Pots, Sandals and a Tent

ARTS MEET REFUGEEISM

24.10.2011 Logomo (Hall C), Turku

10.00–10.15 Opening words of the seminar: Why is this seminar arranged?

10.15–11.15 REFUGEEISM IN ARTS

 Chairperson Henri Terho, Secretary General, Regional Arts Council of South-West Finland

 Jari Sedergren D.Soc.Sc., special researcher: Refugeeism in Finnish Film

Eila Rantonen Lic.Ph., lecturer: The Refugee Author Amidst and in Between Cultures

Antti-Ville Kärjä Ph.D., Academy of Finland: The Refugees of Finnish Pop and the Politics of Traditions

Alfonso Padilla, Ph.D., musicology: The Musician as a Refugee

VIDEO SPEACH: Jopi Nyman, Ph.D. Professor

11.30–12.30 ARTIST AS A REFUGEE

Chairperson Eila Rantonen | Amir Khatib, visual artist, curator | Warda Ahmed, comics artist | Mexhit Sadiku, poet | Mia Hannula, researcher, art historian, University of Turku | Shahla Ezadi, film-maker | Soghra Rezgi, poet                      

12.30–13.30 Lunch break

12.30–13.30 BRITISH COUNCIL: Active Citizens workshop, GROUP 1:

The aim of the workshop is to investigate how identity influences the creation of art and the ways in which art is interpreted. We will do this through practices and the working language is Finnish. The workshop requires registration.

13.30–14.30 A NATIONAL NETWORK FOR THE ARTS BY AND ABOUT REFUGEES

Tom Green, Platforma co-ordinator, UK

14.30–15.15 HUMAN RIGHTS, CULTURAL RIGHTS AND REFUGEEISM

Chairperson Elina Rantanen, M.Soc.Sc., Chairperson of the Cultural Board of Turku

Elina Pirjatanniemi, LL.D., Professor of Constitutional and International Law, Åbo Akademi University: The Right to Culture as a Human Right

Pasi Saukkonen D.Soc.Sc., docent, researcher: Cultural Rights and the Complex Diversity

15.15 – 15.30           Coffee break

15.15 – 16.15           BRITISH COUNCIL: Active Citizens workshop, GROUP 2

15.30 – 16.15           CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

16.30 – 18.00           MAMA AFRICA

A documentary about the South African singer Mirian Makeba who lived as a refugee for 30 years. Director: Mika Kaurismäki

 

Pre-registrations for the seminar and the Active Citizens workshop to vstaide@minedu.fi. The seminar is free of charge.

PLEASE VISIT www.vstaide.fi FOR MORE INFORMATION