Kaarina Kilpiö
@kilpkaa.bsky.social
Social historian of music, University lecturer at taideyliopisto.bsky.social.
Interested in social debate.
Bookworm. Mom of 2 (+2 rescue doggos).
Tending to a 1950s house and garden.
everyday life & functional music – music in propaganda – film music
Interested in social debate.
Bookworm. Mom of 2 (+2 rescue doggos).
Tending to a 1950s house and garden.
everyday life & functional music – music in propaganda – film music
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Kaarina Kilpiö
@kilpkaa.bsky.social
· Nov 24
👋🏻 to anyone here who is a new follower (via starter pack or otherwise): a mini-introduction.
In my research endeavours, I have studied how music/sound has functioned in everyday contexts during recent (mainly 20th century) Finnish history.
In my research endeavours, I have studied how music/sound has functioned in everyday contexts during recent (mainly 20th century) Finnish history.
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Euroviisuista kertoo oleellisen se että mieluummin kisoista jätetään pois Eurooppalaiset maat Espanja, Hollanti, Irlanti, Slovenia ja nyt myös Islanti.
Kuin kansanmurhaa suorittava lähi-idän maa.
Niin ja toki tätä linjausta tukee myös Suomi 🇫🇮
Kuin kansanmurhaa suorittava lähi-idän maa.
Niin ja toki tätä linjausta tukee myös Suomi 🇫🇮
Euroviisut | Islanti jää pois Euroviisuista
Aiemmin vastaavan päätöksen ovat tehneet Espanja, Hollanti, Irlanti ja Slovenia.
www.satakunnankansa.fi
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Euroviisuista kertoo oleellisen se että mieluummin kisoista jätetään pois Eurooppalaiset maat Espanja, Hollanti, Irlanti, Slovenia ja nyt myös Islanti.
Kuin kansanmurhaa suorittava lähi-idän maa.
Niin ja toki tätä linjausta tukee myös Suomi 🇫🇮
Kuin kansanmurhaa suorittava lähi-idän maa.
Niin ja toki tätä linjausta tukee myös Suomi 🇫🇮
2025 Tidal recap lists my genres:
”Modern Classical
Jazz Fusion
Conscious Hip-Hop
Progressive Jazz
Orchestral Storytelling
Indie Folk
Neo-Soul Grooves
Contemplative Jazz
Lyrical Rap
Vibrant Funk”
& amounts of time, streams (2.8K), artists, etc.
Apparently I am ”Aki Rissanen's
36th biggest fan”.
”Modern Classical
Jazz Fusion
Conscious Hip-Hop
Progressive Jazz
Orchestral Storytelling
Indie Folk
Neo-Soul Grooves
Contemplative Jazz
Lyrical Rap
Vibrant Funk”
& amounts of time, streams (2.8K), artists, etc.
Apparently I am ”Aki Rissanen's
36th biggest fan”.
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
2025 Tidal recap lists my genres:
”Modern Classical
Jazz Fusion
Conscious Hip-Hop
Progressive Jazz
Orchestral Storytelling
Indie Folk
Neo-Soul Grooves
Contemplative Jazz
Lyrical Rap
Vibrant Funk”
& amounts of time, streams (2.8K), artists, etc.
Apparently I am ”Aki Rissanen's
36th biggest fan”.
”Modern Classical
Jazz Fusion
Conscious Hip-Hop
Progressive Jazz
Orchestral Storytelling
Indie Folk
Neo-Soul Grooves
Contemplative Jazz
Lyrical Rap
Vibrant Funk”
& amounts of time, streams (2.8K), artists, etc.
Apparently I am ”Aki Rissanen's
36th biggest fan”.
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Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
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Niin ilmeistä kuin tämä onkin, niin: Saukoilla, ilveksillä, karhuilla ja susilla on kyky tuntea kärsimystä, ja niillä on toimijuutta, jota ne voivat ilmentää elellen hyviä elinvuosia itselleen sopivassa seurassa ja ympäristössä. Ne ovat yksilöitä, eivät vain ”kantansa” edustajia.
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Niin ilmeistä kuin tämä onkin, niin: Saukoilla, ilveksillä, karhuilla ja susilla on kyky tuntea kärsimystä, ja niillä on toimijuutta, jota ne voivat ilmentää elellen hyviä elinvuosia itselleen sopivassa seurassa ja ympäristössä. Ne ovat yksilöitä, eivät vain ”kantansa” edustajia.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I dare say I was quite good as a switchboard operator (one of my first jobs), and the training was fun. But I doubt the skills will be put to use in the future.
I dare say I was quite good as a switchboard operator (one of my first jobs), and the training was fun. But I doubt the skills will be put to use in the future.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
'Master' is too far, but I spent a _lot_ of effort on getting to a pretty decent standard (~ A Level) of Icelandic that has turned out to have fairly limited usage
'Master' is too far, but I spent a _lot_ of effort on getting to a pretty decent standard (~ A Level) of Icelandic that has turned out to have fairly limited usage
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I dare say I was quite good as a switchboard operator (one of my first jobs), and the training was fun. But I doubt the skills will be put to use in the future.
