Kategoriarkiv: Konferenser

CFP: 13th International Conference of Young Folklorists “Dark Side of Folklore and Folkloristics”

Call for papers, Konferenser
Since the beginning of time, the existence of the light was inseparable from the darkness. In folklore material of  various cultures, darkness could take the shape of a mythological being or to be perceived as looming threat and danger. It could inhabit words, deeds, and wishes, enabling people to believe in dark magic, curses, actions that could bring harm and misfortune. It could also be attributed to the violence and crimes that took place in the community, as well as be seen as a power that can influence people to make questionable or condemnable choices.
However, sometimes even an academic approach cannot or would not cast enough light onto the matters of certain topics, leaving particular parts in the darkness. This kind of modus operandi  might even alter the views on traditions and folklore nationwide, as (un)consciously silencing disagreeable subjects might leave a wrong impression of it not existing in the first place.
13th International Conference of Young Folklorists invites scholars to explore topics that in traditional cultures were considered uncomfortable, immoral, a taboo, hid in the darkness not only because of people who did not wish to  converse in them, but also by folklorists who seemed to deem them disagreeable, improper, not worthy to write down. Potential themes include but are not limited to the following subject areas:
  • Processes of demonisation and alienation in traditional folklore;
  • Mythological beings and demons  in archival folklore material;
  • Fear, disgust, and other uncomfortable emotions within folklore;
  • Historical contexts of collecting controversial or “forbidden” folklore material;
  • Political and/or personal censorship of “inappropriate” folklore;
  • Negatively charged spaces and places in traditional narratives;
  • Decolonization of historical narratives;
  • Conspiracy theories, doomsday narratives, and urban legends in (digital) ethnography;
  • Rethinking of crime and violence in folklore;
  • Tracking of the queer ethnography;
  • Taboo topics in contemporary fieldwork;
  • Geopolitics, national politics, and folklore.
Since this topic is relevant not only in folklore studies, but also in anthropology, oral history, cultural heritage and religious studies, as well as other related disciplines, participants from other fields are also welcome to join the conference. The working language of the conference is English.
Please submit abstracts of 350 words, along with your name, institutional affiliation, email, and a brief biographical note (2–3 sentences) to the conference email yofovilnius24(@)gmail.com. The deadline for the abstracts is 13 February 2024. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 13 May 2024. There is no conference fee, however participants are expected to cover their travel and accommodation expenses.

Fagkonferensen 24-26 januar 2024: Fest og høytid

Konferenser

Fest og høytid. Forening for kulturforsknings fagkonferanse
24.-26. januar 2024

Påmeldingsfrist 20 desember.

Vi er stolte over å være vertskap for Forening for kulturforsknings fagkonferanse, og denne gangen har konferansen temaet Fest og høytid. Et nytt blikk på markering, ritual, festival, feiring, sammenkomst og avskjed.

Vi inviterer til en fornya faglig diskusjon av festlige skikker, høytider og tradisjoner. Markeringer og høytideligheter er ofte konservative, og endringer kan skje sakte og nesten umerkelig. Samtidig kan nye tider kreve helt nye former og uttrykk. I festene og høytidene finner vi spennet i menneskelivet, fra sorg til glede og fra individ til kollektiv.

Til konferansen har det kommet inn innlegg fra kulturhistoriske forskere ved universiteter og museer i hele Norge. Over femti innlegg kommer til å bli presentert over tre dager, med temaer som spenner fra primstavens høytidsmarkeringer til Eurovision-fest, fotografienes rolle i høytidene. Vi skal diskutere julekort, kreppapir, sørgebind, kranselag, gravferder og mye, mye annet.

Dr. Kari Telste og Dr. Lizette Gradén er hovedtalere, og konferansen finner sted på IBSEN Teater og museum, Gjestestuene på Norsk Folkemuseum, og Norsk Maritimt Museum.

Les mer her.

CfP: Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries 2024

Call for papers, Konferenser,

The 8th Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries (DHNB) will be held in Reykjavík 27-31 May 2024.

Call for proposals is now open

The DHNB aims to support research, education, and the dissemination of digital humanities in the Nordic and Baltic countries. For over seven years, the DHNB conferences have brought together academics, researchers, students, librarians, archivists, curators and museum professionals interested in creating and using digitised and born-digital collections as research data in the humanities, social sciences and arts. The DHNB has matured both as an organisation and as a community, something which is evident in the extensive compilation of outputs (https://dhnb.eu/publications/). Our annual gatherings have consistently served as a forum to showcase digital research, methodologies, technology, pedagogy and practice at the intersection that exists between academic disciplines and cultural heritage institutions. With its present level of maturity, the DHNB is now offering an opportunity to reflect on the development of these approaches and share insights that have been gained along the way.

