We are very glad to announce that OCSEAN second Summer School will be held in Tartu, the European Culture Capital of 2024, also known as the home of the Kissing Students, and the City of Good Thoughts.
Summer School will be hosted by the University of Tartu, the oldest university in Estonia.
We invite all OCSEAN members to join.
Summer School 2024 will be yet another capacity building event covering topics of Heritages Studies: Folkloristics; Ethnobotany & Biocultural Diversity; Archaeogenetics; Linguistics; and more.
Book your calendars!
OCSEAN Summer School 2024
20.06 – 18.08 Tartu Estonia
20.06 – 14.08 HERITAGE STUDIES
I module Folkloristics
lead by Prof Merili Metsvahi, University of Tartu, Estonia
principles of academic studies in folkloristics & neigbouring diciplines
building blocks of identity
how to preserve oral history
archives, museums, ways to popularize folklore & heritage
II module Ethnobotany
lead by Assoc Prof Renata Sõukand, Ca' Foscari University, Italy
importance of local biodiversity & heritage
finding local ethnobotanical narratives
traditional ecological knowledge
main methods of ethnobotany
III module Archaeogenetics
lead by Prof Kristiina Tambets, University of Tartu, Estonia
learn basic principles of archaeogenetics
acquire skills to critically evaluate & analyze published studies
know main methods, scope and limitations
15.07 – 18.08 LINGUSITICS & CONFERENCE
IV module Linguistics
lead by Assoc Prof George Saad, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia &
Dr Hanna Fricke, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
curation and formatting linguistic data
linguistic databases
computational linguistics
practical academic writing skills
END CONFERENCE – presentation of ongoing projects, guest lectures.
During the Summer School Local Culture & Heritage tour, Tartu Singing Festival
