7-10. novembril 2007 toimus Tartus Soome-Eesti ühisseminar “TÄNAPÄEVA SEMIOOTIKA JA KULTUROLOOGIA PROBLEEMID”, kus peeti ettekandeid ja arutleti hetkel semiootikas aktuaalsete probleemide teema. Kohtumisel osalesid Semiootika Võrkülikooli üliõpilased ja õppejõud Soomest ning üliõpilased ja õppejõud Tart Ülikoolist.

Üritus algas Tiigi 78 ruumis nr 125 ülejäänud sessioonid toimusid neljapäeval ja reedel Tiigi 78 auditooriumis 125.

PROGRAM

November 7, Wednesday
(Evening) Finnish delegation arrival to Tartu Housing in Tampere House and Uppsala House

November 8, Thursday

FIRST SESSION (Chair – Katre Väli, Ville Vaara) 
aud. 125, Tiigi 78

9.15 Opening – Kalevi Kull, Harri Veivo 
9.30-10.30 Prof. Peeter Torop (University of Tartu) – Methodology of cultural semiotics
10.30 Samuli Pöyhönen (University of Helsinki) – A dialectic of sign and referent: The looping effect of representations in the human sciences 
11.00 Katrin Alekand (University of Tartu) – Decorated bodies

11.30 Coffee-break

aud. 118, Tiigi 78
12.15-13.15 Prof. Harri Veivo (University of Helsinki / The Finnish Network University of Semiotics) – Author research in contemporary semiotics of literature 

13.15 Lunch (Shakespeare Café, etc.)

SECOND SESSION (Chair – Priit Põhjala, Maiju Lehto) 
aud. 118, Tiigi 78

15.15 Riste Keskpaik (University of Tartu) – An ecosemiotic analysis of environmental discourses
15.45 Marko Laaksonen (National Defence University / The Finnish Network University of Semiotics) – Strategy as a sign: Preliminary interpretations about the strategy of Ministery of Defence of Finland 
16.15 Ano Sirppiniemi (University of Helsinki) – Timbre as genre marker in electronic dance music production: case of Propellerhead Reason users 

16.45 Coffee-break

17.15-18.15 Round table discussion – What should be taught to a professional semiotician. Chair: Silver Ratassepp, Sven Vabar.

19.00 Dinner (University Café, etc.)
November 9, Friday

THIRD SESSION (Chair – Ester Võsu, Siboné Roroza) 
aud. 118, Tiigi 78 

9.30-10.30 Prof. Erkki Vainikkala (University of Jyväskylä / The Finnish Network University of Semiotics) – Boundaries of narrative 
10.30 Morten Tønnessen (University of Tartu) – Umwelt transition: Uexküllian phenomenology 
11.00 Katre Pärn (University of Tartu) –  Why language of cinema?

11.30 Coffee-break

12.15-13.45 Prof. Mihhail Lotman (University of Tartu / University of Tallinn) – Conversations with God

13.45 Lunch (Shakespeare Café, etc.)

FOURTH SESSION (Chair – Andreas Ventsel, Heidi Pajari)
aud. 118, Tiigi 78

16.15 Vesa Matteo Piludu (University of Helsinki) – The bear as a Russian and Finnish national symbol 
16.45 Sandra Grötsch (University of Oulu / The Finnish Network University of Semiotics) – “Send us an owl”: magical mail services and pet relations in Harry Potter 
17.15 Kaie Kotov (University of Tartu) – Final interpretant: A stumble on a semiotic threshold19.00-24.00 General discussion and closing party (Deutsches Kulturinstitut Tartu, Kastani St. 1). The program includes a film with George Lakoff, “Why democrats can’t win” (27 min). 

November 10, Saturday

(Morning) Finnish delegation departure from Tartu