Special theme:
FROM EXPERIMENTATION TO EXPERIENCE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

One unique aspect of the DHNB community is the active involvement of professionals from libraries, archives, and museums alongside digital humanities researchers. In the DHNB 2024 call for papers, we would particularly like to place emphasis on sharing lessons learned from collaborative initiatives between academic and cultural heritage communities, something that is exemplified by the work of our conference host, the Icelandic Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts.

Read more here.

The call closes 21 january 2024

 

The Call for Papers for Ethnology Days 2024 is open

Call for papers, Konferenser

The call for papers is open and closes on 31 October 2023. The paper proposals should be sent directly to the convenors for the workshop in question. The workshops are presented here. The proposals should include a paper title and name(s) and email address(es) of the presenter(s) plus abstract of no more than 250 words. The abstract and the presentation should be in language used in the call for the workshop. The decisions over the papers proposed will be made by 23 November 2024.

At Ethnology Days 2024, we will reflect on the voices of ethnological research – strong and muted, empathetic and critical, constructive and challenging – both in the past and today.

The XII Finnish Ethnology Days are held in Helsinki 14–15 March 2024.

XII Ethnology Days: Call for panels

Call for panels, Konferenser,

CALL FOR PANELS IS OPEN – VOICES AND PRACTICES IN RESEARCH
XII Ethnology Days in Helsinki, 14–15 March 2024

Abstract

Giving voice to research participants has been a central, albeit criticized, principle in ethnological research. Making different experiences visible and bringing them into dialogue with one another is an important goal for ethnologists. ‘Small’ topics and everyday perspectives are familiar to other fields in cultural studies as well. Highlighting everyday life and the practices of everyday life is the basis for the social impact of cultural studies.

Researchers, research participants, those who apply research methods and results, and other interested parties all possess unique voices. The meanings of our research change and can be re-evaluated in different contexts and over long periods of time. For us researchers, it is important to understand the ways in which we influence the world through our studies. Where and how are the voices of our research heard? Whose voices are heard, and who listens to them? What kind of research is valuable? Can research be too ‘small’ to be heard and considered beyond academia? At Ethnology Days 2024, we will reflect on the voices of ethnological research – strong and muted, empathetic and critical, constructive and challenging – both in the past and today.

We invite proposals for panels that consider different perspectives, discussions and temporalities related to the topic of research impact. The panels can cover, for example, the different ways and contexts of influencing others with our studies; research visibility in traditional or social media; and the construction and demolition of ideas, understandings and identities within research and heritage work.

In addition, we are interested in the voices within research and heritage processes. What kind of voices we hear, identify or interpret in fieldwork, research materials or heritage work? What methods can we use to make different voices heard? Are some voices ignored, and what do the silences tell us? Make your voice heard, and send your panel proposal (max. 350 words abstract) by 15.9.2023 to Seminar Secretary Salli Ritola, email: seminarsecretary(a)ethnosry.org

Speakers

Fataneh Farahani is a professor of ethnology in the Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies at StockholmUniversity. The distinctive contributions of her work include applying gender and sexuality to the field of migration studies, integrating race and translocational understandings in the field of masculinities studies, analysing the field of epistemology and knowledge production through the lens of race and gender, and integrating critical race and whiteness studies in the study of hospitality and hostility within the field of migration.

Sharon Macdonald is the Alexander von Humboldt professor of social anthropology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where she directs the Hermann von Helmholtz Centre for Cultural Techniques. She has worked on the practices and politics of memory, heritage and identity, especially in Europe. Her recent research has included examinations of how much we can keep collecting from the past, of how diversity and difference are – and could be – dealt with in museums, and of the potential of artistic approaches in ethnographic work on heritage.

Tytti Steel is an ethnologist and docent (associate professor) at theUniversity of Helsinki. In her research, she has focused on variousaspects of working life. She has a special interest in gender research, intersectionality and action research. Currently, she is working on two projects: (1) the post-pandemic work situations of healthcare workers with minority backgrounds and (2) gig work and the platform economy within the cultural sector.

Save the date: Etnologidagarna XII 14-15.3 2024

Konferenser,

Etnologidagarna XII med temat Forskningens röster och praktiker går av stapeln 14-15 mars 2024 i Helsingfors. Etnologidagarna organiseras av Ethnos ry.

Under dagarna frågar vi: Var och hur hörs rösterna i vår forskning? Vems röster hörs och vem lyssnar på dem?

Våra keynotes är professor Fataneh Farahani från Stockholms universitet, professor Sharon Macdonald från CARMAH-institutet vid Humboldt-universitetet och docent Tytti Steel från Helsingfors universitet.

