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TAKUN viides JOULU : Tai…, 2025 / Pieni faabeli, 2025
No full textTai…, 2025. Kollaasi.Pieni faabeli, 2025. Akvarellikollaasi
Going without Knowing : Neljä valotusta menneisyydestä - Four Exposures from the Past 2019/2025
No full textAnaloginen kaksoisvalotus filmille, pigmenttivedos
Going without Knowing : Meren ilot ja teosofia - The Amusements of the Sea and the Theosophy, 2021 / Vapaa aika - Free Time, 2023
No full textMeren ilot ja teosofia / The Amusements of the Sea and the Theosophy, 2021. Oil, alkyd, acrylic, epoxy resin and glass paint on wood and hardboard. Vapaa aika / Free Time, 2023. Oil, alkyd, acrylic, epoxy resin and glass paint on wood and acrylic sheet. <br/
Glimpsing Speculative Utopias:Envisioning Futures
No full textThis exposition explores the concept of speculative utopias within artistic research, offering glimpses into potential futures at the intersection of artistic imagination and futures thinking. Developed as textual concepts, these speculative utopias serve as vehicles for envisioning inclusive and sustainable futures, addressing complex socio-economic, cultural, and environmental challenges. The study employs a multidisciplinary approach by integrating aerial photography of Iceland’s landscapes with futures thinking methodologies and artistic research practices. These photographs function not merely as documentation but as speculative utopias that prompt critical reflection on climate adaptation, socio-political transformation, and public engagement. A unique aspect of the research is the use of artificial intelligence (ChatGPT), which supported iterative narrative development and reflexive inquiry. Through this exploration, the research offers alternative visions for resilient futures catalysing transformative dialogue and deepening reflection on the politics of the present while imagining possibilities for the world to come
What does it take to make a workplace just and green?:Systemic human factors approach
No full textHalting environmental degradation requires workplaces to undergo a profound shift towards ecologically sustainable work that challenges customary growth oriented thinking and holds justice and the well-being of workers as a core value. Structures and practices of workplaces provide a critical link through which this transition could be achieved. However, there is a lack of clear and systemic definition and an easily applicable model to guide workplaces to become both just and green. In this paper, we aim to define the key characteristics of a just green workplace by using human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) as the underlying theoretical approach. Humans are positioned as the core component across all system levels. Thus, we posit that the HF/E approach can serve as a fundamental building block for just green workplaces. It helps shift the focus of the currently prevailing technology-, administration- and (de)growth-oriented green transition towards one that is more human-centric, contextually aware, as well as competence- and developmentally oriented. We apply a HF/E Tool to two case examples from different sectors to demonstrate the systemic, underlying factors of just green work at the individual, work, group, and organisational levels. Based on the findings, we present criteria and recommendations for a just green workplace. In addition, the value and development needs of the HF/E approach in fostering sustainability are discussed
“It Doesn’t Rise to the Level of Crisis That Other Situations Would”:Indigenous Self-Determination and Gendered Violence in Alaska
No full textIs gender violence considered a part of advancing Indigenous self-determination in Alaska? What are the key jurisdictional, institutional, infrastructural, and community level challenges in combating violence against Alaska Native women? Few studies have considered the relationship between gender violence and Alaska Native sovereignty. I address this gap by employing the theory of relational Indigenous self-determination and drawing on research interviews with Indigenous women in Alaska and analyzing the data in light of two recent legislative changes: the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, and the legislation that formally recognizes Alaska Native tribes in the state of Alaska. The findings demonstrate that persistent questions about Alaska Native jurisdiction stemming from the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) limit considering violence against Indigenous women and Indigenous self-determination as issues that need to be addressed in tandem
Scales of trust:an exploration of the social licence to operate of mining at the societal level
