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Forest, time, and society 
Convenors:
Jaana Laine (LUT University)
Lotten Gustafsson Reinius (Stockholm University Nordiska museet)
Jukka Nyyssönen (NIKU Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research)
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Formats:
Panel
Streams:
Deeper Histories, Diverse Sources, Different Narratives
Location:
Linnanmaa Campus, PR101
Sessions:
Tuesday 20 August, -, -
Time zone: Europe/Helsinki

Short Abstract:

The time of humans and societies (short/medium-term time) and forests (long-term time) intersect in many ways. This panel explores different interconnections and challenges between time, humans (societies), and forests (nature).

Long Abstract:

Time is complex and elusive. Humans, belonging to short-term time, are within modern societies’ clock-time detached from the rhythm of nature and instantaneous time’s speed exceeds human capacity, e.g., artificial intelligence. Humans interact with longer time cycles of societies and nature. In the context of their time scales, humans and societies aim to control and adapt to long-term times of nature (longue durée, glacial time, or natural time).

In controlling forests, humans have extended short- and medium-term times to forests, such as activities to accelerate tree growth. Climate change seems to distract the idea of nature’s long-term time adding new perceptions of heritage and temporal urgency.

Time, invisible to human senses, relates both to the forest itself and to human footprints. Forests seem to 'preserve' time, creating an image of agelessness. Due to forests’ long-term time, traces of past human generations, cultures, and institutions, such as management practices, are detectable in contemporary forests. Forests today are largely shaped by past societies, whereas contemporary societies define future forests.

Time of humans and forests intersect in many ways. Our panel contributes to exploring different interconnections between time, humans (societies), and forests. We invite diverse forms of engagement in how we manifest peoples’ and societies’ time versus the time of the forest. What decisions, conflicts, and solutions exist when human/societal time connects with forest time? How have different time scales and the friction between these affected societies and forests?

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Tuesday 20 August, 2024, -
Session 2 Tuesday 20 August, 2024, -
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