Vol. 40 (2013): Culture and Locality

The call for articles for this issue of Ethnologia Fennica specified no particular theme. The intention was to give as many ethnologists as possible the chance to offer their articles for publication. As befits modern research trends, the articles shaped the subject matter of the issue - broadly speaking - into Culture and Locality. Cultural rcsearch on locality has been a common thread running through the historyofethnological research and one which has also been visible ever since the early years of Ethnologia Fennica. The need to attach oneself to something, a concrete location, a home region and its history, people who stand for similar principles, work for similar goals and possess similar mentalities, is still important for building and strengthening people's emotional well-being and identity.