Förslag till arbetsgrupper tas emot 1 augusti – 15 september 2023

Förslag till föredrag tas emot 1 oktober – 31 oktober 2023

Call for papers: Bilder som normskapande källor 1850–1950

Call for papers, Workshops

Vad: vetenskapligt seminarium och workshop: “Bilder som normskapande källor 1850–1950”

Vi ser fram emot att behandla följande frågor på djupet:
Vilka betydelser kan bilder bära på?
Hur och av vem produceras och distribueras bilder?
För vilka är bilder tillgängliga?
Vilken roll spelar bilder i att utmärka och definiera normer?

Var: SLS huvudbyggnad, Riddaregatan 5, Helsingfors

Vem: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f. (SLS)

När: Fredag 3.11.2023

Deltagande:

Förutom det öppna seminariet håller vi en workshop för ett begränsat antal deltagare.

Proposals till denna workshop ska utgå ifrån deltagarnas egna forskningsprojekt. Förtur ges till forskare som är i början av sina akademiska karriärer.
Om du vill delta i workshoppen, skicka ett abstract på 250 ord och en kort forskarprofil till sandra.waller(@)sls.fi senast den 12.6. Vi ger besked senast första veckan i juli. Kontakta också Sandra Waller om du har frågor.

Din proposal kan vara på svenska, skandinaviska eller engelska, men notera att workshopens arbetsspråk är svenska. Utöver detta presenterar deltagarna sin forskning muntligt och får feedback av workshopens ledare.

Workshop-deltagare har möjlighet att erhålla om reseersättning upp till 150€. Lunch och middag ingår i programmet.

Mer information finns på SLS hemsida: https://www.sls.fi/sv/evenemang/call-papers-bilder-som-normskapande-kallor-1850-1950

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IN ENGLISH

What: Academic seminar and workshop: “Images as normative sources 1850–1950”

This one-day seminar and workshop is focused on images becoming commodified and mass-produced as the 19th century comes to an end and the 20th begins. Photography is established but not as ubiquitous as it is today: it exists side by side with illustrations in educational material, advertisements, entertainment, and so on.

We look forward to exploring the following themes in depth:
What meaning can images carry?
How and by whom are images produced and distributed?
Who can access images?
How do images denote and define norms?

Where: SLS main building, Ritarikatu 5, Helsinki

Who: The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS)

When: Friday 03.11.2023

To participate:
In addition to the open seminar, we are holding a workshop with limited participants.

The proposals for this workshop should be based on an original research project. Preference will be given to scholars at the beginning of their academic career. If you would like to participate in the workshop, send an abstract of 250 words and a short introduction to sandra.waller(@)sls.fi. The deadline for this abstract is 12.06. All applicants will hear back from us in the first week of July at the latest. You can also contact Sandra Waller with questions.

The languages of this workshop are Swedish and Scandinavian, but you are welcome to submit your abstract and proposal in English.

Workshop participants can apply to have their travel expenses covered up until 150€. Lunch and dinner are included in the program.

En impopulär CfP

Call for papers, Symposium

Populärkulturforskningsnoden vid Lunds universitet bjuder in till ett lunch-till-lunch-symposium på temat impopulärt.

Med fokus på likes, sympatiska inlägg och ökat socialt tryck att bete sig ordentligt och inte överträda gränser, skulle vi vilja blicka åt andra hållet. Vad är impopulärt? Vad anser vi vara impopulärt? Vad var tidigare populärt men föll i onåd, eller tvärtom? Vad förstår vi med kulturell, social eller akademisk impopularitet? Vad säger det om våra sociala sammanhang när vissa saker/fenomen rör sig in i och/eller ut ur impopularitetszonen? Kan det i något sammanhang vara önskvärt att bli impopulär eller ange impopulära åsikter?
Vi bjuder in till presentationer för att utforska temat med ett brett utbud av exempel. Språk som gäller här: skandinaviska språk eller engelska.

Tid: 21–22 september, lunch till lunch

Plats: Lunds Universitet, LUX, rum B240

Middag: 21 september: mer information kommer

Skicka korta abstrakt (max 300 ord) till katarzyna.herd(at)kultur.lu.se, senast den 15 juni

CFP: International Conference of Young Folklorists

Call for papers, Konferenser
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 MAY 2023
The 12th International Conference of Young Folklorists
Beyond the Field: Fieldwork in the 21st Century
September 13–15, 2023, Riga, Latvia

Folklore studies have relied on firsthand encounters as a source of data since the 19th century when the first folklorists set out to collect oral lore from European peasantry. Since then, the discipline and the ways of human communication have changed tremendously; however, even in today’s digital environment, communication between folklore scholars and their informants has not lost its importance. Reflexivity has become an integral part of the discipline and the ethical principles of fieldwork have advanced considerably. The power relations in fieldwork have been transformed by applying collaborative ethnography as a methodological framework. Thus, folk performers are not seen as a mere source of information, but rather as fieldwork collaborators and co-creators of knowledge. The practical aspect of fieldwork has developed alongside technological advancements allowing the folklore collectors to capture their informants on various media.

