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

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

8.50–9.00 Gathering at the parking lot in front of the Theatre Vanemuine

9.00–9.50 Bus trip from Tartu to Kadrina

9.50–10.15 Accommodation and welcome coffee

10.15–12.30 Session I: chair Ergo-Hart Västrik

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: chair Kirstel Kivari

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: chair Jonathan Roper

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

19.00–20.00 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: chair Ülo Valk

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

Simona K. Zupanc Plants as Bridges Between the Living and the Dead

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: chair Lodewyk Marthinus Barkhuizen

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