KISUVI retreat in Villa Tammekann (Tartu)

The KISUVI project started its fall term 2024 with a residency on August 5–11 at the Granö Centre of the University of Turku and the University of Tartu. The centre is located in the beautiful Villa Tammekann in Tartu (Estonia) and was designed by Alvar Aalto in 1932.

Anne-Maj Åberg, the project’s post-doc researcher (pictured in the bottom row on the left), made a remote connection to Tartu. Also in the photo are researcher Päivi Laine (top row on the left) and project researcher Antti Suomela. At bottom right, the principal investigator Maarit Mutta. (Photo by: Antti Suomela)

Of the project personnel, principal investigator Maarit Mutta, researcher Päivi Laine and project researcher Antti Suomela went on the trip. Villa Tammekann and the surrounding city of Tartu – which happened to be the 2024 European Capital of Culture – offered an inspiring environment for research work. The visit bore fruit as the project’s multilingual research material was refined, and solutions began to be found even for the more challenging problems.

We thank Turku University Foundation for the Granö scholarship which made the visit possible!

Tartu is the European capital of culture in 2024. (Photo by: Antti Suomela)
Fluent bursts as an apple visualization. There were several apple trees growing in Villa Tammekann’s yard, and they dropped their fruit at a high rate during KISUVI’s visit. (Photo by: Antti Suomela)