Visible and invisible Tatar women in Finland
A new book documents Tatar women roles and visibility in Finland during the past century.
Eurasian languages and writing at ICLA conference
At the ICLA conference end of July 2022 Dr. Sabira Stahlberg discussed writing systems, languages and code-switching.
The palm and the spy
A rare palm disappears in London and is later found in Berlin. Is it the same palm?
Easy to Read adventure about critical reading of historical sources.
Philip and the spider
There are rumours about mould in Philip’s school. Politicians promise to save it. Who can Philip and his friends trust?
Easy to Read book about critical reading of sources.
Traditional Sámi sports and games
The article investigates various aspects of Sámi local knowledge about organisms used for their material culture of sports and games.
Historical and Contemporary Uses of Sea Buckthorn
The article discusses how a rather unknown wild shrub, mostly unnoticed in peasant folk botany along the northern European coasts, has become common as a cultivated plant.
Multilingual poetry analysis by Johanna Domokos
Professor Johanna Domokos analyses Sabira Ståhlberg’s multilingual poetry in an article on semantic and semiotic multilingualism.
The world is burning
Even a short conflict destroys more than anything in the world.
A horrible form of conflict is war.
War is dangerous for all.
Interview about Tatar language strategies
Editor Sabira Ståhlberg was interviewed about the new book Tatar language preservation strategies and innovative practices.
Göran Schildt’s Black Sea journey and multicultural strategies
The journey by Göran Schildt in 1963 to Bulgaria and Romania is discussed in a new article about multilingual and multicultural strategies.
Family terminology as a challenge
Family terminology can be a challenge for language and culture learners. Kinship structures differ greatly even within Europe.
Fly in amber? Nordic-Balkan citizen diplomacy
The contacts between ordinary people in Finland and Bulgaria, Sweden and Serbia are a little researched but important aspect of the common history of Europe.