Safe and familiar – Sauna aesthetics are minimalistic and natural

2023-05-09T14:39:21+02:00May 9, 2023|Categories: Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Natural, dim and minimalistic. This is how Laura Seesmeri, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turku, describes sauna aesthetics. In her doctoral thesis ‘Sauno itsellesi menneisyys’, Seesmeri has studied sauna aesthetics as part of the cultural heritage of sauna. “There are two aspects to sauna as a space: what