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Arkki provides creative education using architecture &amp; design as holistic real-world phenomena to teach broad-based cultural and civic literacy and creative thinking and innovation skills. Meskanen is an author of several books and articles and participated in co-writing the Finnish National Curriculum for Visual Arts and Architecture. She is a frequent keynote and speaker at conferences (70+) around the world. 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