Heritage Studies - Folkloristics - OCSEAN Summer School Tartu 2024, June

Folkloristics module was part of the Heritage Studies during OCSEAN Summer School. Lead by Associate Professor Merili Metsvahi from the University of Tartu.

First participants were immersed into local Estonian culture - Tartu Singing Festival and Midsummer Festival, participants were reflecting upon questions like how do we build our identity and how do we see it when comparing to a different culture.

Exhibiting heritage and identity in museums, promoting heritage and questions about documenting, archiving & preserving cultural heritage were answered during visits to the Estonian National Museum and Estonian Literary Museum.

Promoting & popularizing heritage in contemporary contexts created inventive ideas among participants how to promote their own heritage with novel and creative ways

Taking part of Tartu Song Celebration

Visiting one of the largest archives of folklore in the World - Estonian Literary Museum. Learning about archiving and popularizing

Finishing the Folkloristics Module in Estonian National Museum

Thinking of ideas how to popularize the one's own heritage with inventive projects like games, videos and books.

Last day of Folkloristics was spent again in the Estonian National Museum but wholly dedicated to the exhibition Echoes of the Ural, an example of language family based exhibit, where small underrepresented peoples and their culture is displayed. An excursion and later discussion was lead by Professor of Etnography, Arth Leete who is also the main curator of the exhibition.

How to frame a shot when doing a documentary can make a huge difference in how the subject is perceived by viewer. Seminar by Lodewyk Barkhuizen

First seminar in Estonina National Museum with Prof Merili Metsvahi and Katrin Alekand who guided one of the tours

At Estonian National Museum

Sometimes seminars get long...

Prof Art Leete is explaining the different sauna cultures among the Uralic people

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