Saami Encyclopaedia -Seminar in Helsinki

Tue Nov 22 12:51:16 UTC 2005

Dear All,

forwarded from the URAL-LISTA list, with usual apologies for cross-postings,
an invitation to a symposium on the occasion of the publication of the new
Saami cultural encyclopaedia, due to take place in Helsinki on Friday, 2
December. Below, the programme of the seminar (in English) and links to the
invitation card (SENC_kutsukortti.pdf), programme file
(SENC_seminaarin_ohjelma_2.12.05.pdf) and press releases in Saami and
Finnish.

Best
Johanna
-- 
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johanna Laakso
Institut für Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Abteilung für Finno-Ugristik
Universitätscampus AAKH, Spitalgasse 2-4 Hof 7, A-1090 Wien
Tel. +43 1 4277 43019 | Fax +43 1 4277 9430
johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at | http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/

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Von: Ural-ylläpitäjä Juha Kuokkala <ural-lista-owner at helsinki.fi>
Datum: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:48:21 +0200 (EET)
An: Ural-lista <ural-lista at helsinki.fi>
Betreff: [ural] The Saami - A Cultural Encycpaedia -julkistamisseminaari

[ Liitteet:
 http://www.helsinki.fi/hyy/skv/v/SENC_kutsukortti.pdf
 http://www.helsinki.fi/hyy/skv/v/SENC_seminaarin_ohjelma_2.12.05.pdf
 http://www.helsinki.fi/hyy/skv/v/SENC_tiedote_saami.doc
 http://www.helsinki.fi/hyy/skv/v/SENC_tiedote_suomi.doc ]

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Date: 22 Nov 2005 11:43:00 +0200
From: satu.heikkinen at finlit.fi

Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuralla ja Helsingin yliopiston
Suomalais-ugrilaisella laitoksella on ilo kutsua Teidät teoksen The Saami -
A
Cultural Encyclopaedia englanninkieliseen julkistamisseminaariin perjantaina
2.
12.2005 klo 12-16 Ritarihuoneen Ritarisaliin Helsinkiin. Tilaisuuden ohjelma
on
alla.

Lämpimästi tervetuloa!

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PUBLICATION OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE SAAMI PEOPLE,
AND AN INDIGENOUS SEMINAR

Time: 2.12.2005
Place: Ritarisali, Ritarikatu 1 Helsinki

 PRESS CONFERENCE
OF THE NEW PUBLICATION 'THE SAAMI - A CULTURAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Presentations in Finnish and in Saami
10-11         Presentations of the publication 'The Saami - A Cultural
       Encyclopaedia':
              Ulla-Maija Kulonen, Irja Seurujärvi-Kari ja Risto Pulkkinen,
       Editors-in-Chief

INDIGENOUS SEMINAR - THE FUTURE OF THE CULTURES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Chairperson:         Irja Seurujärvi-Kari

Presentations in English

12-           Presentation of the new publication 'The Saami - a Cultural
       Encyclopaedia'
              Risto Pulkkinen
University of Helsinki, Department of Finno-Ugric Studies

Musical performance: Anna Näkkäläjärvi

12.15-               Challenges for the future of the cultures of indigenous
       people
Victoria Tauli Corpuz
Chairperson of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
Philippines

13-           Saami ethnical questions from a historical point of view
Christian Carpelan
              University of Helsinki, Institute for Cultural studies,
       Department of Archaelogy

13.45         Coffee break

14.15         The future of Saami culture - challenges of modernity
Jelena Porsanger
The Nordic Saami Institute, Kautokeino

15-           International policy of Inuit Circumpolar Conference:
preserving
       culture through modern means
              Timo Koivurova
Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of
Lapland,
Rovaniemi

15.45-16      Conclusion of the seminar

The event welcomes the Saami people, the media, the academic world,
authorities
and everybody interested in indigenuos issues at any level.

Organisers: The Department of the Finno-Ugric studies of the University of
Helsinki, the Finnish Literature Society, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and
Raidu, a student association.

More information:
* Irja Seurujärvi-Kari, Saami lecturer,  tel. +358 400 876 222, irja.
seurujarvi-kari at helsinki.fi
* Satu Heikkinen, Finnish Literature Society, tel. +358 201 131 214, satu.
heikkinen at finlit.fi

Background

This event is arranged to celebrate the newly published cultural
encyclopaedia
of the Saami. On this occasion we also want to have a seminar to honour the
diversity and uniqueness of the cultures of Saami people and other
indigenous
cultures.

The aim of the Saami culture encyclopaedia is to emphasize the preservation
and
the development of the cultures of the indigenous Saami people and to
promote a
widespread distribution of researched information on it. In today's rapidly
changing world it is also important to create ways to prevent the social and
cultural marginalization of indigenous peoples living in marginal
conditions.
Thus one of the most important intentions of the encyclopaedia is to
strengthen
the identity of the Saami people and to support their awareness of their own
cultural heritage. To achieve this intention it is also important to present
minorities within the Saami people, such as the Russian Saami, who until now
have remained in the margins even in the ongoing research on Saami culture.

On this basis, the aim of the seminar is to discuss the future of indigenous
peoples and their challenges in facing modernity, while trying to preserve
their traditions and ethnicity. The theme is approached from the perspective
of
multidisciplinary studies. Multidisciplinarity is an integral requirement
for
discussion on identity, ethnicity and culture. The lecturers are experts on
Saami culture and history, and the guest of honour of the seminar is Ms
Victoria Tauli Corpuz from Philippines. Ms Victoria Tauli Corpuz was elected
as
chairperson of the Permanent Forum on indigenous issues of the United
Nations
in May 2005.

Ystävällisin terveisin

Satu Heikkinen
Julkaisusihteeri
Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Kustannusosasto
PL 259
00171 Helsinki
p. 0201 131 214
satu.heikkinen at finlit.fi

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