Today I am tired and have a sick child home, so thinking and writing are mostly out of the question. Having a cup of tea now, and happily reading the new number of Arkeologia Nyt -magazine with several interesting articles and also a short story about the Museology course I taught during the winter.

Today I and @mervipasanen.bsky.social gave a lecture, once again, on the lady of Kirkkailanmäki dress reconstruction. The event was hosted by Lahti Historical museum, as is our reconstruction. This time we even got all three existing dresses to the same picture!

This week I again started working as part-time Cultural Producer for Vantaa-Seura society. Especially looking forward to working for Helsinga Medieval Day again - you can put August 9 2025 to your calendars already! #vantaaseura #helsingankeskiaikapäivä

A lecture and a fashion show in Finnish coming up on March!

Kirkkailanmäen emäntä – uusi muinaispuku Päijät-Hämeestä
Luento Lahden Historiallisessa museon Hyvä paikka -luentosarjassa
Ti 18.3.2025 klo 17–19

Arkeologi Jenni Sahramaa ja käsityömestari Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social

Tutkijan tärkeimpiä yhteiskunnallisia tehtäviä on vastata @hs.fi Lasten tiedekysymyksiin. Oskari 6v. kysyi, milloin harrastaminen keksittiin ja mikä oli ensimmäinen harrastus. Ei mikään helppo kysysymys, mutta vastasin parhaani mukaan.

Today we ended our winter holiday at #vapriikki in Tampere. Kids were mesmerized by the #songlines exhibition’s stories of Seven sisters and Australian art and the landscape.

Great two days of #artefacta2025 conference are drawing up close. The keynote ending the day is given by anthropologist Daniel Miller online, as the agency of things was demonstrated to him with the misplacement of his passport. The last row of the seminar room is engaged in craft activities.

Today we gave a presentation together with @mervipasanen.bsky.social on spiral tube decorations in Hollola Kirkkailanmäki grave 4/1978 at #artefacta2025 Conference.
📷 Krista Wright

#artefacta2025 Conference is now on! Professor Riikka Räisänen welcomes object researchers from all around the world to the University of Helsinki.

#Artefacta2025 conference is coming soon! Today I put together a small exhibition of textile research photos, both artefacts and microscopy. Some of these fibres are quite groovy! #research #photography #microarchaeology

This week, I have mostly been weaving. It is a hobby, but also part of the way how I build understanding of archaelogical textiles I study. This fabric is for the socks of the #ravattuladress, #ancientcostume from late #ironage Finland.

Do you know the feeling when you just can’t get something out of your mind without actually doing ot? Today I spent hours looking at something that I am not even researching on, at least not yet 🫣😅

Tiedelehtien portaalissa Journal.fi luetuin artikkeli on arkeologian ja käsityön yhdistämistä. Neljän kirjoittajan joukossa @jsahramaa.bsky.social ja @mervipasanen.bsky.social

So, an #Introduction. I am an archaeologist and doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. My focus is in the Finnish Late Iron Age, textiles and clothing, experimental archaelogy and reconstructions. I also do historical reenactment and lots of crafts whenever I can.

Today: designing some conference passes.

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