Dr Petri Raivo
cultural geographer

		Name	:	Dr Petri Raivo
		Postal Adress	:	Department of Geography, P.B. 3000, Fin-90014 University of Oulu, Finland
		Telephone	:	00358.8.5531715
		Fax_number	:	00358.8.5531693
		Email(work)	:	petri.raivo@oulu.fi
		Homepage(private)	:	http://terra.oulu.fi/Landscape/index.html
		Homepage(work)	:	http://terra.oulu.fi/english/index.htm

country Finland

Education:

• MSc University of Joensuu
• Lic.Phil., University of Oulu
• Ph.D University of Oulu

Professional Career:

• assistant of cultural geograpy, University of Oulu
• senior assistant of cultural Geography, University of Oulu
• academy research fellow, Academy of Finland

Research Interests and Publications:

• historical landscapes of wars and conflicts

  Publications

  • Raivo, P. J. (2000). Landscaping the Patriotic Past: Finnish War Landscapes as a National Heritage, Fennia 178:1 pp. 139-150.
  • Raivo, P. J., (2000). 'This is where they fought' - Finnish War Landscapes as a National Heritage. In Graham Davison, Mike Roper and Timothy Ashplant (eds.): The Politics of War Memory and Commeration, pp. 145- 164. Routledge, London.
  • Raivo, P. J. (1999). Politics of Memory: historical battlefields and sense of place. Nordia Geographical Publications, NGP Yearbook 1998, 27: 1, 61-68.
  
  
• religious landscapes

  Publications

  • Raivo, P. J (1998). Comparative Religion and Geography: Some Remarks on the Geography of Religion and Religious Geography. Temenos 33 (1997) s. 137-149.
  • Raivo, P. J. (1998). Places Chosen by the Lord: pilgrims? impressions of the landscapes around the Finnish Orthodox monasteries. In Matti Honkanen (ed.): Practical Aesthetics in Practice and Theory. Proceedings XIII Th. International Congress of Aesthetics Lahti, Finland 1-5 1995. S. 1997 University of Helsinki, Lahti research and Training Centre.
  • Raivo, P. J. (1997). The limits of tolerance: the Orthodox milieu as an element in the Finnish Landscape, 1917-1939. Journal of the Historical Geography 1997 23: 3, 327-339
  
  
• heritage tourism

  Publications

  • Raivo, P. J (2001). The Eastern Connection: the transformation of The Karelian tourist landscape in Finland, In Michael P. Barnes (ed.): Borders And Communities. A conference held by The Centre For Nordic Research University College London September 10-11, 1998. pp. 132-142, Center for Nordic Research, University College London.
  • Paasi, A. & Raivo, P. J (1998). Boundaries As Barriers And Promoters: Constructing the Tourist Landscapes of Finnish Karelia. Visions In Leisure and Business 17: 3. s. 30-45.
  
  

Other Functions/Memberships:

• member of the Geographical Society of Finland
• member of Finnish national committee of IGU
• Editor of the' Alue ja ymp?rist?' (Environmental and Regional Studies)