Public events of TaRC’s 2018 Master Class, Media and the Arctic, will be streamed online via the link below:
The schedule of the streamed events is below. Please note that all the times are in Finnish time (Eastern European Time), which is GMT+2.
Monday, 26 November 2018
Keynote talks
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
12:00–13:00 The Arctic Council – From Peripheries to the Centre of International Relations, Malgorzata Smieszek (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland)
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Keynote talks
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
12:00–13:00 Difficulties of Doing Environmental Journalism in the Arctic, Thomas Nilsen (The Independent Barents Observer)
Friday, 30 November 2018
Panel discussion: Arctic Myths and Realities
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)