University of Tartu, Ülikooli 16, room 212
Preliminary programme
10.15 - 10.30 Ülo Valk (Tartu, Estonia): Belief, Tradition, and Identity as Vernacular Practices. Introduction to the Symposium
10.30 - 11.00 Lina Sokolovaite; (Vilnius, Lithuania): Landscape Making Identity: the Model of Trakai in Lithuania
11.00 - 11.30 Ergo-Hart Västrik (Tartu, Estonia): Festival of St. Elijah's Friday in Ilyeshi Village
11.30 - 12.00 Özlem Demren (Sivas, Turkey): Traditional Wedding Rituals in the City of Sivas in Turkey
12.00 - 12.30 Sadananda Singh (Imphal, India): Manipuri Folk Epic Khamba Thoibi: Oral Transmission and Performance
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Margaret Lyngdoh (Tartu, Estonia): The Secret Name: Jhare Magic and the Khasis
14.30 - 15.00 Svetlana Tsonkova (Budapest, Hungary): New Identity for an Old Demon - Continuity and Specifics in Bulgarian Charms Tradition
15.00 - 15.30 Çağdaş Demren (Sivas, Turkey): Tattoo and Henna as Body Inscription In Anatolian Culture
15.30 - 16.00 Katrin Alekand (Tartu, Estonia): Henna - Tradition, Beliefs and Urban Legends
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 - 17. 00 Kirsi Hänninen (Jyväskylä, Finland): "People Would Say I Am Mad". Stigmatization of the Supernatural in Finnish First-Person Narratives
17.00 - 17.30 Andrus Kask (Tartu, Estonia): Discourse Analytical Approach to the Relationship between the Researcher and the Research Context (Based on Fieldwork among the Northern Khanties)
17.30 - 18.00 Tiina Sepp (Tartu, Estonia): Interview as an Act of Seduction (Based on Fieldwork on the Camino de Santiago)
Symposium is organized by the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore and the Department of Ethnology, University of Tartu. It is supported by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (the Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory).
Contact: prof. Ülo Valk, phone: +372 7375 310, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
