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The „Young Voices”: The Young Researchers of Culture Conference
We kindly invite you to the „Young Voices”: The Young Researchers of Culture Conference.
This year the conference takes place on April 23–24 in Estonian Literary Museum (Vanemuise 42, Tartu).
Programme (April 23)
10:00-11:15 Conference opening and keynote lecture by prof. Shawn Rowland: Urban Mythologies of Bhutan
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-13:30 Session I Space, Sound and Environment
11:30-12:00 Elisa Kusuma Dewanti: Space, Identity, and Resilience: Navigating the Liminal Landscape of Yogyakarta City
12:00-12:30 Lucya Passiatore: Can We Hear Climate Change? Exploring the Role of Soundscapes in the African Hebrew Israelite of Jerusalem Community
12:30-13:00 Robertho Miguel Paredes Coral: Visual Narratives of the Forest and Tambopata Amazonian Cosmovision
13:00-13:30 Michele Tita: Imagining Wilderness: Engagement with a Non-Perceivable Environment
14:30-16:00 Session II Living Knowledge (Chair: Polina Holitsyna)
14:30-15:00 Jason S. Cordova: Walking the Spirit Road and the Stars of Decision: Exploring Native American Cultural Astronomy and Star Lore of the American Southwest
15:00-15:30 Baobao: An Investigation of the Omen System of Eastern Minyag in Tibet
15:30-16:00 Lodewyk Barkhuizen: Living Knowledge: The Inzuza Spirit as a Particular Domain of Knowledge within South African ‘Traditional’ Healing Practices
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-17:45 Session III Ancestry and Belonging (Chair: Siarhiej Makarevich)
16:15-16:45 Digne Ūdre: Added Value or Trivialization of Traditions? Commodification and Folk Culture
16:45-17:15 Adedeji Adeniyi: If You’re Black, No Way Back?
17:15-17:45 Ekaterina Praks: Memories etched in Soil: Mustvee Cemetery's Spatial Tapestry
17:45-17:50 Closing remarks, award ceremony
The second day features presentations in Estonian.
Additional information:
natali.ponetajev@folklore.ee Natali Ponetajev, Estonian Literary Museum
Organizers: Astrid Tuisk, Mathilda Matjus, Natali Ponetajev, Liisi Jääts, Anni Leena Kolk, Kristel Kivari, Polina Holitsyna, Saara Mildeberg
Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Folklore Archives, University of Tartu, Tartu Nefa Group, Estonian National Museum, University of Tallinn.
