Heterologies: a seminar on Estonian culture in the 1990s.
May 20.-21. 2017, Laane pansion, Käsmu, Estonia


Program:


Saturday, May 20

11:45
Bus transfer from central Tallinn

13:00
Arriving in Käsmu, coffee break

13:30
Session 1 (in Estonian)
Epp Annus, 1980. algus - igavene olevik? (The early 1980s - an everlasting present with no exit?)
Piret Viires, Peeter Sauteri kõnekeelne luuserproosa. (The colloquial "loser prose" by Peeter Sauter.)
Virve Sarapik, Etnofuturism, rääkida või mitte. (Ethno-futurism: to speak or not to speak.)

15:00
lunch

16:30
Session 2 (in Estonian)
Luule Epner, Elulooteatri retseptsioonist: probleemid ja pinged. (On the reception of biographical theatre: problems and tensions.)
Neeme Lopp, Mil moel võib esteetika olla poliitiline - Jacques Rancičre'i näide. (How can aesthetics coincide with politics - the case of Jacques Rancičre.)
Discussion.

20:00
dinner


Sunday, May 21

9:30
breakfast

11:00
Session 3 (in English)
Mari Laaniste, Anti-social avant-garde: Estonian newspaper comics in the 1990s. (Antisotsiaalne avangard: Eesti lehekoomiks 1990. aastatel.)
Johannes Saar. Biographical notes on serving one's country and George Soros in one go, and getting away with a fat paycheck in the end. (Eluloolised märkmed kodumaa ja George Sorose üheaegsest teenimisest ning tummisest palgapäevast  kõige lõpus.)
Karolina Labowicz-Dymanus, The double agent for change. Early years of transformation in Estonia. (Muutuse topeltagent. Varased murranguaastad Eestis.)

14:00
lunch

16:00
Bus transfer back to Tallinn



The seminar is organized by the interinstitutional research group of literary and cultural theory, connecting researchers from Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn University, Tartu University and Estonian Literary Museum.

The seminar is supported by the European Union's European Regional Development Fund.