Mon, Mar 17, 2008
Lecture Announcement: Indigenous Artists: Authors, Poets and Filmmakers in Today’s Circumpolar World
The University of Lapland's Arctic Centre and the International Studies Centre at Department of Research Methodology host Arctic Visiting Speakers´ Series lectures and film showing by visiting lecturer Kathleen Osgood Dana, PhD, from the University of the Arctic from March 17-19, 2008. The visit is sponsored by the National Science Foundation- Office of Polar Programs and the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) .
The lectures and film showing are open to everyone interested, and will take place at the University of Lapland, in Rovaniemi, Finland. Timetable:
- Mon, March 17 at 14:00-16:00, Mauri Hall (F1027)
The shaman as poet in a postcolonial northern world: Sakha poet Alexey Kulakovsky and prophecy
- Tue, March 18 at 15:00-17:00, LS5
The indigenous author as ecologist: NilsAslak Valkeapää and placenames in Sápmi
- Wed, March 19 at 14:00-16:00, Mauri Hall (F1027)
Northern Images: The films of Markku Lehmuskallio and Zacharias Kunuk
- Wed, March 19 at 18.00 – 21.30 Mauri Hall (F1027)
Evening film: Atanarjuat/The Fast Runner