No full textThis thesis is an exercise in theory building around the function of SLO at the societal scale. A well-established concept applied at the scale of local communities, research on the nature of SLO at the societal scale is still at a nascent stage. There are many reasons for this including the challenge of defining who comprises ‘society,’ whether trust can underlie a relationship between society and industry given the complexity of actors, and the blurring of the SLO concept itself as a private governance mechanism given the levers of change involve policy makers and legislation. There also exists an ideological obstacle, as some academics hesitate to explore scales beyond the community because it suggests a possible diluting of social licence as it is understood, that power lies in a community as it does in government. To delve more deeply into these issues, the research begins with the proposition that SLO is a concept with the community-company relationship at its core, but that it is scalable, meaning the drivers, actors and relationship-building goals can be scaledup from the community level to the societal level. This idea has been operationalised via development of the Scalar SLO Model, which integrates within a single model the drivers of acceptance and loss at both scales. In so doing, the model ultimately allows testing both intra- and inter-scales to address the objective of the thesis, explaining the mechanism behind the functioning of societal SLO and to determine its relevance for a community’s acceptance of a mining project.The community and societal scales are integrated in the model through shared drivers of gaining or losing trust and acceptance. As the drivers of community SLO can be scaled up to also function as the drivers of societal SLO, so too are the roles that trust and acceptance play. Where a company must build a relationship with a community based on trust for there to be acceptance of a project, so too must industry build a trust-based relationship with society for there to be acceptance of the mining industry. One important difference between the Scalar SLO Model and other models is the incorporation of government as a foundational driver both at the community and societal scales. Previously, government was theorised to have a role in SLO, albeit undefined, only at scales beyond the community.The research is situated in Europe, where welfare democracies have positioned the state to act as the gatekeeper of mining acceptance and where the majority of societal level research and practice on SLO has been undertaken. Testing of the Scalar SLO Model reveals that the drivers and roles of trust and acceptance do not scale neatly. This has provoked a re-thinking of SLO as a scalar concept to one more contingent on the satisfaction of preconditions and drivers. Government and its associated legal and regulatory frameworks are not, as originally assumed, the foundational driver of societal SLO but rather a precondition for the relationship-building between industry and society to then begin. In Europe, fulfilment of the preconditions is a large part of developing trust and acceptance.Development of the Scalar SLO Model is rooted in the extant SLO models with additional research on trust-building in Finland and Spain. The subsequent testing of the model to determine the accuracy of the drivers and the influence between scales necessitated a further refinement of the individual drivers at each scale. These more nuanced drivers allow for the testing of the interactions and influences of the scales themselves, both in terms of the effect scale has on SLO and the effects different scales have on one another. The outcomes are a result of utilizing multiple methods consisting of both qualitative and semi-quantitative data analysis.The model and the thesis in general respond to the quickly evolving discourse and legislative actions now taking place in Europe. From 2008 when raw materials first appeared on the European Commission’s agenda to the present day, the importance of incentivising critical and strategic raw materials production for the energy transition has leapt to the top of the Commission’s policy priorities. The lightning-fast process of adopting the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) is the clearest demonstration of this. Incentivising mining and gaining a social licence are not, however, the same. Concerns as to the loose environmental and social standards in the CRMA have already been voiced by civil society. With the sufficiency of the preconditions questionable, efforts by the mining industry to build relationships with the broader public are not likely to succeed and tensions around mining activities will probably increase.What began as an enquiry into SLO as a two-tiered concept of community scale and societal scale, where the broad-gauge public acceptance of the mining industry was thought to be important for the local acceptance of mining projects, has resulted in several surprising findings. The first is that societal and community SLO are each comprised of preconditions and drivers with good governance and strong legal frameworks being the preconditions at the societal scale. It is