Media and the Arctic – Master Class Week at the University of Tampere 26–30 Nov. 2018
PUBLIC EVENTS
TaRC’s 1st international Master Class, Media and the Arctic, 26–30 November 2018, will include many events, which are open to the public. Below is a list of the public events.
Click here for information about the keynote speakers
Click here for a PDF version of the schedule
Most of the public events will be streamed online here.
Monday, 26 November 2018
Keynote talks
Pinni B building, room B1096
14:00–14:15 Opening by Päivi Pahta, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences (University of Tampere)
14:15–15:15 Arctic as the Vanishing Point, Alexei Popogrebsky (Moscow Film School)
15:15–16:15 Arctic in Russian and European Media, Anna Kireeva (Bellona Murmansk)
16:30–17:30 My Arctic. 25 Years of Covering the Arctic, Markku Heikkilä (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland)
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Keynote talk
Linna building, room K103
12:00–13:00 The Arctic Council – From Peripheries to the Centre of International Relations, Malgorzata Smieszek (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland)
Film screening
Arthouse Cinema Niagara (Kehräsaari B building, outside the university campus)
18:30–20:40 Screening of the film How I Ended This Summer (2010)
20:40–21:30 Discussion with the director, Alexei Popogrebsky (discussion led by Vlad Strukov)
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Keynote talks
Linna building, Väinö Linna auditorium (K104)
16:00–17:00 Designing the Global North, Vlad Strukov (University of Leeds)
17:00–18:00 Stories from the Ice. Films and Stories of Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Liisa Holmberg (International Sami Film Institute)
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Keynote talk
Pinni A building, Paavo Koli auditorium
12:00–13:00 Difficulties of Doing Environmental Journalism in the Arctic, Thomas Nilsen (The Independent Barents Observer)
Friday, 30 November 2018
Presentations of the workgroups of TaRC’s Master Class
Pinni B building, room B1096
09:15–09:30 Opening by Seppo Parkkila, vice rector of the University of Tampere
09:30–10:15 Arctic Environmental Journalism
10:30–11:15 Global Connections of the Arctic
11:15–12:00 Visual Representations of the Arctic
Panel discussion: Arctic Myths and Realities
Pinni B building, room B1096
13:00–14:45 Arctic Myths and Realities
Participants: Pia Maria Ahlbäck (Åbo Akademi University), Stina Aletta Aikio (Sámi experimental artivist), Nina Brander (Prime Minister’s Office Finland), Sanna Kopra (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland), Matti Posio (Lännen Media)
Host: Johannes Riquet (University of Tampere)
Organized by Tampere Research Centre for Russian and Chinese Media (TaRC).
Funded by C.V. Akerlund Media Foundation sr, and the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Tampere.
Address for online streaming: research.uta.fi/tarc/streaming
Contact: TaRC coordinator Mika Perkiömäki (tarc@uta.fi, +358 50 437 7396).
Address of Linna building: Kalevantie 5, Tampere: <https://goo.gl/maps/w8RFwasvaPQ2>
Address of Pinni buildings: Kanslerinrinne 1, Tampere: <https://goo.gl/maps/4wVsWwPKAaS2>
Campus map: <https://goo.gl/Ubz41W>
