Program

Finnish Anthropology Conference 2011
Dynamic Anthropology: Tensions between Theory and Practice

University of Helsinki, October 5-7, 2011


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Conference program

Conference program as pdf file
Paper abstracts (pdf, 20 p.)

Wednesday October 5th / Keskiviikko 5.10.

10:00 – 17:00 Anthropological films / Antropologisia elokuvia
House of Science and Letters, room 404 / Tieteiden talo, Sali 404 (Kirkkokatu 6)
10.00 Les Maîtres Fous (Jean Rouch, 36 min), Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 84 min)
12.30–13.30 Lunch
13.30 Elements of Everyday Life (Anne-Katrine Hansen, 28 min), Ippo Ippo (Shotaro Wake, 47 min)
15.20 The Body and Social Relations (Anne-Katrine Hansen & Kamilla Nørtoft, 17 min)
16.00 A Joking Relationship (John Marshall, 14 min)

Each showing is followed by a discussion.
The event is free of charge and open to the public / Tapahtumaan on vapaa pääsy

18:15 – 19:45 The Edvard Westermarck Memorial Lecture / Edvard Westermarck –muistoluento
Prof. Joel Robbins (University of California, San Diego):
Transcendence and the Anthropology of Christianity (lecture abstract)

University Main Building, old side, auditorium XV
Yliopiston päärakennus, vanha puoli, auditorio XV (Unioninkatu 34, 00170 Helsinki)
The event is free of charge and open for all / Tapahtumaan on vapaa pääsy

Thursday October 6th / Torstai 6.10.

House of Science and Letters / Tieteiden talo (Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 Helsinki)
The keynote lectures are free of charge and open for all / Keynote –luennoille on vapaa pääsy

8:30–9:10 Registration, 5th floor / Ilmoittautuminen, 5. kerros
9:15 Opening speeches, room 104 / Antropologipäivien avaus, sali 104
9:30 Keynote lecture: Professor Karen Fog Olwig (University of Copenhagen): Narratives of Migration and Return: Family and Gender among Caribbean Women (lecture abstract)
10:45 Keynote lecture: Professor Joel Robbins (University of California, San Diego): Beyond the Suffering Subject: Toward an Anthropology of the Good (lecture abstract)

12:15–13:15 Lunch break / Lounastauko

Workshops 1–4, 6 /Työryhmät 1–4, 6
There will be coffee breaks midway through each longer session. / Pitkät kokoontumiset sisältävät tauon.
13:15–15:00 1. Dynamic Union? The challenges of anthropology migrating across the disciplinary divide (room 405 / sali 405).
13:15–17:00 3. Dynamic Perspectives in Identity Politics (room 404 / sali 404).
13:15–17:00 4. India-work shop (room 505, Sali 505 )
14:15–17:00 2. Ethnographic fragments, anarchist ideas (room 401 / sali 401).
15:00–17:00 6. Social dynamics of food, 1st session (room405 / sali 405).

19.00–21:30 Conference reception / Konferenssivastaanotto
A buffet supper and welcome drink will be provided and a bar taking cash and credit cards will operate throughout the evening.
House of Science and Letters, 5th floor / Tieteiden talo, 5. kerros

Friday October 7th / Perjantai 7.10.

House of Science and Letters / Tieteiden talo (Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 Helsinki

8:30–9:10 Registration, 5th floor / Ilmoittautuminen, 5. kerros

Workshops 5–9 Työryhmät 5–9
There will be coffee breaks midway through each longer session. / Pitkät kokoontumiset sisältävät tauon.

9:15–12:00 5. Crossing boundaries: New emerging fields of research in humanities from the anthropological perspective (room 404 / sali 404).
9:15–12:00 6. Social dynamics of food, 2nd session (room 505 / sali 505).
10:00–12:00 7. Global insecurities, local concerns: the ethnography of the public (room 405,sali 405)

12:00–13:00 Lunch break / Lounastauko

12:00–15:10 6. Social dynamics of food, 3rd session (room 505 / sali 505)
13:00–15:10 8. Muddled Models and Unruly Realities: The Epistemology of Anthropological Research (Room 404)
13:00–15:10 9. Spatial practices and belonging in the contemporary Islamic world (room 405, sali 405).
15:15–15:45 Closing words/ Antropologipäivien lopetus (room 505, sali 505).

Finnish Anthropology Conference 2011 is organized with support from Routledge and Beta Analytic Inc.