Teaching schedule of TaRC's Master Class Media and the Arctic

Media and the Arctic Master Class Week in Tampere 26–30 Nov. 2018

Teaching schedule (subject to change, last updated 31 Oct. 2018)

The schedule is also available as a PDF document.

 

Monday, 26 November 2018

Opening

Linna building, room K113

10:15–10:30     Opening by Arja Rosenholm (University of Tampere)

10:30–11:00     Introductions of the participants and teachers along with coffee and refreshments

Linna building, rooms K107, K109, K113

11:00–13:00     Poster presentation session by the course participants, based on the pre-assignment material

 

13:00–14:00     Lunch (at own cost)

 

Keynote talks

Pinni B building, room B1096

14:00–14:15     Opening by Päivi Pahta, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Tampere

14:15–15:15     Arctic as the Vanishing Point, Alexei Popogrebsky (Moscow Film School)

15:15–16:15     Arctic in Russian and European Media, Anna Kireeva (Bellona Murmansk)

16:30–17:30     My Arctic. 25 Years of Covering the Arctic, Markku Heikkilä (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland)

 

Welcome reception and buffet dinner:

Hall between Pinni A and Pinni B buildings, 1st floor

18:00–20:00

 

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Parallel workshops

Linna building, room K113

9:15–11:45       Arctic Environmental Journalism (Anna Kireeva, Thomas Nilsen, Dmitry Yagodin)

Linna building, room K108

9:15–11:45      Global Connections of the Arctic (Markku Heikkilä, Malgorzata Smieszek, Ari Heinonen)

Linna building, room K109

9:15–11:45      Visual Representations of the Arctic (Alexei Popogrebsky, Vlad Strukov, Arja Rosenholm, Johannes Riquet)

 

Keynote talk

Linna building, room K103

12:00–13:00     The Arctic Council – From Peripheries to the Centre of International Relations, Malgorzata Smieszek (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland)

 

13:00–14:00     Lunch (at own cost)

 

Parallel workshops

Linna building, room K113

14:00–17:00     Arctic Environmental Journalism (Anna Kireeva, Thomas Nilsen, Dmitry Yagodin)

Linna building, room K108

14:00–17:00     Global Connections of the Arctic (Markku Heikkilä, Malgorzata Smieszek, Ari Heinonen)

Linna building, room K109

14:00–17:00     Visual Representations of the Arctic (Alexei Popogrebsky, Vlad Strukov, Arja Rosenholm, Johannes Riquet)

 

Public event

Arthouse Cinema Niagara (Kehräsaari B-talo, <https://goo.gl/maps/KR1QxUkm7ZD2>)

18:30–20:40     Film watching: How I Ended This Summer (2010)

20:40–21:30     Discussion with the director, Alexei Popogrebsky (discussion led by Vlad Strukov)

 

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Parallel workshops

Linna building, room K113

9:15–12:00       Arctic Environmental Journalism (Anna Kireeva, Thomas Nilsen, Dmitry Yagodin)

Linna building, room K108

9:15–12:00       Global Connections of the Arctic (Markku Heikkilä, Malgorzata Smieszek, Ari Heinonen)

Place: TBC

9:15–12:00       Visual Representations of the Arctic (Alexei Popogrebsky, Vlad Strukov, Arja Rosenholm)

 

12:00–13:00     Lunch (at own cost)

 

Parallel workshops

Linna room K113

13:00–16:00     Arctic Environmental Journalism (Anna Kireeva, Thomas Nilsen, Dmitry Yagodin)

Linna room K108

13:00–16:00     Global Connections of the Arctic (Markku Heikkilä, Ari Heinonen, Liisa Holmberg)

Linna room K109

13:00–16:00     Visual Representations of the Arctic (Alexei Popogrebsky, Vlad Strukov, Arja Rosenholm)

 

Keynote talks

Linna building, Väinö Linna auditorium (K104)

16:00–17:00     Visualizing the Global North, Vlad Strukov (University of Leeds)

17:00–18:00    Stories from the Ice. Films and Stories of Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Liisa Holmberg (International Sami Film Institute)

 

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Parallel workshops

Linna building, room K113

9:15–11:45       Arctic Environmental Journalism (Anna Kireeva, Thomas Nilsen, Dmitry Yagodin)

Linna building, room K108

9:15–11:45       Global Connections of the Arctic (Markku Heikkilä, Ari Heinonen)

Linna building, room K109

9:15–11:45       Visual Representations of the Arctic (Alexei Popogrebsky, Vlad Strukov, Arja Rosenholm, Liisa Holmberg)

 

Keynote talk

Pinni A building, Paavo Koli auditorium

12:00–13:00    Difficulties of Doing Environmental Journalism in the Arctic, Thomas Nilsen (The Independent Barents Observer)

 

13:00–14:00     Lunch (at own cost)

 

Parallel workshops (preparation for the presentations on Friday)

Linna building, room K113

14:00–17:00     Arctic Environmental Journalism (Anna Kireeva, Thomas Nilsen, Dmitry Yagodin)

Linna building, room K108

14:00–17:00     Global Connections of the Arctic (Markku Heikkilä, Ari Heinonen)

Linna building, room K109

14:00–17:00     Visual Representations of the Arctic (Alexei Popogrebsky, Vlad Strukov, Arja Rosenholm, Johannes Riquet)

 

Friday, 30 November 2018

Presentations of the workgroups of TaRC’s Master Class

Pinni B building, room B1096

9:15–9:30         Opening by Seppo Parkkila, vice rector of the University of Tampere

9:30–10:15       Arctic Environmental Journalism

10:30–11:15     Global Connections of the Arctic

11:15–12:00      Visual Representations of the Arctic

 

12:00–13:00     Lunch (at own cost)

 

Panel discussion: Arctic Myths and Realities

Place: Pinni B building, room B1096

13:00–14:45     

Participants:     Pia Maria Ahlbäck (Åbo Akademi University)

                           Stina Aletta Aikio (Sámi experimental artivist)

                           Nina Brander (Prime Minister’s Office Finland)

                           Sanna Kopra (Aleksanteri Centre, University of Lapland)

                           Matti Posio (Lännen Media)

Host:                  Johannes Riquet (University of Tampere)

 

Closing

Pinni B building, room B1096

15:00–15:30     Conclusive words and instructions for the final assignment