Uudiste arhiiv
Rahvusvaheline sümpoosion "Memory Landscapes: Environmental insights in Texts"
Mälestuste maastikud: keskkonna vaatlusi tekstides.
Memory Landscapes: Environmental insights in Texts
November 2-3, 2007, Tartu, Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42
Friday, November 2
9.30. Opening words, Ülo Valk
1. Session. Chair: Seppo Knuuttila
9.45. Heiki Valk, Archaeological monuments and common people: perception and meanings ( University of Tartu)
10.15. Mari-Ann Remmel, The meanings of place related tradition in present-day Estonia (Folklore Studies, Estonian Folklore Archives)
10.45.-11.00. Coffee and tea
2. Session. Chair: Ulla-Maija Peltonen
11.00. Pihla Siim, Meanings connected to home(s) and place(s) in the narratives of transnational families (Folklore Studies, University of Joensuu)
11.30. Liina Paales, Hidden stories in Estonian place name signs (Folklore Studies, University of Tartu)
12.30.-14.00. Lunch in "Shakespeare"
14.15-15.45. Walk in Supilinn leaded by Heiki Valk
3. Session. Chair: Rutt Hinrikus
16.00. Joonas Ahola, Saga Landscape. Narrative functions of topography in Icelandic family sagas (Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki)
16.30. Suvi Ratinen, Literary descriptions of home as cultural memory. (Literary Studies University of Helsinki, Christina Institute)
17.00. Tiina Kirss, Remembered Space in Autobiographical Writings (University of Tartu)
17.30-17.45. Coffee and tea
4. Session. Chair: Kristin Kuutma
17.45. Rutt Hinrikus & Tiiu Jaago, Depictions of nature and and environment in Estonian life stories (Writing competition on environmental changes in people's lives in 2006) (Estonian Literary Museum, University of Tartu)
18.15. Mara Zirnļte, Fieldworks in Sweden (Latvian University)
19.00 - Dinner in the University Café
Saturday, November 3
5. Session. Chair: Ene Kõresaar
9.00. Kaisu Kortelainen, Memories of a factory community: place, time and space (Folklore Studies, University of Joensuu)
9.30. Niina Lappalainen, Glorified places of the local stories (Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki)
10.00.-10.15. Coffee and tea
6. Session.
10.15. Liisi Jääts, Values attached to cultural landscape: two views by the inhabitants of Karula National Park, Estonia (Ethnology, University of Tartu, Estonian National Museum)
10.45. Petja Aarnipuu, The Tonttu as a guide to the medieval Turku Castle (at work since 1849) (Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki)
11.15. Kristel Rattus, Places Where Memory Can Happen (Ethnology, University of Tartu)
11.45. Final discussion.
Seminar organisers: Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore at the University of Tartu & Estonian Cultural History Archives at the Estonian Literary Museum
