The Sixth Living in the Landscape Summer School in Nesna, Norway

Living in the Landscape (Lila) international and interdisciplinary summer schools series gathered the sixth time this Spring 2025. This year’s school took place online in March and onsite on the 19-23 May in Nesna, Norway and it was hosted by the Nord University of Norway.

The partners in this project were University of Lapland, Nord University of Norway and Umeå University in Sweden, University of the West of Scotland and University of the Highlands and Islands. The aim of Lila has been to bring together research methods for landscape research from different disciplines ranging from nature sciences, environmental humanities, anthropology, arts, media technology, digital pedagogy and education for sustainability. The disciplines brought together from the partners where arts and teacher education, nature sciences, literature, cultural and Arctic studies, fashion and knowledge on sustainable and digital pedagogy in teacher education, anthropology, creative media practice and art as social practice.

Over these six Lila schools, approximately 100 participants have contributed to this growing community, sharing not only knowledge but also moments of connection, discovery, and reflection. The outcomes of their work – installations, performances, films, soundscapes, texts, and visual art – are as diverse as the landscapes themselves, yet all are united by a profound attention to place, ecology, and the human relationship with the more-than-human world.

This year the school was celebratory, inviting new and alumnus students to join to reflect on these years and impacts of Lila in their studies and working life. Hence, we named the theme this year to be Kindred and explored it through talks, workshops, art exhibition and daytrip to Tomma where the local hosts served us a Viking style meal to celebrate the kinship between the participating institutions, people and sociocultural landscapes.

Read more

Lundstedt, L., & Härkönen, E. (Eds.) (2025). Kindred – Living in the Landscape.  Lapin yliopisto taiteiden tiedekunta.

Link to thee online publication: https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-337-491-1