I dare say I was quite good as a switchboard operator (one of my first jobs), and the training was fun. But I doubt the skills will be put to use in the future.
Ja sitten myös suomeksi: onnellista suomalaisen musiikin päivää!
Lukekaahan päivän kunniaksi totuttuun tapaan julkaistu EVK, toimittajina @tanhupetteri.bsky.social, Marika Ahonen ja allekirjoittanut. Tuli hyvä!
etnomusikologia.journal.fi
Lukekaahan päivän kunniaksi totuttuun tapaan julkaistu EVK, toimittajina @tanhupetteri.bsky.social, Marika Ahonen ja allekirjoittanut. Tuli hyvä!
etnomusikologia.journal.fi
Etnomusikologian vuosikirja
Etnomusikologian vuosikirja on kotimainen musiikintutkimuksen vertaisarvioitu open access -julkaisu. Etnomusikologian vuosikirja on ilmestynyt vuodesta 1986 ja sitä julkaisee Suomen Etnomusikologinen ...
etnomusikologia.journal.fi
December 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ja sitten myös suomeksi: onnellista suomalaisen musiikin päivää!
Lukekaahan päivän kunniaksi totuttuun tapaan julkaistu EVK, toimittajina @tanhupetteri.bsky.social, Marika Ahonen ja allekirjoittanut. Tuli hyvä!
etnomusikologia.journal.fi
Lukekaahan päivän kunniaksi totuttuun tapaan julkaistu EVK, toimittajina @tanhupetteri.bsky.social, Marika Ahonen ja allekirjoittanut. Tuli hyvä!
etnomusikologia.journal.fi
Happy Finnish Music Day!
As usual, our *Yearbook of Ethnomusicology* has been published today. The editors are grateful to Anastasiia Mazurenko for her report (in English) on Ukrainian folk music recordings and preserving cultural heritage during wartime.
etnomusikologia.journal.fi/article/view...
As usual, our *Yearbook of Ethnomusicology* has been published today. The editors are grateful to Anastasiia Mazurenko for her report (in English) on Ukrainian folk music recordings and preserving cultural heritage during wartime.
etnomusikologia.journal.fi/article/view...
Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage amidst Military Conflicts: The Case of Folk Music Recording Archives’ Safekeeping in Ukraine (From 2014 to 2022 and 2022 to the Present)
Intangible cultural heritage, including folk music, is an integral part of every nation, and it becomes even more important in times of existential military confrontation and defense of the country ag...
etnomusikologia.journal.fi
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Happy Finnish Music Day!
As usual, our *Yearbook of Ethnomusicology* has been published today. The editors are grateful to Anastasiia Mazurenko for her report (in English) on Ukrainian folk music recordings and preserving cultural heritage during wartime.
etnomusikologia.journal.fi/article/view...
As usual, our *Yearbook of Ethnomusicology* has been published today. The editors are grateful to Anastasiia Mazurenko for her report (in English) on Ukrainian folk music recordings and preserving cultural heritage during wartime.
etnomusikologia.journal.fi/article/view...
A very wealthy dude from a country that has never had a single female president is yearning for ‘masculine leadership’. And public executions.
‘Masculine leadership’
And they say gender studies is all bunk
And they say gender studies is all bunk
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A very wealthy dude from a country that has never had a single female president is yearning for ‘masculine leadership’. And public executions.
🤦♀️
AI is certainly a peculiar tool for this (idiotic) endeavor, which is basically a term search from text files.
Probably generates more chaos than actual means for censorship. Which might be a good thing.
AI is certainly a peculiar tool for this (idiotic) endeavor, which is basically a term search from text files.
Probably generates more chaos than actual means for censorship. Which might be a good thing.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🤦♀️
AI is certainly a peculiar tool for this (idiotic) endeavor, which is basically a term search from text files.
Probably generates more chaos than actual means for censorship. Which might be a good thing.
AI is certainly a peculiar tool for this (idiotic) endeavor, which is basically a term search from text files.
Probably generates more chaos than actual means for censorship. Which might be a good thing.
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Jännittääkö muita miehiä yhtään?
Mä aloin YouTubesta etsimään oppaita heti herättyäni.
Mä aloin YouTubesta etsimään oppaita heti herättyäni.
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Jännittääkö muita miehiä yhtään?
Mä aloin YouTubesta etsimään oppaita heti herättyäni.
Mä aloin YouTubesta etsimään oppaita heti herättyäni.
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I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
Today, at @taideyliopisto.bsky.social, Matias Häkkinen’s artistic doctoral defence on the philosophy, history, and theory of tuning.
