Welcome to the fifth international symposium of the Finnish Oral History Network
Travelling Memories: Lives in Transition, Helsinki, 27–28 November 2014
Mass migration and new media are the key characteristics of today’s world. Though people have always moved from place to place, never before has migration in all its forms affected so many people’s lives as it does today. Even when we ourselves do not move mediated memories of people living in diaspora and exile are a part of our everyday life. Travelling is also an essential feature of memory. To stay alive memories must continuously be on the move. Memories move across and beyond territorial and social boundaries from one individual to another, from one media to another, and each time new layers of meaning are added to them. The keynote speakers are
The keynote lectures and paper sessions will be open for all. You will be able to follow the keynote lectures online athttp://finlit.adobeconnect.com/tapahtumat/.
Symposium admission (50€ standard / 35€ concession: students/unwaged) includes tea or coffee on both days, a guided visit to Finnish Literature Society on Wednesday and the symposium reception at Finnish Literature Society on Thursday. Please organize the payment by bank transfer to the symposium account:
Bank: Nordea
Address: Kauppiaskatu 9, 20100 Turku
SWIFT/BIC code: NDEAFIHH
IBAN: FI85 1743 3500 0021 95
Account owner: Suomen muistitietotutkijoiden verkosto FOHN
Registration by 15th November 2014. Enquiries: fohn@finlit.fi or katri.kivilaakso@finlit.fi
Travelling Memories: Lives in Transition, Helsinki, 27–28 November 2014
Mass migration and new media are the key characteristics of today’s world. Though people have always moved from place to place, never before has migration in all its forms affected so many people’s lives as it does today. Even when we ourselves do not move mediated memories of people living in diaspora and exile are a part of our everyday life. Travelling is also an essential feature of memory. To stay alive memories must continuously be on the move. Memories move across and beyond territorial and social boundaries from one individual to another, from one media to another, and each time new layers of meaning are added to them. The keynote speakers are
- Baiba Bela (University of Latvia): Complexities of Memory Travel: Latvian Case
- Alessando Portelli (University of Rome-La Sapienza): An Open World. Refugees, Migrants and Guest at Europe's Borders
- Outi Fingerroos (University of Jyväskylä): Reuniting Families: Oral Narratives of Somali Immigrants and Finnish Officials
The keynote lectures and paper sessions will be open for all. You will be able to follow the keynote lectures online athttp://finlit.adobeconnect.com/tapahtumat/.
Symposium admission (50€ standard / 35€ concession: students/unwaged) includes tea or coffee on both days, a guided visit to Finnish Literature Society on Wednesday and the symposium reception at Finnish Literature Society on Thursday. Please organize the payment by bank transfer to the symposium account:
Bank: Nordea
Address: Kauppiaskatu 9, 20100 Turku
SWIFT/BIC code: NDEAFIHH
IBAN: FI85 1743 3500 0021 95
Account owner: Suomen muistitietotutkijoiden verkosto FOHN
Registration by 15th November 2014. Enquiries: fohn@finlit.fi or katri.kivilaakso@finlit.fi
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