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American Voices Seminar
The
American Voices Seminar is organized by the University of Turku North
American Studies Program and the Fulbright Center. It provides an
opportunity to learn about various aspects of the American society and
culture through the experiences of American Fulbright grantees currently
in Finland.
Tentative program for the American Voices Seminar 2009
Friday
16.10.2009
Main building lobby
14:00-14:25 Opening
of the exhibition The country That Paid Its Debts
Terhi
Mölsä, Executive Director, Fulbright Center Helsinki
Ambassador
Bruce Oreck
Professor Harri Andersson, Vice Rector
Tauno Nurmela
Hall
14:30 Opening of the Seminar
14:40-15:10
Ambassador Bruce Oreck
BREAK
15:20-15:50 Indie
music
Nicholas Shears
Eckerd College
History
University
of Turku
15:50-16:20 The history and
enjoyment of Country music
Nan Guo
Yale University
Biology
University
of Helsinki
16:20-16:30 Fulbright Center
Presentation
Johanna Lahti, Information Manager, Fulbright Center
16:30-16:50
Coffee Break
16:50-17:20 Aaron Coplan̵;s
contribution to American music
Melanie Lahti
University of
Cincinnati Musical Instrument Training - Clarinet
Sibelius Academy
17:20-17:50
The Other New York: Life in Upstate New York
Erika
Richter
Earlham College
Political Science
University of Helsinki
17:50-18:20
Loss and American Folk Art
Julia Stein
Carnegie-Mellon
University
Performance
Art The Theater Academy
Saturday
17.10.2009
Tauno Nurmela Hall
9:00-9:30 The
American high school prom
Kathryn Fox
Smith College
Theater
Studies
Tero Saarinen Company
9:30-10:00 American
humour
Benjamin Hedrick
Stanford University
Education
University of Tampere
BREAK
10:10-10:40
The evolution of campaign ads
Jonathan Krasno
SUNY-
Binghamton University
Political Science
University of Tampere
10:40-11:10
Access, activism the arts: Public education after
Brown v. Board of Education
Therese Quinn School of the Art
Institute in Chicago Education
University of Helsinki
11:10-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Kutiman,
copy-lefting, and the future of music making
Randall Allsup
Columbia
University Arts and Humanities
Sibelius Academy
12:00-12:30 Wilderness
Therapy School
Alicia Viani
Portland State
University
Social Work University of Tampere, The Family Federation (Väestöliitto)
BREAK
12:40-13:10
Women's colleges
Addison Kemp
Mount
Holyoke College Biology
University of Helsinki
13:10-13:40
The Return of John Dillinger
Elliot Gorn
Brown University,
Department of American
Civilization
U.S. History, Social and
Cultural History, Popular Culture,
Labor
University of Helsinki,
Renvall Institute
The venue of American Voices 2008:
American
Voices Seminar
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 October 2008
University of
Turku
Tauno Nurmela Sali (Lecture Hall I, Main Building)
FRIDAY
17.10.2008
14:00 opening of the Seminar
14:15-14:55
OTHER
AMERICAS THAN WE KNEW
The Other
Pilgrims: Feasting on Lizards instead of Turkey
Andres RESENDEZ
History,
University of California at Davis
Bicentennial Professor, Renvall
Institute, Helsinki
intermission
15:05-16:05
America
in Pictures: photographic histories and the Diversity of the culture
Mark
MCKNIGHT
Photography, The San Francisco Art Institute
Northern
Photographic Center, Oulu
John Cage and the
New York School
Robert YAMASATO
Music Composition, University
of California at Berkeley
Sibelius Academy
Intermission
16:20–17:20
WAYS
OF BEING AMERICAN
American
Individualism
Brian ARNOLD
Biology, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Biology, Oulu University
Fiddling
styles in North America
Jeanine MARKLEY
University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor
Sibelius Academy
intermission
17:30–18:30
EDUCATION
IN AMERICA
See-Snatch-Slap-Cry:
Education, Philosophy, and University Life
Bernadette BAKER
Education,
University of Wisconsin, Madison Teacher Education, Tampere University
Differences
Between the US and Finnish K-12 Educational Systems
Janis
SOTHERDEN and Jaakko RAINIO
Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
Hyvinkään
Sveitsin lukio
SATURDAY 18.10.2008
09:00–09:30
Finland-U.S.
Relations: A Growing Relationship with Changing Times
H.E.
