All presentations will be held at the Big Auditorium (room 126), University Consortium of Pori, unless otherwise mentioned.
Friday November 11, 2005 | |||
11:00 | - | 12:00 | Press Conference (Seminar Room 268, School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies, University of Turku, University Consortium of Pori) |
15:00 | - | 16:00 | Pori City Tour (The guided city tour in Pori by bus leaves in front of hotel Amado (Keskusaukio 2) at 3 p.m. and arrives at the university consortium of Pori at 4 p.m.) |
16:15 | - | 17:00 | Opening of the Symposium |
Rector Keijo Virtanen, University of Turku | |||
Welcome | |||
Director Martti Sinisalmi, University Consortium of Pori | |||
Director Juhani Ruohonen, Satakunta Museum, Pori | |||
Professor Outi Tuomi-Nikula, School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies, University of Turku | |||
Musical Performance | |||
17:00 | - | 18:15 | Bear of Aboriginal Peoples |
Chair: Matti Sarmela | |||
Juha Pentikäinen, University of Helsinki: Peoples of the Big Bear | |||
Chuner Taksami, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow: Meaning of the Bear in the Culture "Paleofziat-Nivhi" | |||
19:00 | - | 20:30 | Evening Programme |
Reception at the City Hall | |||
Hosted by Mayor Aino-Maija Luukkonen | |||
Saturday November 12, 2005 | |||
Multidisciplinary Bear | |||
9:00 | - | 10:15 | Bear and the Man |
Chair: Juha Pentikäinen | |||
Ulf Bertilsson, Riksantikvarieämbetet, Stockholm: Representations of the Bear in Nordic Rock Art | |||
Matti Sarmela, University of Helsinki: Bear in the Human's Cultural Surroundings | |||
10:15 | - | 10:45 | Coffee Break |
10:45 | - | 12:00 | Mythological Bear |
Chair: Tom Sjöblom | |||
Apostolos Athanassakis, University of California, Santa Barbara: Greek Bear Mythology | |||
Clive Tolley: The Bear in Old Norse and Old English Myth and Legend | |||
12:00 | - | 13:00 | Lunch Break |
13:00 | - | 14:15 | Bear in Rituals |
Chair: Gabriel Rebourcet | |||
Maria Gloria Roselli, Museo di Storia Naturale - Università di Firenze: An Italian 19th Century Explorer in the Arctic Region. Stephen Sommier’s Travels Among Samoyedes, Ostiaks and Lapps. | |||
Timo Miettinen, Helsinki University: The Bear Cult in the Light of the Latest Achievements of the Religion Archaeology. | |||
14:15 | - | 15:30 | Bear and the Woods |
Chair: Unto Salo | |||
Ilpo Kojola, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute: Bear with the Eyes of a Game Researcher | |||
Sakari Mykrä, University of Helsinki: Bear with the Eyes of Everyman – The Preparation of the Care Plan of the Bear Population | |||
15:30 | - | 16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00 | - | 17:15 | Bear and the Woods (continue) |
Risto Pulkkinen and Marko Salmenkivi, University of Helsinki: What Do the Names of Places Reveal about the Finnish Bear? | |||
Juha Suonpää, Tampere Polytechnic: Wretchedness of the Bear Romanticism | |||
19:00 | onwards | ||
Evening Programme | |||
Reception at the Satakunta Museum | |||
Hosted by Director Juhani Ruohonen | |||
Presentation of the Exhibition "On the Footsteps of the Bear" | |||
Musical Performance | |||
Sunday November 13, 2005 | |||
The Bear of Satakunta Province and the City of Pori | |||
09:00 | - | 10:15 | Opening |
Outi Tuomi-Nikula, University of Turku | |||
Lappi of Satakunta | |||
Chair: Ilpo Kojola | |||
Unto Salo, University of Turku: On the Footsteps of the Bear in Prehistory | |||
Johanna Heikkilä, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry: The Huntsmen of the Upper Satakunta | |||
Anna Partanen, University of Helsinki: Bear in the Traditions of Lappi of Satakunta | |||
10:15 | - | 10:45 | Coffee Break |
10:45 | - | 12:15 | Bear in the Epic Poetry |
Chair: Risto Pulkkinen | |||
Gabriel Rebourcet, Consul de Finlande, Marseille: Bear in the Finnish National Epic "Kalevala" | |||
Tom Sjöblom, University of Helsinki: Great Mother: Bear in the Celtic Belief Tradition | |||
Vesa Matteo Piludu, University of Helsinki: The Bear Hunting Ritual and the Bear Folklore in Karelia and Savo | |||
12:15 | - | 13:15 | Lunch Break |
13:15 | - | 14:30 | Commercialization of the Bear |
Chair: Juha Suonpää | |||
Taina Tuhkunen, Université de Versailles: Signs of the Bear and Ecotourism | |||
Sirkka-Liisa Hakala, Satakunta Museum: Bear as a Symbol of Pori and Satakunta | |||
14:30 | - | 15:00 | Closing Discussion |
Chair: Juha Pentikäinen | |||