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today, at @taideyliopisto.bsky.social, Matias Häkkinen’s artistic doctoral defence on the philosophy, history, and theory of tuning.
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
YES.
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
One of my very petty beefs is applying the label rock star to people who definitely aren't rock stars. There are no "rock star philosophers" or "rock star economists". Stop it
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
YES.
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
An excellent text about the rise of managerialism in the academia.
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
An excellent text about the rise of managerialism in the academia.
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
Päivän inspiroiva tuttavuus: 65-vuotias käsityökauppa Möysän lanka ja sen ihanan omistautunut nykyinen kauppias (puolet myymäläänsä nuorempi).
Tutustukaa tekin, jos kulku vie Lahden Karjalankadun kautta!
Tutustukaa tekin, jos kulku vie Lahden Karjalankadun kautta!
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Päivän inspiroiva tuttavuus: 65-vuotias käsityökauppa Möysän lanka ja sen ihanan omistautunut nykyinen kauppias (puolet myymäläänsä nuorempi).
Tutustukaa tekin, jos kulku vie Lahden Karjalankadun kautta!
Tutustukaa tekin, jos kulku vie Lahden Karjalankadun kautta!
Sweet news from the research output front: the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology awarded a price to our book about Finland-Swedish musicking in the digital world titled 'Digitala stämmor: Finlandssvensk musikkultur i förändring'. (Open access förresten, kära kolleger!) hdl.handle.net/10138/593707
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Sweet news from the research output front: the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology awarded a price to our book about Finland-Swedish musicking in the digital world titled 'Digitala stämmor: Finlandssvensk musikkultur i förändring'. (Open access förresten, kära kolleger!) hdl.handle.net/10138/593707
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96 years ago today, Motown founder Berry Gordy was born. Where Black music was largely classified as "race records," Gordy was the entity that solidified Black music into the popular music space.
The Motown sound" became the blueprint for pop music everywhere.
And the legend walks amongst us 🙏🏾
The Motown sound" became the blueprint for pop music everywhere.
And the legend walks amongst us 🙏🏾
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
96 years ago today, Motown founder Berry Gordy was born. Where Black music was largely classified as "race records," Gordy was the entity that solidified Black music into the popular music space.
The Motown sound" became the blueprint for pop music everywhere.
And the legend walks amongst us 🙏🏾
The Motown sound" became the blueprint for pop music everywhere.
And the legend walks amongst us 🙏🏾
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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💚 Luontolahjakortti on kenties paras lahja luonnonystävälle.
❤️ Aineeton lahja, jolla on konkreettista merkitystä.
🌿 Kortit saat mm. Paremman Luonnon Puodista, Vapaudenkatu 14, Lahti. Puodin aukioloajat ja lisätiedot löytyvät www.plups.fi
🌱 Tuotto menee 100 % luontokohteiden hankkimiseen.
❤️ Aineeton lahja, jolla on konkreettista merkitystä.
🌿 Kortit saat mm. Paremman Luonnon Puodista, Vapaudenkatu 14, Lahti. Puodin aukioloajat ja lisätiedot löytyvät www.plups.fi
🌱 Tuotto menee 100 % luontokohteiden hankkimiseen.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
💚 Luontolahjakortti on kenties paras lahja luonnonystävälle.
❤️ Aineeton lahja, jolla on konkreettista merkitystä.
🌿 Kortit saat mm. Paremman Luonnon Puodista, Vapaudenkatu 14, Lahti. Puodin aukioloajat ja lisätiedot löytyvät www.plups.fi
🌱 Tuotto menee 100 % luontokohteiden hankkimiseen.
❤️ Aineeton lahja, jolla on konkreettista merkitystä.
🌿 Kortit saat mm. Paremman Luonnon Puodista, Vapaudenkatu 14, Lahti. Puodin aukioloajat ja lisätiedot löytyvät www.plups.fi
🌱 Tuotto menee 100 % luontokohteiden hankkimiseen.
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I was recently informed that legal action has been initiated against me in the EU for my reporting on the genocide in Gaza and Palestine.
All major social media platforms are deliberately limiting the visibility of my work.
All major social media platforms are deliberately limiting the visibility of my work.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I was recently informed that legal action has been initiated against me in the EU for my reporting on the genocide in Gaza and Palestine.
All major social media platforms are deliberately limiting the visibility of my work.
All major social media platforms are deliberately limiting the visibility of my work.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Hassua lukea tästä raideliikenteen muutoksesta kohti eurooppalaista standardia näin mutkan kautta 😄
Finland uses “Russia-gauge” rails. They are going to move to European compatible rail gauge for their own resilience.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge
The Finnish government announces the migration of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to international gauge (1,435 mm) from 2032. The change aims to improve military mobility and regional ...
www.trenvista.net
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Hassua lukea tästä raideliikenteen muutoksesta kohti eurooppalaista standardia näin mutkan kautta 😄