Varala meeting programme now online

Winter Engagement with HEPO and TCuPS at Varala Sports Institute, Tampere, 2‐3 February 2012

Tentative programme

Thursday 2 February

12.00-12.45 Buffet lunch (Restaurant Säde)

13.00-15.00 Senior lectures (Lecture hall 3)
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila: The Media Debate on Globalization: Consensus, Contestation,
Justification
Markku Lonkila: Arab spring in Russia? Social Media and Russian Antigovernment
Protests in Moscow

15.00-15.30 Coffee break (Café Anna)

15.30-17.00 Paper presentations (Lecture hall 3)
Karin Creutz
Suvi Salmenniemi

17.45-19.00 Sports in two groups: kettlebell training (Girya-training) + stretching or
snowshoe

19.00-22.00 Sauna and supper (Lakeside sauna 2 and 3): lakeside saunas are warm during

19-20.30, a room with fireplace (Takkahuone B) is also reserved

Friday 3 February

[07.30-08.30 Breakfast for accommodated quests (Restaurant Säde)]

9.00-10.00 Senior lecture (Lecture hall 3)
Pertti Alasuutari: The Construction of U.S. Exceptionalism: Justification of New
Legislation in Canada, Britain and the United States

10.00-10.15 Coffee break

10.15-12.00 Paper presentations (Lecture hall 3)
Mirka Räisänen
Marjaana Rautalin
Jari Luomanen

12.00-13.00 Buffet Lunch

13.00-14.45 Session on Methodological questions (Lecture hall 3)
Pertti, Ali, Karin & Oscar: Coding empirical data
Jari: Introduction to Qualitative Analysis Software Packages

14.45-15.00 Final discussion

15.00 - Coffee and departure

Persons giving a senior lecture have 45 minutes for their lecture. Persons who give
shorter presentations should prepare 10 minutes presentation on their theme each. 15
minutes will be reserved for discussion after each lecture and presentation.

Information: Jari Luomanen
jari.luomanen@uta.fi