Exploring the Borders of the Fantastic

VII Scifi- ja fantasiatutkijatapaaminen 17.-18.8.2006

Timetable


Thursday

Finnish speaking session

10.00 Opening of the seminar
10.20 Niina Niskanen, Maaginen realismi kotimaisessa kirjallisuudessa. MS, LR
11.00 Mirkka Ojala, Satuperinteen läsnäolo ja sen funktio Neil Gaimanin teoksissa. MS, IH
11.40 Lunch break (bring your own food!)

English speaking session

12.20 Vadim Chupasov, Rewriting reality: from alternative history to ‘alternate story’. FM, IH
13.00 Merja Leppälahti, Matka vainajien maille. LR, IH
13.40 Jari Käkelä, Asimov’s Foundation trilogy and American expansionism. LR, IH
14.20 Sanna Lehtonen, Transformation, gender and age in postmodern children’s fantasy - Diana Wynne Jones and Susan Price crossing the borders. FM, LR
15.00 Coffee break
15.15 Round table, amazement and wondering
17.00 Closing of the day 1

Get together evening: Ravintola St. Urho's Pub, Museokatu 10 18.00-


Friday

Finnish speaking session

09.30 Kristiina Svensson, Mimeettisyyden rajalla MS, FM.
10.10 Tanja Sihvonen, Scifistiset scriptit – eli pelaa henkesi edestä! MS, FM.
10.50 Lunch break

English speaking session

12.00 Bo Pettersson: Science Fiction and Genre Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
13.00 Jeff VanderMeer: Write or die!
14.00 Justina Robson: Value Schmalue, Prestige and Power in the world of books

15.00 - 18.00 Tanja Sihvonen ja Markku Soikkeli: Kritiikkipaja (in Finnish)

OBS! Take a look at the rest of the Finncon programme.


Codes of the commentators

LS Liisa Rantalaiho
MS Markku Soikkeli
FM Frans Mäyrä
IH Irma Hirsjärvi