Background
Mäkelä, Helmi Inkeri Järviluoma was born on November 9, 1960 in Ylivieska, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Daughter of Vilho and Silja Säily.
Mäkelä, Helmi Inkeri Järviluoma was born on November 9, 1960 in Ylivieska, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Daughter of Vilho and Silja Säily.
Master of Arts, University Tampere, Finland, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tampere, Finland, 1997.
Director Institute Rhythm Music, Seinäjoki, Finland, 1991—1992. Junior researcher University Tampere, 1992—1997. Lecturer & senior researcher University Turku, Finland, 1998—2004.
Academy researcher Academy Finland University Joensuu, Helsinki, Finland, 2004—2005, head, research project SoCS, since 2009. Professor, cultural studies University Joensuu, Finland, since 2005. President Finnish Society Ethnomusicology, Tampere, 1995—1997, Finnish Society Acoustic Ecology, Tampere, 1999—2006.
Publications director International Association Study Popular Music, Liverpool, England. Editorial committee member Popular Music Journal, Cambridge, England, since 2009, Soundscape: Journal Acoustic Ecology, Vancouver, Canada, since 2009.
With Regional Council, Joensuu, Finland, 2008—2009. Member of International Association Study Popular Music, World Forum Acoustic Ecology, Finnish Society Ethnomusicology, Kalevala Society.
Married Matti Samuel Mäkelä, July 1, 2006. Married Tapio Järviluoma (divorced 1991). 1 child Laura Järviluoma.