Barbara BARRETT
US Ambassador, Helsinki
09:45–10:45
New
England and its traditions
Ursula GIBSON
Engineering,
Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Kentucky:
The Gateway to the South
Ashley DUNCAN
Brandeis School of
Law, University of Louisville KY
Åbo Akademi University and Turku Law
School
intermission
11:00–12:30
Rule
of Law or Rule of Lawyers?
Geoffrey McGOVERN
Political
science, Binghamton University SUNY
North American Studies, Tampere
University
Talkin and Testifyin
Deborah
TURNER
Information Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
Information Studies
Tampere University
Hanging
Out Rocks
Linda HOLTSLANDER
Asst Director, Loudoun County
Public Library, Leesburg VA
Helsinki City Library
12:30 Closing
of the Seminar
12:40-14.30 "debriefing"
session and lunch for Fulbrighters
Selected
presentation titles from the past years
2007
2006
OPENING
ADDRESS
Michael Parrish: American Beginnings and American Endings
CULTURAL
DIVERSITY
Janis Barry: Latino Voices in the US: Spanish was always
Spoken Here
Charlie Bell: Diversity-In-Action - An Interactive
Presentation of African-American Contributions
Robert Thompson:
Cross-cultural Communication in the Classroom
GROUNDROOTS
INSTITUTIONS
Eileen Susan Johnson: How K-12 schools are run in the US
Ovid
Boyd: Democracy in Oregon
TEXTURES OF EVERDAY LIFE
Daena
Funahashi: Risk vs Security on an American Campus
Philip Tidwell:
NASCAR culture in America
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INTERACTION
Douglas
Maynard: Autism in the US: Increased Incidence and Effects on Social
Interaction
Ernest Boyd: The Role of Food Banks in the United States
Daniel
Dye: Social Cohesion in Finland, Europe, and the United States: housing
projects in the US
THREE CASE STUDIES
Kenneth Kolson: The young
George Washington and the American West
Katherine Wilson: A Gathering
of American Rustics
Liesl Yamaguchi: Erasing Embarrassment: The
Japanese-American Internment in California
EXPLORATIONS IN AMERICAN
IDENTITY
Karen Keifer-Boyd: THIS SIGN IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE: A
Semiotic Expedition into Dynamite Museum's Public Pedagogy
Janet Bean:
The “I” in American: Autobiography and National Identity
2005
PRESSURES
ON AMERICAN SOCIETY
Steve Rabe, Bicentennial Professor: "Immigration
and Contemporary American Society."
Genice Rabe: US
Anti-Discrimination Disability Laws
RURAL AMERICA
Rebecca
Richards: Rural Restructuring in the American West at the 21st Century
Kjerstin
Moody: Contemporary Ethnic American Literature
Jeremy Thorne: Life in
the Alaskan bush
MEDIA AND INSTITUTIONS
Michael Landau: Regional
differences in the US
Jakab Michael: The Internet
Sheri Carder:
Yoda-ism: What if learning happened outside the classroom? American
community colleges.
Molly Jones: American Children's Literature
LIGHT
RELIEF
Roberta Lamb: Living in Hawaii
Mary Kathryn Sagaria: American
cuisine, with a focus on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Matthew
Dorman: Recent folk/pop styles emerging in Californian music.
2004
UNIVERSITY
TEACHING IN AMERICA
Charles Kamm: One city, two worlds: Differing U.S.
university cultures
Catherine Schuler: Vocational training versus
humanistic education: Teaching and studying theatre in the American
university
Carol Darling: Walking a tightrope: The joys and challenges
of sexuality research and teaching
SPORTS AND THE OUTDOORS
Dan
Benesh: American football: Nebraska as a case study
Ronald Glahn: Youth
sports: Is it really play?
