Otto Latva
ottolatva.bsky.social
Otto Latva
@ottolatva.bsky.social
Adjunct Prof., PhD, Senior Researcher at the University of Turku, Finland. Historian specialized in human-animal and human-plant studies as well as environmental history. Project leader of http://www.utu.fi/humbio
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Lisää kiinnostavaa hyvinvointivaltion historiasta, mainiot tietolähteet myös!
yle.fi/a/74-20193708
Hyvinvointivaltio rakentui työnteon päälle – miten käy, jos työssäkäyvät menettävät luottamuksensa siihen?
Hyvinvointivaltio syntyi osin Ruotsia matkimalla, osin omista lähtökohdista ja riitojen kautta. Mutta miten sille käy, kun rahasta on tiukkaa ja väestö ikääntyy?
yle.fi
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded me a one-year research grant for my personal project entitled "From Admiration to Hatred: the Shared Past of Barnacle Geese and Humans in Finland". Many thanks #wihurinrahasto!
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Apply for this free PhD course on Energy Humanities in Stavanger, Norway!

Please pass the opportunity on to students you know. Students from anywhere are welcome.

#envhum #envhist
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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‘Plant Perspectives’ 2.2 is now available online – entirely #openaccess thanks to our #subscribetoopen supporters and our generous individual donors. #plantstudies @plantperspectives.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Tutkijamme @ottolatva.bsky.social on selvittänyt, miten suomalaiset ovat suhtautuneet punkkeihin ennen ja nykyään.

Punkkeihin liitettiin 1800-luvulla erilaisia uskomuksia, joista yhden mukaan puuvilla kasvaa sille korkeudelle, jolle punkki on puraissut nuorta neitoa.

www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...
Harmittomasta kiusasta pelottavaksi viholliseksi – näin suhtautuminen punkkeihin on muuttunut historian saatossa
Humanistinen ympäristötutkimus on tarkastellut punkkeja kulttuurisesta ja historiantutkimuksen näkökulmasta.
www.utu.fi
May 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The ethical problems of fish farming have already been widely discussed outside Finland. In my article published in the spring of 2024 (www.degruyter.com/document/doi...), I wondered when the issue would emerge in the Finnish public discussion. Well, now this has happened #fishfarming #animalhistory
8 Coming to terms with fish farming and fish consciousness
8 Coming to terms with fish farming and fish consciousness was published in Animal Industries on page 153.
www.degruyter.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Yle on ollut yksi tärkeimpiä suomalaista kulttuuria ylläpitäneitä ja puolustavia instituutioita. Tämä on synkkä päivä suomalaiselle kulttuurille. #yle
January 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Human/Nature - Entanglements in Cultural History. Rovaniemi, Finland, June 16.-19. 2025. Deadline for individual papers February 2, 2025! Keynotes by @wildpasts.bsky.social , @hansalmi.bsky.social and Marek Tamm. #isch2025 #culturalhistory #environmentalhistory
ISCH 2025 Rovaniemi
International Conference on Cultural History
isch2025.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
All of you interested in ticks, and especially in the long-term relationship between ticks and humans, my new open access research article on this topic has been published! #tick #arachnids #environmentalhistory #animalhistory #tickbornediseases #borreliosis #tbe doi.org/10.1163/9789...
Chapter 7 From Harmless Nuisance to Frightening Enemy: the Perceptions of Ticks in Finland before the Beginning of the Tick Hysteria in the 1990s
Abstract This chapter investigates the relationship between ticks and humans in Finland between 1889 and 1990. The multispecies relationship is examined using the digitised press material of the Natio...
doi.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:33 AM
A cheaper paperback version of my Giant Squid book will be out next month! If you're interested in the shared history of humans and large cephalopods, get your copy now! #giantsquid #molluscs #monsterization #environmentalhistory #biodiversity #routledge
The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture: The Monsterization of Molluscs
This book builds upon the extensive study of the historical relationship between sea animals and humans in transatlantic culture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It exposes the present ...
www.routledge.com
October 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
"Arrivals and Departures: the Human Relationship with Changing Biodiversity" has been published. The book is an open-access publication. It explores the human relationship to changing biodiversity by bringing together multidisciplinary insights into human-nature relations from the humanities.
Arrivals and Departures
This book explores the human relationship to changing biodiversity by bringing together multidisciplinary insights into human-nature relations from the humanities. New animal and plant species arrive ...
www.degruyter.com
September 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Eilen oli vuoden viimeinen työmatka. Visiitti Pasilassa Kalle Haatasen haastateltavana. Keskustelimme Lohikäärme-kirjastani, jonka SKS julkaisee näillä näkymin 12.1.2024.
December 22, 2023 at 8:24 AM
Johtamieni HumBio ja Fauna et Flora -hankkeiden kirjoituksia julkaistiin tuoreessa Auraica-lehdessä journal.fi/aur. Harri Uusitalo kirjoitti Carl von Linnen Suomenmatkallaan käyttämästä kielestä ja Heli Rantala teki FaFFe-hankkeen esittelyn, jossa myös juttua hirvistä ja majavista.
AURAICA. Scripta a Societate Porthan edita
Auraica, Porthan-Seuran verkkolehti - Auraica, skrifter utgivna av Porthan Sällskapet.
journal.fi
December 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM