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Staff

Petri Hoppu, Ph.D., tel. +358 40 1901 511
University lecturer, docent
Dance Anthropology, Folk Dance in Finland, Karelia and Scandinavia, Dance-Folklorism 

Antti Koiranen , Lic.Phil., tel. +358 3 3551 7110
Lecturer of Ethnomusicology
European, especially Finnish and Scandinavian Folk Music, Field work studies

Eija Kukkurainen, M.A., tel. +358 3 3551 6495
Amanuensis
Collection and Archival System of Folk Tradition at the Tampere University, Administrational Questions of the Department

Vesa Kurkela, Ph.D., tel. +358 40 1901 513 
Professor
History of Popular Music, Music-Folklorism, History of Publishing Music, Radio Music, Popular Music of the Balkans

Timo Leisiö, Ph.D., tel. +358 040 1901 512
Emeritusprofessor
Organology, Arctic and Sub-Arctic Traditions, Dance Anthropology, System Theory, Rhymed Folksongs, North European Vocal Traditions

Jari Mäenpää, tel. +358 3 3551 8088
Archivist
Digitalisation of Archive Material, Technical Questions

Markus Mantere,, Ph.D.,
Docent, Lecturer of Musicology
Ethnomusicology of Western art music, New musicology, Music Sociology of Theodor W. Adorno

Jarkko Niemi, Ph.D., tel. +358 3 3551 6081
Academy Research Fellow, docent
Siberian Music Traditions, Music Analysis, Turkish and Balkan Music

Timo Piipponen, M.A.,  tel. +358 3 3551 8924
Archivist
Photograph Archives, Digitalisation of Archive Material, Webmaster

Tarja Rautiainen-Keskustalo, Ph.D.,  tel. +358 50 3845 307
Professor, Head of the department
Contemporary Popular Music, Cultural Studies, "New" Critical Musicology, Caribean Music Traditions

Elina Seye, M.A., tel. +358 40 1901 510
Assistant
African Music and Dance (especially Senegal), Ethnography of Music, Field work

Hannu Sinisalo, Lic.Phil., tel. +358 3 3551 4090
Lecturer of Ethnology
Visual anthropology, Ethnographic film and photography, Cultural history of technology, Cultural history of Sami and Modern Greece, Literature as folk documentation, Tale tradition, Street literature

Mikko Vanhasalo, Ph.D., tel. +358 40 710 4212
Lecturer of Popular and Folk music
Popular Music, Music Analysis, Karaoke, Turkish and Balkan Music

Research Fellows

Marko Aho, Ph.D., tel. +358 40 5677 424
Docent
Performing music, popular music, prison music

Päivikki Antola, Ph.D.,
Docent
Ethnology, Folklore, Anthropology of Communication, Anthropology of Religion, Methodology of Cultural Studies

Risto Blomster, Ph.D.
Researcher
Gypsy Music in Finland, the Baltic and the Balkans

Jari Eerola, M.A., tel +358 50 5769 477
Researcher
The Song and Music of the Vepsies, Producing and Composing Music with Computers (midi, audio and notation)

Anne Fiskvik, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Choreomusical research, Scenic dance, Dance history in Scandinavia

Pekka Jalkanen, Ph.D.,  tel. +358 9 556 003
Docent of Musicology, Composer
History of Finnish Popular Music, Music Analysis, Gypsy Music, Romanian Folk Music

Inka Juslin, Ph.D, tel. +358 40 7642 346
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dance, Women's Studies

Maija Kontukoski, M.A., tel. +358 3 3551 4051
Researcher
Popular Music, Radio Music

Antti-Ville Kärjä,, Ph.D., puh. (02) 3335 839
Docent
Music and (audiovisual) Media, Popular Music and Historiography, Popular Culture, Culture Industry, Culture Theory

Marko Niemelä, M.A., tel. +358 40 846 1637
Researcher
Cultural History of Lapland, Afro-american Popular Music (Blues), Mental History of Music

Elina Niiranen, M.A., on leave, tel. +358 400 270 596
The Modern day Musical Culture of Russian North Karelia, Field work, The Music of the Zaramo

Risto Pekka Pennanen, Ph.D,
Docent
Balkan Music, Discography, Music Analysis, Ethnotheory, Music and Myth, The History of Ideas, Post-Colonial analysis

Hannu Saha, Ph.D
Docent
Folk Music, Musical Style, Kantele Research

Tuuli Talvitie-Kella, Ph.D., tel. +358 3 3551 4165, mobile +358 44 505 8753
Researcher
Finnish Folk Music, Music Education, Biographical studies

Anne Tarvainen, M.A., tel. +358 50 348 3174
Researcher
Popular Music, Singing
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Heikki Uimonen, Ph.D., tel. +358 40 1901 514
Docent
Soundscape Studies, Acoustic Communication, Radio music, Cassette Culture

Karen Vedel, Ph.D.,
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Scenic dance, Global aspects in dance, Artists' mobility, Cultural theories in dance

 

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