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 auxquelles Hanna Kaisa Melaranta participe
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
Paper
Hanna Kaisa Melaranta, Teollisuusperintöseura/ TICCH Finland (Conférencier.ère)
Sessions auxquelles Hanna Kaisa Melaranta assiste
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Event
Lucie K. Morisset, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain (Modérateur.rice)
Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Présentateur.rice)
Christian Agbobli, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) (Présentateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Roundtable
Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Modérateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
Regular session
Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Modérateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
Regular session
Laurent Sauvage (Modérateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
Regular session
Lucie K. Morisset, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain (Modérateur.rice)
Bode Morin, Anthracite Heritage Museum (Modérateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
Regular session
Lucie K. Morisset, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain (Modérateur.rice)
Bode Morin, Anthracite Heritage Museum (Modérateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
Regular session
Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Modérateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
Regular session
Dr Györgyi Németh PhD, TICCIH Hungary (Modérateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
Regular session
Prof. Michel Rautenberg, université jean monnet (Modérateur.rice)
Écomusée du fier monde - Piscine
Cocktail
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
Tour
Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Présentateur.rice)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Event
Hildebrand de Boer, European Route of Industrial Heritage - ERIH e.V. (Participant.e)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Event
Repas
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Panel