
Hanna Kaisa Melaranta
Hanna-Kaisa Melaranta (MSc) is the president of TICCIH Finland (Teollisuusperintöseura) and the Director of Museum Services at the town of Varkaus.
Hanna-Kaisa Melaranta has been the president of TICCIH Finland since 2018. As the president she has been active starter of the discussion about intangible industrial heritage in Finland. Alone and with her colleague Kirsi Ojala she has been held various presentations about the concept of intangible industrial heritage, for example in Cimuset conference in Kioto, Japan in 2019.
As a director of the museum of industrial town she has been researching Industrial development of the town of Varkaus, Industrial community and industrial environments and sites. One of her main objectives is the accessibility of the industrial collections of photographs, archives and physical objects (see for industrial collections of Varkaus museums and three other industrial towns).
Hanna-Kaisa Melaranta is collaborating with the local town development company (Navitas Yrityspalvelut) in a project for developing the Varkaus workers’ housing area and the industrial sites as a site for tourism and business.
Hanna-Kaisa Melaranta is also collaborating with the University of Jyväskylä, Department of History and Ethnology with a qualitative, multidisciplinary research project People as keepers of intangible industrial heritage in 2020–2022 as a board member and as a part of the project team.
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Main publications:
- Hanna-Kaisa Melaranta: Matkaopas Varkauden teollisiin ympäristöihin (Guide to Varkaus industrial environments), 2019
- Mari Immonen and Hanna-Kaisa Melaranta: Kerroksien kaupunki (City of layers), 2011
- Various articles in biographies and other publications Various scripts for exhibitions, including Exhibition Ten Stories from the factory, Varkaus museums 2015-2021
Sessions in which Hanna Kaisa Melaranta participates
- Intangible industrial heritage – is that a thing ? Defining and recognizing intangible industrial heritage in Finland UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- Speaker Hanna Kaisa Melaranta (Teollisuusperintöseura/ TICCH Finland) |
- 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II
- This presentation focuses on the concept of intangible industrial heritage and how its features can be recognized locally and nationally through co...
- Paper
Sessions in which Hanna Kaisa Melaranta attends
- Opening of registration UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
- 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Word of Welcome UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Event
- Experts roundtable: the future of industrial heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Roundtable
- Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session presents case studies and policy reviews that contribute to ongoing debate and international dialogue on the role of planning syste...
- Regular session
- Photography and Industrial Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Industrial heritage and photography have a close relationship. Photography is a source for industrial archaeology. It sheds light on the links b...
- Regular session
- 20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session focuses on company towns from the perspective of urban planning. “Company towns” are here defined as single-enterprise planned comm...
- Regular session
- 20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session focuses on company towns from the perspective of urban planning. “Company towns” are here defined as single-enterprise planned comm...
- Regular session
- Critical approaches: social power, sustainability and decolonizing industrial heritage III UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Drawing on case studies from diverse social, cultural, and political contexts the papers in this session discuss...
- Regular session
- Identity, society, and industrial heritage preservation in Central and Eastern Europe I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Global and Local Section of TICCIH aims to continue its collaborative work by organising a separate session within the framework of the 18th...
- Regular session
- Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...
- Regular session
- Social gathering at Ecomusée du fier monde and launch of the congress' souvenir stamp
- Signup required Écomusée du fier monde - Piscine
- 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 2 hours
- Cocktail
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- Early bird tour: Walking the Postindustrial Lachine Canal (postponed to Friday)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Walkers will meet at the entrance (there is only one) of Lionel Groulx Metro and from there walk along the canal to t...
- Tour
- TICCIH National representatives session UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this meeting, TICCIH representatives from around the world will present work in the field of industrial h...
- Event
- TICCIH National representatives session II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- In this meeting, TICCIH representatives from around the world will present work in the field of industrial h...
- Event
- Lunch : barbecue event with Tout un Fumoir
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- To keep you in shape for the TICCIH General Meeting, we are offering a special lunch, prepared on site on a smokehouse by Ron Wiser. Her...
- Repas
- TICCIH General meeting of members UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- At every World Congress, the international TICCIH community celebrates a General Assembly of its members. The event is open for any registered m...
- Panel