Karen Hibbard-Rode: Wilderness tripping
programs for American youth
ARTS: CULINARY AND CERAMIC
Jenna
Hartel: The American passion for the hobby of cooking
Heather Mae
Erickson: Cranbrook life and art
ENGLISH: WRITTEN AND SPOKEN
Bryan
Pellom: Literacy in America and the ’Colorado Literacy Tutor’ project
Chris
Peterson: Three North American accents
ENTERTAINMENT: HUMOR AND
TELEVISION
Stanley Witkin: Taking humor seriously
Mimi White:
Feminist Voices in American Television Culture
2003
LANDSCAPING
AMERICA
Hurricane Hazards in the US
The Driftless Area: History,
Geology and Wildlife of SW Wisconsin
Angel's Flight: Utopia and
Dystopia in America's Most Derided City
Gaps and Fissures in the
American West
BEING SPECIAL
Reflections on Collecting America
Independent
College Radio Stations and the Music Industry
Growing up in an Amish
and Mennonite community
Native American “Talking Sticks”
Lesbian
& Gay / LGBT Civil Rights Activism and History
VOICES AND
POSITIONS
Latina Writers: Contemporary Voices in United States
Literatures
Indonesian Gamelan Music in the US
Kinetic Awareness
American
High School Marching Bands
2002
Rock Climbing
The
Ozarks
Growing up on a sheep farm in Maine
Female athletes in
American universities
Civil liberties and foreign policy after 9/11
Changing
interpretations of the New Testament
Race relations in the churches
Myths
about violence in schools
The American hero
Police Surveillance in
America after September 11
You are what you ride: Comparing Disneyworld
& Linnanmäki
The photography of Eudora Welty
2001
LEISURE
IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
Work, Leisure, and Consumption
The Rise of the
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
Saturdays Without
Football: The Curious Case of American Intercollegiate Athletics
Leisure,
Teaching, and Research: Any Connections?
ARTS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
Making
Connections: The Arts, Dance and Violence
An Artist’s Voice: The Artist
as an American Shaman?
Pacific Plainsong (reading)
REGIONS,
POLITICS, MEDIA IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
Texas and Old-Western Culture
American
Attitudes About foreign Policy as Reflected in Political Cartoons
Speak:
The Failure of One Independent Magazine Among Many
VIOLENCE IN
AMERICAN SOCIETY
On the Outside: Dealing with American Violence from
Finland
Public Displays of Emotion in Seattle
Leisure & Violence in
America
Violence in Defense of Liberty, Violence in Restraint of Liberty
2000
Saving
and Enjoying Northern California Forests & Rivers
Almost Heaven,
West Virginia
American Dialects
Fan Culture on the Web
Jobs,
Homes, and Dreams: American Urban Environments
The American Southwest
Land, Culture, & History
American Regional Food - A Culinary Tour
Public
art in the USA
Why would an American director want to come and work in
Europe?
American Film Music and National Identity
Health care in the
US in crisis
Policing New York City
1999
Success
of the NYPD in the Fight against Violent Crime
Media Constructions of
Crime and Criminals in the US
Child safety and learning in a networked
society: challenges for American parents and teachers
America through
the eyes of Norman Rockwell
Discussion: violence in American culture
American
summer camps
Traditions of Halloween + pumpkin!
Religious Violence
in Contemporary America
Novel reading “News from Fort God”
America’s
National Parks: Paradise Lost?
Regional differences between North and
South
Poetry reading “Necessary Visions”
1997
Americans
between Worlds
Lighting Out for the Territory
Photo-portraits of
Southern writers
Bio-Invaders of America
Poems from ‘Postcards of
the Mind’
The Enquiry Learning Approach
Making the World your
Oyster: Experiences from Teaching Information Systems Management for
Global Options
Perceptions of Time
1996
VIOLENT
VOICES
Violent Civil Discourse
American Violence as Perceived
through Finnish Television
Gender And Domestic Violence
GENDER
VOICES
Feminism in America
Language Variation through the Lenses of
Gender, Race,and Class in American Society
AN ENTREPRENEURIAL VOICE
An
American Entrepreneur
ROUNDTABLE: THE 1996 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
NON-ENGLISH
VOICES
The Immigrant Experience
Teaching English as a Second Language
ARTISTIC
VOICES
Autumn Interiors: Woody Allen's Ingmar-Bergman Complex
Contemporary
American Music
The Poetry of Robert Hass
1995
POPULAR
VOICES
Creativity at Work: American Voices and Folk Performance
American
and Russian Popular Culture
Heal Thyself: The enduring power of
alternative medicine and self-treatment in the US
FAMILY VOICES
Trends
and Issues concerning American Families
Castors, Crumbers, & Custard
Stands: Dining, culture & class in Victorian America
AESTHETIC
VOICES
The American Symphony
The heroine in Disney films
CURRENT
VOICES
Current school reform in the US
Current issues for Native
peoples
Gun control and violence in America
BRIEFING: LIFE IN
THE AMERICAN JUNGLE
Living in California
Student life at US
universities: an orientation
Culture shock: a personal account and a
forewarning
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Sabra Booth: Solo Exhibition
January 24th - March 16th 2008
Booth, a recipient of the Fulbright Mid-Career Professional Development Grant (fall 2007) and an SSAC adjunct faculty member, exhibits works created during her recent residence in Finland.
Southwest
School of Art & Craft:
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