking forward […]

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22.11.2024

Heading to the Field

Heikki Uimonen — Dear all This is to let you all know that the Someco research team is packing their fieldwork bags and preparations are well underway. Collecting recording equipment and related documentation tools, filling in the necessary research forms, contacting villagers, etc. is slowly but surely being done. We’re familiarising ourselves with the existing […]

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