Series of the UNESCO Chair

Featuring lectures and discussions, the series aims to bring together scholars, students and practitioners working on and thinking about the category of intangible cultural heritage and related themes.

Besides academic research conducted at universities and by colleagues at the UNESCO Chairs worldwide, by students and established academics alike, the series presents applied research initiatives and projects undertaken by heritage professionals, communities, and NGOs.

16:00 - 17:30 (EET)
On Zoom and in Ülikooli 16-216, Tartu

“You Can Hold the Potatoes”: Trust as Relational Praxis Amongst Sámi Communities in Norwegian Sámi
(Abstract)

Discussant: Laur Vallikivi (University of Tartu)

In collaboration with the Arctic Research Laboratory.

Rory James Cassie is a researcher at the Centre for Minority Research and PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, on trust as relational praxis among Sámi communities in Norwegian Sámi.

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16:00 - 17:30 (EET)
On Zoom and in Ülikooli 16-218, Tartu

“How to Make Money and Contribute to the Development of Africa?”: Vintage developmentalism, global finance and personal enrichment in West Africa
(Abstract)

Gustav Kalm is an Assistant Professor and a Junior Chair in Earth Jurisprudence at the SciencesPo Law School in Paris. See more.

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16:00 - 17:30 (EET)
On Zoom and in Ülikooli 16-218, Tartu

The LIVIND Project: Goals and Results of a Collaborative Project on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development
(abstract)

Leena Marsio is a Senior Advisor at Museovirasto - Finnish Heritage Agency, where she coordinates the UNESCO Convention on the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Siarhiej Makarevich is a Research Assistant and a Junior Research Fellow in Ethnology at the UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Tartu.

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16:00 - 17:30 (EET)
On Zoom only

Aineeton kulttuuriperintö or Intangible Cultural Heritage: editors’ discussion of the new edited volume on the concept, practice, and politics of ICH in Finland

Heidi Henriikka Mäkelä (PhD, MMus, title of Docent) is a folklorist at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She also works as a lecturer in folk music at the University of the Arts Helsinki.

Outi Valo is a Visiting Researcher at University of the Arts Helsinki and the Executive Archive Administrator at the Finnish Folk Music Institute.

The book is available in Finnish online.

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16:00 - 17:30 (EET)
On Zoom and in Ülikooli 16-218, Tartu

Effects of project-based work on the community: the example of RISE UP

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Ode Oras is an assistant-project manager at the Seto Institute and an MA student in the Ethnology, Folkloristics and Applied Anthropology programme at the University of Tartu.

Maarja Veisson is a Research Assistant at the UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Tartu.

RISE UP is an EU-funded research project that focuses on revitalizing endangered languages and safeguarding cultural diversity. Read more.

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