Abstract
In Finland cultural studies, like sociology and anthropology, has played an important part nationally and even internationally in the studies of non-material forms of cultures of foreign nations. On the other hand, the study of material cultures has been neglected for the most part. This situation is only natural, as the links between collections, museums and universities, necessary for the education of material culture researchers, are only now being forged after a hiatus of manyyears. This separation was the result of various events, beginning with the cessation of Russian funding after Finland became independent in 1917 and becoming more serious with the rejection of material cultures in the 1960s linked with the rise of social anthropology. Fashions in research come and go, and today there are other ways of doing anthropological research besides fieldwork in some contemporary community or culture. The historical formation of cultures and the vast amount of documentation already available can once again be considered interesting.
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