Publications

5 June 2025 Institut français: ‘Activism and new tool of citizen participation’
Why and how you become an activist?
11:00 - 12.30 Espa Stage (Eteläesplanadi 1, Helsinki)
Panelists: Eeva Luhtakallio, Sini Mononen & Tuulia Reponen

27 May 2025 Festival of Resistance(s), Kansalaistori, Helsinki
with Majed Abusalama (Sumud - Finnish-Palestine Network), Olga Spyropolou (Catalysti - Trancultural artists in Finland), Tuulikki Laes (Performing the Political Research Project: Public Pedagogy in Higher Music Education) and Ramy Essam (Egyptian musician and activist, the voice of the Egyptian Revolution). Moderator: Sini Mononen

23 April 2025 Youth Theatre Festival, Oulu Theatre
Public lecture at the Youth Theatre Festival

30 January 2025 Uniarts Helsinki Studia Generalia lecture series
Public lecture entitled ‘Herääminen kestävään huomiseen: Ekofeministisiä näkökulmia ilmastoaktivismiin taiteellisena toimintana’ (Waking up to a sustainable tomorrow: Ecofeminist perspectives on climate activism as an artistic activity). The event will also feature a lecture by Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman (Sibelius Academy), entitled ‘Luohti pohjoissaamelaisten omana ilmaisuna’ (Luohti as North Sámi expression).

Uniarts Helsinki, Mylly building (Sörnäisten rantatie 19, Helsinki), room K-218, at 17.15–19.45. Free entry.

This public lecture series takes place on Thursdays starting 23 January at the Uniarts Helsinki Sörnäinen campus. The lectures can also be followed online via Zoom. More information about the lecture series is available on the

10 January 2025 Science Day: ‘Miten taide ja taiteen tutkimus työstää ekokriisiä?’ (How does art and art research address the ecological crisis?)
with dance artist Maija Hirvanen and visual artist Terike Haapoja. Moderated by Professor Anita Seppä. 

18 November 2024 ‘Musical Sustainabilities’ symposium, the Sibelius Academy of Uniarts Helsinki, Seinäjoki
Presentation with Heidi Partti (Sibelius Academy): “Ecocritical perspectives in higher music education: Lessons from XR Finland“

In addition to academic articles, the project will produce a variety of popular science texts and podcasts. Below is a selection of the project’s publications. You can access all publications on the University of Helsinki Research Portal.

Mononen, Sini. Musiikilla tulee olla vapaus käsitellä ekokriisiä. 17.1.2025.

Mononen, Sini. Utopia yhteiskuntakritiikkinä. Taide-lehti, 5-6/2024.
 
Mononen, Sini. Havaitseminen on välittämistä. Taide-lehti, 4/2024. 

Mononen, Sini. Kaikki taide on ekokriittistä. Taide-lehti, 3/2024. 

Oulanne, Laura & Sini Mononen. Taidetila kannattelevana rakenteena: Aktivismi ja kulttuurinen jatkuvuus. Niin & näin, 3(122) 2024, 33–38.

Mononen, Sini. Engaging Emotions? Music and Sound as Affective Transformative Communication in the Artivism of the Extinction Rebellion Finland. 3(53) 2023.

Mononen, Sini. Strategiset tunteet: Kuinka protestissa hyödynnetään taiteen tunneilmaisua? 21.11.2023

Some of the publications listed on this page were written as part of the research project Music scholars in society: Advancing social justice through activist music research (1/2022–8/2024, principal researcher: Juha Torvinen, funded by Kone Foundation).