Sensations from RE:22 – the 35th Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Congress in Reykjavík 13-16 June 2022. A four-minute film to capture the spirit of the conference for those who missed it and to refresh the memory of those who took part. Turn on the sound and feel free to share!
450 ethnologists and folklorist from 38 countries (2/3 from Norden) gave and listened to 335 papers in 82 panels, and discussed research ranging from sustainabilities in everyday life to mommy influencers, and from children‘s experience of uncertainty due to global climate catastrophe to queer mermaids in the North Atlantic, stopping along the way to discuss ptarmigans in Sami folklore, what happens to love locks removed from bridges, the coolness of the remote, and Wu-han-dshakes and other rituals of greeting in pandemic times.
They also planted 4000 trees, visited the president, partied in the pool, and sang karaoke at lunch.
Film by Áslaug Einarsdóttir.