Johanna Turunen

Johanna Turunen

Senior Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
Room number
D 205
Email
johanna.k.turunen@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358408054511
Postal address
Seminaarinkatu 15
Fields of science
520 Other social sciences
616 Other humanities

Biography

Dr Johanna Turunen (she/her) works as a post-doctoral researcher in Contemporary Culture Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She is the leader of the Uncomfortable Museum project (Kone Foundation 2023-2027). She also works as a researcher in the ELABCHROM (EU 2023-2025) and HERIDI (Academy of Finland 2020-2024). For more information on the projects, see the links at the bottom of this page. 

Research interests

My research builds on the connections between critical heritage studies and post- and decolonial theory. My work covers topics such as the decolonization of museums and heritage; heritage activism; heritage diplomacy; identity politics and belonging; heritagization of European colonialism and slavery; and EU cultural heritage politics.

Publications

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Projects

hankekuva
Project

EU Heritage Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Inter-Heritage Dialogue (HERIDI)

HERIDI will scrutinize EU foreign policy and initiatives for external cultural relations that deal with cultural heritage.
Project

Establishing a Laboratory of Cultural Heritage in Central Romania (ELABCHROM)

ELABCHROM will increase capacity to achieve excellence in research and develop a laboratory of cultural heritage within the FORTHEM Alliance..