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Riikka Latva-Somppi is currently a doctoral candidate in Aalto University, Department of Design, EMPIRICA-research group 2018-. Her thesis work is supported by Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.

ONGOING PROJECTS:

Unfolding sense of water: Care across boundaries, Natural Resources institute Finland, The Finnish Environment Institute and Aalto University (colaborative partner). Funded by The Academy of Finland https://www.luke.fi/en/projects/sow-01, https://empirica.aalto.fi/ongoing-projects/sense-of-water

Radical Ceramics: Rethinking geopolymers, Aalto University, Funded by Aalto Radical Creativity https://empirica.aalto.fi/radical-ceramics

PUBLICATIONS:

Vega, L., Valle Noronha, J., Markle, G., Latva-Somppi, R., Hulkkonen, S., Falin, P., Korolainen, H.-K., Suomi, M., & Giabardo, G. (2024). Making Things that Change: Reconsidering the Fluid Nature of Creative Productions in Research Through Art, Design, and Craft. Research in Arts and Education, 2024(1), 152–165. https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.142574

Latva-Somppi, Riikka (2022). Soil Laboratory: Crafting Experiments in an Exhibition Setting. In: Fredriksen, B.C., Groth, C. (eds) Expanding Environmental Awareness in Education Through the Arts. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, vol 33. Springer, Singapore.

Latva-Somppi, R. (2022). Working with Soil: Craft, Design and Coactive Power. HannahArendt.Net, 11(1). https://www.hannaharendt.net/index.php/han/article/view/467

Mäkelä, Maarit, Latva-Somppi Riikka (2022). Encountering Soil Matters (Maan materiaalisuuksien äärellä) in Anna Valtonen & Petra Nikkinen (eds.) Designing Change New Opportunities for Organisations (Muotoilulla muutokseen Kehitystyön uudet mahdollisuudet). Aalto University, 96-103. (use this link to load: https://shop.aalto.fi/p/1699-designing-change/)

Latva-Somppi, Riikka & Mäkelä, Maarit, Lindström, Kristina, & Ståhl, Åsa. (2021). Entangled Materialities: Caring for soil communities at glass industry sites. FormAkademisk - forskningstidsskrift for design og designdidaktikk, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.4180

Vega, Luis & Aktas, Bilge M & Falin, Priska & Latva-Somppi, Riikka & Valle-Noronha, Julia (2021) Shared Authorship in Research through Art, Design, and Craft. Research in Arts and Education. 2021(1).https://researtsedu.com/2021-february-1

Latva-Somppi, Riikka & Mäkelä, Maarit (2020) Exploring Ecological and Material Sensitivity through Craft Practice in the Context of the Venice Lagoon. Aisthesis 13(1), 31-46. https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-10916

Latva-Somppi, Riikka & Mäkelä, Maarit. & Gündeşlioğlu, Özgu (2020). Traces from the Anthropocene: Working with Soil. RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research, 14. https://doi.org/10.22501/ruu.697190

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Latva-Somppi, R., Pihlajamäki, M., Salo, M., Peltola, T., Pitkänen, K., Mishra, H., Mäkelä, M., Hiedanpää, J., Svels, K., Santala, I., Hakkarainen, V., Soini, K. (2024). Unfolding Sense of Water: building a transdisciplinary framework to explore caring for water. Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference, Turku, Finland June 6 2024.

Latva-Somppi, Riikka (2021). Soil as a material mediator: Combining environmental research with ceramic practice. Keynote lecture for the topic Locality and materiality, 49th International Academy of Ceramics Congress, Rovaniemi, online 22.-23.9.2021.

Latva-Somppi, Riikka, Mäkelä, Maarit, Lindström, Kristina, & Ståhl, Åsa. (2021). Entangled Materialities: Caring for soil communities at glass industry sites. Biennal International Conference for the Craft Sciences, online, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Latva-Somppi, Riikka (2020). Using craft as a field of inquiry in contemporary environmental discourse. Exploratory paper. Art of Research Conference: Authorship and Responsibility, online, Aalto University, Otaniemi

Vega, Luis, Aktas, Bilge M, Falin, Priska, Latva-Somppi, Riikka & Valle-Noronha, Julia (2020). Shared Authorship in Research through Art, Design, and Craft. Art of Research Conference: Authorship and Responsibility, online, Aalto University, Otaniemi

Latva-Somppi, Riikka (2019). Traces from the Anthropocene. Sensing the Environment through Craft Practice. The Nordic Society of Aesthetics, Annual Conference 2019 27.-29.5.2019, Espoo, Finland (non-refereed)