Contents of FF Network
6
(March
1993)
- The Folklore Fellows recruits members
- Global and regional work at the FFSS
- FFSS 1993 - preliminary programme
- Folklore Fellows in oral epics
- Bengt Holbek (1933-1992)
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- Tradition and renewal at the FFSS
- Folklore Fellows' Summer School 1993 in Turku
- The governing bodies
- Folklore Fellows' Summer School approaches
- Global and regional work at the FFSS
- The 2nd FF Summer School: Tradition and Renewal
- FFSS93: A Participant's Report
- FFSS93 Participants
- FFSS93 Teachers and secretariat
(FFN 6, March 1993: 4-6)
TRADITION AND RENEVAL IN THE FOLKLORE PROCESS
August 2 - 14, 1993
Turku University / Turku Christian Institute, Finland
MONDAY, August 2nd
ARRIVAL at the Turku Christian Institute,
10.00- Registration (Course office near the entrance of the White Building).
Orientation to the facilities of the TCI.
Getting acquainted with the course materials.
13.30 Meeting in the Main Auditorium of the Main Building.
Orientation to the programme.
Discussion in groups.
16.00 Sight-seeing in Turku (Turku Castle, the Cathedral, Handicraft Museum).
19.30 Get-together (Dining Hall & Garden). All participants on the
course will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves (1-2
min.).
Registration continues until 22.00.
TUESDAY, August 3rd
8.45 Anna-Leena Siikala: Opening speech.
(Main Auditorium)
9.00 Tradition and Renewal. Lauri Honko: Tradition and Renewal
in the Folklore Process. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Tradition and Renewal. Anna-Leena Siikala: Tradition
as a Representation of Cultural Consciousness. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Group meetings. (Group rooms)
17.00 The regional colloquia begin their work.
Centers, Identities, and Dialogue in Folklore Scholarship. Introduction
and chair Reimund Kvideland (Nordic session: Periphery and the European
legacy),
Jawaharlal Handoo (3rd World session: From object of study to
subject of research), Barbro Klein (American and European session:
Centers in Dialogue?). (Group rooms)
Individual work.
WEDNESDAY, August 4th
9.00 Folklore, Discourse and Genre. Galit Hasan-Rokem: Folklore
Genres as Means of Communication. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Folklore, Discourse and Genre. Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj:
The Modes of Folkloric Discourse. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Group meetings. (Group rooms)
17.00 Regional colloquia (Nordic session, 3rd World session, American
and European session). (Group rooms)
Individual work.
20.00 Receptions in Turku.
THURSDAY, August 5th
8.30 Folklore Scholarship. Satu Apo: Recent Approaches
in European Folklore Studies. Barbro Klein: American Folklore Studies.
(Main Auditorium)
11.15 Folklore Scholarship. Jawaharlal Handoo: Vernacular
Heritage and Western Thought. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion
14.00 Problems of AV-technique and computerization. Jaakko Isojunno & Lauri Harvilahti: Presentation of the exercises. (Main Auditorium)
17.00 Regional colloquia (Nordic session, 3rd World session, American
and European session). (Group rooms)
Individual work.
20.00 Films, slide show. Discussion: The Use of AV-technique in Folklore
Research. (Main Auditorium)
FRIDAY, August 6th
9.00 Folklore Work in the Developing Countries. Jawaharlal
Handoo: New Perspectives in the Research Strategies in the Developing
Countries. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Folklore Work in the Developing Countries. Lauri Honko:
Dialogical
Field-Methodology - The Making of an Epic. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Group work & exercises in AV-technique and computer-based cataloguing systems.
17.00 Regional colloquia (Nordic session, 3rd World session, American
and European session). (Group rooms)
Individual work.
20.30 Discussion: Problems of Establishing a Tradition Archive. Introduction
and chair: Reimund Kvideland & Pekka Laaksonen. (Dining Hall)
SATURDAY, August 7th
8.30 Fieldwork. Field-teams carry out documentation on agreed topics.
23.00 Return to TCI (approximately).
Alternative programme:
9.00 Group meetings and exercises.
14.00 Individual study. Computer and video editing facilities available
upon request. (Computer and Video Classes)
16.30 Coffee
19.00 Dinner
SUNDAY, August 8th
8.00 Excursion to Helsinki begins. Sight-seeing in Helsinki.
12.00 Visit to the Folklore Archive of the Finnish Literature Society.
14.30 Visit to the Suomenlinna open air museum.
21.00 Return to TCI, evening snack, sauna.
MONDAY, August 9th
9.00 Ethics and Politics in Tradition Research. Barbara Babcock:
Tradition
and the Politics of Reproduction. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Ethics and Politics in Tradition Research. Barbro Klein:
Rapport
and Ethics. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Group work & exercises in AV-technique and computer-based cataloguing systems.
17.00 Regional colloquia (Nordic session, 3rd World session, American
and European session). (Group rooms)
Individual work.
TUESDAY, August 10th
9.00 Gender Studies. Barbara Babcock: Perspectives of
Gender in Folklore Studies. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Gender Studies. Aili Nenola: Emancipatory Folklore
Work. Rituals as Women's Folklore. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Group work & exercises in AV-technique and computer-based cataloguing systems.
17.00 Regional colloquia (Nordic session, 3rd World session, American
and European session). (Group rooms)
Individual work.
WEDNESDAY, August 11th
9.00 Performance and Meaning. Charles Briggs: Tradition
and Text in Folkloristic Fieldwork. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Performance and Meaning. Galit Hasan-Rokem: Meaning
and Interpretation. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Group work & exercises in AV-technique and computer-based cataloguing systems.
17.00 Regional colloquia (Nordic session, 3rd World session, American
and European session). (Group rooms)
Individual work.
19.30 Folklore Fellows' Party.
THURSDAY, August 12th
9.00 Processes of Textualization. Charles Briggs: Problems
of Textualization and Intertextuality. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Processes of Textualization. Lauri Harvilahti: National
Identity and Models of Textualization. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Group work & exercises in AV-technique and computer-based cataloguing systems.
17.00 Regional groups present their reports: Centers, Identities,
and Dialogue in Folklore Scholarship. (Main Auditorium)
FRIDAY, August 13th
09.00 Identity and Folklore. Lauri Honko: The Folklore
Process and the Construction of Identity. (Main Auditorium)
11.00 Identity and Folklore. Anna-Leena Siikala: Myth,
History and Ethnic Identity. (Main Auditorium)
12.30 Discussion.
14.00 Groups meet and finalize their reports. (Group rooms)
16.00 Presentation of five thematic group reports. (Main Auditorium)
20.00 Reporting continues. Discussion.
SATURDAY, August 14th
8.30 General discussion. Conclusion.
11.00 Packing.
Afternoon: DEPARTURE.