In the Countryside and in Town

The 30-year history of Ethnos, the Association of Finnish Ethnologists, was celebrated in conjuction with the second Ethnological Colloqium organised in Turku in March 2002. The theme of two-day seminar In the country and in town. Represantions of the countryside and towns produced by research and museums attracted a large number of ethnologists ffrom different fields. The present double issue of Ethnologica Fennica is in part based on the presentations given in the seminar. It became obvious in the meeting that ethnological research of the countryside and towns and the museum work connected to them are in quest of new forms and theoretical starting-points