Tiina Äikäs is a Senior Researcher in Archaeology at the University of Oulu, Finland. She specialises in contemporary archaeology and heritage, with an emphasis on industrial heritage and sacred places.Tuuli Matila is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology at the University of Oulu, Finland. She specializes in contemporary archaeology, heritage and representational studies.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Connecting with Ambivalent Heritage – Creative uses of Post-industrial SpacesEerika Koskinen-Koivisto (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Tiina Äikäs (University of Oulu, Finland) and Pauliina Latvala-Harvilahti (University of Turku, Finland)1. “Renegade Care”: Conservation, Co-curation, and Heritage Place-Making in Liminal SpacesAlexa Deanne Spiwak (University of Oslo, Norway)2. Suburban Heritage as Tourist Attraction?Minni Haanpää, Maria Hakkarainen and Anu Harju-Myllyaho (University of Lapland, Finland)3. Local Activism and Agency in the Heritagisation Processes - The Case of Forests in the Paimio Sanatorium, FinlandMaija Mäki and Helena Ruotsala (University of Turku, Finland)4. Masculinity, Smokestacks and the Decline of Industry: Visualizing Industrial Heritage in Social MediaTuuli Matila (University of Oulu, Finland)5. Co-constructing Chornobyl: Investigating Visitors’ Heritage Meaning-Making through Performativity in the Chornobyl Exclusion ZoneVeera Ojala (University of Turku, Finland)6. Spiralling into a Labyrinth of Cultural Fantasies and Extractivism: Treasures, Extraordinary Undergrounds, and the ‘Temple of Lemminkäinen’ (Sipoo, Finland)Vesa-Pekka Herva (University of Oulu, Finland), Oula Seitsonen (University of Oulu, Finland), Tina Paphitis (University of Bergen, Norway), Teresa Komu (University of Lapland, Finland), Gabriel Moshenska (UCL, UK) and Risto Nurmi (University of Oulu, Finland)7. Uses of the Industrial Mining Past: The Revitalisation of Old Mines as New Outdoor Spaces in SwedenAlbina Pashkevich and Daniel Brandt (Dalarna University, Sweden)8. 8.What the Muggles Don’t See: Affordances of Abandoned Industrial Sites for HobbyistsTiina Äikäs, Marjo Juola, Oula Seitsonen (University of Oulu, Finland) and Gabriel Moshenska (UCL, UK)9. Photo Essay: Remaining without Preservation: The Zombie Standing of Kino Rodina in EstoniaFrancisco Martinez (Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia)10. Discussion: The Discomforting Appeal of Ambivalent Heritage Hilary Orange (Swansea University, UK)NotesBibliographyIndex

This is an important collection of cutting-edge research on the politics and creative use of industrial heritage.