not clear what the preconditions for the community scale are precisely as the research focuses on the functioning of societal SLO, but it is clear they exist and are related to governance. Fulfilment of these preconditions are necessary before the trust-building work industry must subsequently undertake with society, based on the drivers, can begin. The second finding is that SLO at the societal scale is not important for the local acceptance of a project. What matters for acceptance is the community-company relationship and the ability to negotiate issues that happen at the site level. Societal acceptance plays a supportive role to community acceptance and is dependent on it. The third finding is that because the reconditions are so important at the societal level, there is little room for the mining industry to build relationships with the general citizenry because there are fewer benefits that industry has the power to negotiate. This could change over time, for example, if the public feels the preconditions are adequate and they demand more from industry. For now, however, the space for relationship-building in Europe is minimal
Vapaan todistusteorian merkitys oikeudenkäynnissä erityisesti hyödyntämiskiellon näkökulmasta
No full textVapaaseen todistusteoriaan perustuvassa oikeusjärjestelmässämme todistelu ja todistusharkinta ovat vapaata. Vapaa todistusteoria kiteytyy oikeuden pintatasolla näitä vapauksia koskeviin normeihin, mutta sen todellisten vaikutusten ymmärtäminen oikeudenkäynnissä vaatii monipuolista oikeudellista tarkastelua. Oikeudenmukaisen oikeudenkäynnin vaatimukset asettavat doktriinissa vapaalle todistusteorialle ihmis- ja perusoikeudellisen viitekehyksen, josta vapaa todistusteoria saa lainkäytössä myös rajansa tavoiteltua totuutta tärkeämmäksi arvotettujen intressien vuoksi, joiden perusteella vapaata todistelua välittömästi ja vapaata todistusharkintaa välillisesti rajoitetaan. Vapaa todistusteoria ilmeneekin oikeudenkäynnissä rajoitusten kautta.Tutkimuksessa pyritään vastaamaan kysymykseen, millainen merkitys vapaalla todistusteorialla on oikeudenkäynnissä erityisesti hyödyntämiskiellon näkökulmasta. Tutkittaviksi rajoituksiksi on valittu hyödyntämiskieltoseuraamukseen johtavat oikeussäännöt, jotka estävät vapaan todistusteorian tavoittelemaa aineellisen totuuden saavuttamista. Tutkimuksen keskiössä on siten kahden oikeudenkäynnin peruselementin, laillisuuden ja totuuden, rajapinta. Tutkimuksen tavoite liittyy vapaan todistusteorian ja hyödyntämiskiellon määrittelyyn, missä kontekstissa tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selkeyttää näiden sisältöä ja keskinäistä yhteyttä.Hyödyntämiskielto on käsitteenä sekä oikeudellinen ilmiö eli seuraamus että kieltonormi, joka suojaa oikeusjärjestystä ja todisteiden hankkimisen laillisuutta. Oikeudellisena ilmiönä hyödyntämiskielto rajoittaa vapaata todistelua ja vapaata todistusharkintaa ja osin aineellisen totuuden arvoperiaatteen toteutumista. Sillä on vahva yhteys periaatteisiin ja arvoihin, joille sekä kotimainen oikeusjärjestys että kansainvälinen oikeus rakentuvat. Hyödyntämiskiellon tavoitteena on palauttaa oikeudenkäynnin menettelyllinen tasapaino ja oikeudenkäynnin oikeudenmukaisuus sekä suojata jo loukattua oikeutta. Seuraamuksena hyödyntämiskielto toteuttaa myös tehokkaasti todistamiskieltojen suojelutarkoitusta ja tätä kautta vahvistaa oikeusnormien pysyvyyttä ja parantaa oikeussääntöjen ennustettavuutta. Hyödyntämiskiellon normatiivinen mekanismi liittyy läheisesti laillisuusperiaatteeseen ja perusoikeuksia kunnioittavaan menettelyyn.Tutkimus edustaa traditionaalista oikeuspositivismia, mikä asettaa tietyt rajat tutkimuksen näkökulmalle. Totuuteen pohjautuvat vapaan todistusteorian osaalueet ovat osin moraalisia kysymyksiä, mutta tutkimuksen tarkoitus ei ole kritisoida oikeuden rajoja ja legitiimisyyttä. Tutkimus on lainopillinen ja sen tarkoitus on saattaa vapaata todistusteoriaa oikeudenkäynnissä ilmaiseva normisto hallittavaan ja käytännössä soveltamiskelpoiseen muotoon. Tutkimuksen tiedonintressi on lainopin perinteisen määritelmän mukainen eli voimassa olevan oikeuden sääntöjä systematisoiva ja tulkitseva.Tutkimus jakautuu yleiseen ja erityiseen osaan. Yleisessä osassa, joka taustoittaa teorianmuodostusta ja kiinnittää tutkimuskysymyksen oikeusjärjestykseen, käsitellään vapaan todistusteorian kontekstia pääasiassa oikeuskulttuurin tasolla ja pohjustetaan hyödyntämiskiellon kiinnittymistä siihen. Yleisen osan johtopäätöksenä vapaa todistusteoria systematisoidaan oikeuden syvärakenteelta pintatasolle ja pyritään löytämään erityistä osaa taustoittavasti oikeuslähteiden koherenssi. Muodostetun systeemin, vapaaseen todistusteoriaan kuuluvien oikeuslähteiden rakenteellisen mallin, yksityiskohtainen jäsentely erityisessä osassa kehittyy käytännön tasolle. Erityisen osan tiedonintressinä on osaltaan tuottaa oikeudellisia tulkintalauseita pulmallisissa erityisessä osassa käsiteltävien oikeussääntöjen soveltamistilanteissa