Liisa Seppänen

Adjunct professor

University of Turku

Participates in 1 Session

Liisa Seppänen is adjunct professor of urban archaeology in Turku University. She has degrees both in archaeology (PhD, University of Turku) and cultural history (MA, University of Turku) and background also in business, marketing and communication. In her PhD Thesis (2012) she presented a comprehensive analysis of the construction activities and townscape of the medieval Turku, which is the oldest town of the present-day Finland and one of the biggest towns of the medieval Sweden. Since then she has continued with the subject and widened the perspective into town planning and urban development on a more multidisciplinary level. Seppänen is an experienced field archaeologist who has worked on large urban excavation projects. In 2013–2014 she conducted the largest excavations so far in Finland in the centre of the city of Lahti with more than 1,2 ha. The excavations in Lahti brought along new studies related to collaboration between different parties involved in city planning and construction as well as questions related to valuating, preserving and presenting cultural heritage. She is also interested in theoretical issues related to the processes of urban change and social complexity. She belongs to international network Archaeology, Architecture and Contemporary City Planning established in 2013. Main realizations / publications related to this topic: Seppänen, L. 2014. Digs, data collection and dissemination – any chance for wider collaboration? Architecture, Archaeology and Contemporary City Planning. Proceedings of the Workshop, Firenze 16–18th June. Eds. Giorgio Verdiani & Per Cornell. Firenze (Universita degli studi Firenze, Dipartimento di Architettura 2014, 115–124. Invited lectures: 1) University of Bergen 11.5.2015: How do we value the archaeological information and disseminate the past? 2) University of Turku 20.11.2014: Valuation and use of archaeological material in cultural heritage

Sessions in which Liisa Seppänen participates

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

11.00 There Are No Two Alike: History, Urban Heritage and Characterization of the City

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives II

Paper

Liisa Seppänen, University of Turku (Participant)

Finland is a country that is more noted for modern architecture and contemporary design than urban history and treasures of cultural heritage. T...

Sessions in which Liisa Seppänen attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:30

Public Debate: Heritage and Tourism | Débat public: Patrimoine et tourisme

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Athanase-David (D) - DR-200

Roundtable with simultaneous translation / Table ronde avec traduction simultanée

Mr. Craig Bennett Jr., Bennett Preservation Engineering PC, Charleston, South Carolina (Participant)

Martine Lizotte, École internationale d’hôtellerie et tourisme du Collège LaSalle (Moderator)

Pierre Mathieu, Explorateur Voyages (Participant)

France Lessard (Participant)

David Mendel, Mendel Tours (Participant)

What does heritage change for tourism? | Le patrimoine, ça change quoi au tourisme? Ce débat veut interroger les r...

13:00

What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum

2 hours, 13:00 - 15:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Workshop

Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Moderator)

Dr Adèle Esposito, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, UMR AUSser Architecture, Urbanistique, Société, France (Participant)

Zeynep Gunay, Istanbul Technical University (Participant)

Rodney Harrison, University College London (Participant)

Pedro Paulo Funari, Unicamp (Participant)

Prof. Ullrich Kockel, Intercultural Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University (Participant)

This forum will explore the current directions of critical heritage studies and what makes ACHS distinctive. Panel members will discuss what the...

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:00

La richesse du patrimoine | The Value of Heritage

9 hours, 8:00 - 17:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall

Exhibition

Le patrimoine, ça change quoi ? Ou plutôt, qu'est-ce que c'est ? Et pour qui ? Ces questions sont à l'origine de cette exposition conçue par les...

9:00

Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)

1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...

12:30

Heritage as Global Challenge

1 hour, 12:30 - 13:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-2518

Talk

kristian kristiansen, University of Gothenburg (Participant)

Prof. Ola Wetterberg, University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation (Participant)

A new Centre for Critical Heritage Studies in partnership between University College London and University of Gothenburg started in April 2016 a...

13:30

History Museums, Heritage and Visitors

3 hours 30 minutes, 13:30 - 17:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Regular session

Prof. Raymond Montpetit, Université du Québec à Montréal (Moderator)

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Re-Writing History in the Time of Late Capitalism : Uses and Abuses of Built Heritage

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Regular session

Dr Claudine Houbart, Université de Liège (Moderator)

Stéphane Dawans, University of Liege ULg (Moderator)

With his expression "ceci tuera cela," Hugo established almost two centuries ago a strong link between words and stones as transmission vehicles of...

17:00

ACHS 2016 General Assembly

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:00 - 18:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210

Talk

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Moderator)

19:00

Film Series: De engel van Doel

2 hours, 19:00 - 21:00

Signup required

Concordia, LB Building - LB 125

Prof. Marc Jacobs, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Moderator)

Directed by Tom Fassaert and presented by Marc Jacobs. ___ Doel, a Belgian village near the Dutch border, is disappearing quickly and d...

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives I

6 hours, 9:00 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S2.115

Regular session

Dr. Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (Moderator)

Dr. Grete Swensen, NIKU (Moderator)

Dr Kalliopi Fouseki, University College London (Moderator)

Cities are growingly being faced by social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges imposing health and social risks. Rapid urbanization, p...

Case Studies in Archaeology I

6 hours, 9:00 - 15:00

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV 1.605

Regular session

Prof. Allison Bain, CELAT, Université Laval (Moderator)

Prof. Réginald Auger, Université Laval, Département des sciences historiques, Canada (Moderator)

In addressing the theme of this conference, we argue that archaeology, above and beyond the traditional goals of research and post-excavation analy...

13:30

Co-Production in Heritage: Towards New Imaginaries. Part I: Co-Production in the Digital Environment

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.265

Regular session

Involving communities, visitors or the public is frequently presented as one of the major tasks of museums and heritage sites in current global mov...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives II

8 hours, 9:00 - 17:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S2.115

Regular session

Dr Kalliopi Fouseki, University College London (Moderator)

Cities are growingly being faced by social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges imposing health and social risks. Rapid urbanization, p...

Wednesday 8 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:30

Post-Conference Tour: The Mont Royal Summit

3 hours 15 minutes, 8:30 - 11:45

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Tour

||| This loop crosses the forest to the top of Mount Royal allowing a discovery of its fauna and flora. Beautiful views offer a unique perspecti...