19th Folklorists' Winter Conference: Parallel Worlds and Parallel Traditions

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

9.00–9.50 Departure from the parking lot in front of the Theatre Vanemuine and bus trip to Kadrina

9.50–10.15 Accommodation and welcome coffee

10.15–12.30 Session I

Opening of the conference

Aivar Jürgenson „Kalevipoja“ jäljed Kaukaasias: Abhaasia eesti asunduste nimedest

Pihla Maria Siim Eri kodakondsusega paarid kuuluvuse piire kompamas

Madis Arukask Väikerahva alternatiivajalugu filmides: vepsa mängufilm „Armastan“ ja rahvuse saatus

Getter Lauk, Mia Ruus „Ma scottishit ei oska, aga reinlendrit küll“: paralleelmaailmadest traditsioonilises tantsus

12.30–13.30 Lunch

13.30–15.00 Session II

Mare Kalda Maailmas, mille sees elame, on teine maailm: tavamaailma rikastamine tähendustekihiga hobigrupi tegevuses

Katre Kikas Kodune külalisraamat argikirjalikkuse väljal: mitmehäälsusest kooruvad lood

Eda Kalmre Tõde ja eetika mälestustes sõjajärgsest Tartust: ühe kuulujutu jälgi ajades

15.00–15.30 Coffee break

15.30–17.00 Session III

Guillem Castan͂ar Rubio, Anastasiya Fiadotava, Liisi Laineste, Sergey Troitskiy “We Won’t Buckle under a Bucket”: Humour in Recontextualising Hate Speech

Anastasia Servan-Schreiber Making the “New” Traditional: Ideological and Practical Use of Maausk by Sinine äratus

Inna Lisniak The Role of Traditional Instruments in the Practice of Estonian and Ukrainian Musicians

17.30–18.30 Dinner

18.30–19.00 Concert by Lonitseera Trio

20.00–... Evening activities and networking

Friday, March 21st, 2025

8.30–9.30 Breakfast

9.30–11.30 Session IV

Haozhen Li The Workroom: the Vernacular Practicing and Theorizing of a Religious Group in Contemporary Northeast China

Wei Chen The Disappearance of Wubai: A Demon Lost in the Changing Eastern Minyag Landscape

Margaret Lyngdoh Parallel Realities among the Indigenous Communities of Northeast India

Lodewyk Marthinus Barkhuizen Homecoming Exploring the Aesthetic and Expressive Dynamics of a South African Traditional Healing Ceremony

11.30–12.00 Coffee break

12.00–14.00 Session V

Elsa Till Hillis Tracking the “Invisible Neighbors” in Norway

Abhirup Sarkar From Souls to Assassins: Folklore of Parallel Worlds in Digital Games

Kikee Doma Bhutia Thensay Yaksay and the Burden of Ritual Gift in Sikkimese Villages

Closing of the conference

14.00–15.00 Lunch

15.15–16.30 Bus trip from Kadrina to Pala and visit to the Kodavere Heritage Centre

16.30–17.15 Bus trip to Tartu