Defence of MA theses on Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies on August 24, 2020

Students of the University of Tartu (UT) “Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies” Master’s programme are defending their MA theses and projects in the Worldfilm Hall of the  Estonian National Museum (ENM) on August 24 starting at 11 am:

11:00 - 12:00
Victorina Soyan
MA thesis “Belief Narratives Relating to the Supernatural in the Nomadic Pastoralist Context of Encounters (on the Social Network Material of a Tyvan-Speaking Group)”
Supervisor Prof. Ülo Valk (UT)
Reviewer Alevtina Solovyeva (UT)

12:00-13:00
Theang Teron
MA thesis “The Mosera Epics in Karbi Ritual: Documentation and Problem of Textualization”
Supervisor Margaret Lyngdoh (UT)
Reviewer Laura Siragusa (University of Helsinki)

13:30-14:30
Larissa Marie Brigitte Leiminger
MA project “Issues of Access and Context of Archival Folklore Materials: Presenting the Manuscript Collection of the Learned Estonian Society in an Explorative Database”
Supervisors Ergo-Hart Västrik (UT), Aija Sakova (Estonian Cultural History Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum)
Reviewer Ave Goršič (Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum)

14:30-15:30
Nichole Michelle (Pono) Weimer
MA project “Culturing Goat Milk: Estonian Goat Milk Farming and Artisanal Made Products”
Supervisors Ester Bardone (UT), Karin Leivategija (ENM)
Reviewer Marika Alver (NGO Fenno-Ugria)

The Worldfilm Hall accommodates up to 25 persons.

Those interested have the opportunity to visit Pono Weimer’s exhibition „Culturing Cheese: Estonian Goat Milk Farming and Artisanal Products” at the Cultural Heritage Study Centre of the ENM. The exhibition is part of Pono Weimer’s MA project and open through September 11.

The aim of Larissa Leiminger’s MA project was to create an explorative online database and website presenting the German materials of the manuscript collection of the Learned Estonian Society: https://galerii.kirmus.ee/GEG/