Moreover, the proliferation of digital technologies, social media platforms, and other virtual spaces of the 21st century have inevitably modified how we define ’the field’ itself. The global Covid-19 pandemic made researchers adapt to online interactions as the key form of communication, since the mobility of researchers was limited. The devastating Russian invasion of Ukraine has suspended fieldwork, disrupted research, and brought the future into uncertainty and precariousness for many. This poses the challenges of fieldwork during warfare and socio-political crises, questioning the ethical responsibilities that come with it.

Despite the constantly changing world around us, folklore scholars still prefer the firsthand observation of informants and communities in their habitats and documentation of their knowledge as the main research method. The 12th International Conference of Young Folklorists welcomes proposals for papers on various fieldwork-related topics. Potential themes include but are not limited to the following subject areas:

– Historical perspectives and contexts of the fieldwork-based data collection;
– Fieldwork materials in folklore archives;
– Emotions, body, and fieldwork;
– Fieldwork at the time of crisis and unstable political contexts;
– Landscape and fieldwork: cultural heritage and the Anthropocene;
– Posthuman approaches and other-than-human interaction in the field;
– Feminist and queer ethnography;
– Ethical challenges of documenting sensitive and controversial data;
– Professional responsibility: informed consent and representation;
– Challenges and opportunities of digital ethnography and working in the virtual field;
– Managing intersectional identities in at-home ethnography;
– Scholars and community: the power dynamics of the fieldwork.

Since fieldwork as a method is relevant not only in folklore studies, but also in anthropology, oral history, cultural heritage studies, and other related disciplines, participants from other fields are also welcome to join the conference.

The working language of the conference is English. Please submit abstracts of 350 words, along with your name, institutional affiliation, email, and a brief biographical note (2–3 sentences) to the conference email rigayofo(@)gmail.com.
The deadline for the abstracts is 1 May 2023 (extended to 15 May). Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 1 June 2023. There is no conference fee, but participants are expected to cover their travel and accommodation expenses.

The conference is organized by the Archives of Latvian Folklore, Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, and will be held at the National Library of Latvia

CfP: Language, gender and sexuality: theoretical and methodological perspectives 12-13th October 2023

Call for papers, Konferenser, , , ,
Language, gender and sexuality: theoretical and methodological perspectives 12–13th October 2023
University of Helsinki, Finland.
First Call for Papers

The intersections of language, gender and sexuality have become central topics of interest for researchers from many fields, but gender and sexuality categories are often handled in a simplistic manner, for example as fixed binary variables. However, these are both complex categories which require new theoretical understanding and methodological orientations. With the aim of bringing together both national and international scholars interested in language and gender and/or sexuality, we are organizing a two-day conference on October 12 and 13, 2023 at the University of Helsinki. All presentations will be given in person.

The call for papers for the conference is open to all scholars focusing on language. In particular, we hope to receive abstracts on studies utilizing queer theories or feminist approaches (e.g., intersectional feminism), but we welcome abstracts on any topics related to language and gender and/or sexuality. Both established and younger researchers are encouraged to participate. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

queer (linguistic) theory/methods
corpus linguistic approaches to studying language and gender/sexuality
ethnographic approaches to studying language and gender/sexuality
construction of gender and sexual identities in discourse
queer and trans sociophonetics

With these themes in mind, we have invited two plenary speakers, who will both also lead a methodological workshop:

Dr. Lucy Jones, University of Nottingham:
Plenary: Constructions of identity and embodiment in the discourse of trans youth
Workshop: Doing ethnography in queer and trans linguistics: Issues, concepts, and reflections

Dr. Frazer Heritage, Manchester Metropolitan University:
Plenary: Lavender corpus linguistics: taking stock and moving forward
Workshop: Corpus approaches to language and sexuality: tackling methodological challenges

Submission details:

Abstracts should be 250 words in length (excluding references), and they can be written in English or Finnish. Likewise, accepted papers can be presented either in English or Finnish.
All abstracts should be submitted via email langgegesex(@)helsinki.fi by May 11th. Instructions for the abstract layout are provided on the website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/language-gender-and-sexuality-theoretical-and-methodological-perspectives/call-papers

Notification of acceptance will be sent in early June.

The conference is funded by the Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities. There is no registration fee for presenters.

Please contact langgesex(@)helsinki.fi  if you have any questions.

Conference website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/language-gender-and-sexuality-theoretical-and-methodological-perspectives

Organizers:
Pekka Posio, Jarmo Jantunen, Laura Hekanaho, Meri Lindeman, Sanni Surkka and Annina Pura