Akademiska program i Finncon 2018
Finncon 2018 is one of the largest European events focusing on science fiction and fantasy. By tradition, it forgoes all membership fees, and is open for anyone and everyone. Dozens of presentations, panels and lectures discussing all imaginable aspects of science fiction and fantasy will be divided into programme tracks, most of which will be in Finnish, with some content in If you have any questions about the Finncon 2018 or the Academic Track, do not hesitate to contact Jyrki Korpua (jyrki.korpua(at)oulu.fi).
Akademiska program 14.–15.7.2018, Auditorio (Quantum)
“Encounters”
Lördag 14.7
| 11–12.30 | Keynote Speech
Opening Words: Jyrki Korpua, Academic Track Organiser Merja Polvinen, Keynote Speech: Weirdness and Rigour: Encounters between SF and the Academia |
| 13.30–15 | 1st Session: Fantastic Encounters, part I (Chair: Aino-Kaisa Koistinen)
Minttu Ollikainen: Real and Dream – Encounters in the Novels of the Reaalifantasia Group Minna Siikilä-Laitila: Internet as a Fantasy Reader’s Rendezvous Marjut Puhakka: Meeting the Human 2.0 |
| 15.30–17 | 2nd Session: Fantastic Encounters, Part II (Chair: Sofia Sjö)
Jyrki Korpua: ‘A chance-meeting, as we say in Middle-earth.’ Encounters in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium Katariina Kärkelä: Riddles in the Dark. Encounter as a turning-point in understanding Nicholas Wanberg: Encountering Fantasy ‘Races’: When an Elf is (and isn’t) just an Elf |
Söndag 15.7
| 11–12.30 | 3rd Session: Encountering the Other (Chair: Jani Ylönen)
Hanna Määttänen & Jenniliisa Salminen: What Would You Do If… Audiences’ reactions to Gogol’s Viy in 19th and 21st Centuries Esko Suoranta: Lovecraft’s Poison Tree in Elizabeth Bear’s Shoggoths in Bloom Aino-Kaisa Koistinen & Helen Mäntymäki: On the Boundaries between Genres and Species: The Affective Economy of Fortitude |
| 14–15.30 | 4th Session: Dystopias and Science Fiction (Chair: Kaisa Kortekallio)
Aleksi Nikula: Building a society on play and games in Zoku culture Kaisa Kaukiainen: In search of the divine – Octavia E. Butler’s Parables and Lois Lowry’s the Giver quartet Jani Ylönen: Encounters by Domestic Tables – Encounters, Furniture, and Gene Technology in Ian McDonald’s River of Gods and Ken MacLeod’s Intrusion. |
Om du har frågor om akademiska program, ta kontakt i Jyrki Korpua (jyrki.korpua@oulu.fi).
