Fourth Ruin Memories Workshop at Svanhovd Environmental Centre, Svanvik, Norway, September 27-30, 2012
The team at Nikkel, Russia
The Schedule for the Fourth Ruin Memories workshop, Svanhovd Environmental Centre, Svanvik, Norway, September 27-30, 2012
Thursday September 27
Arrivals Kirkenes airport, transport to Svanvik, checking in
21.15 Reception/dinner at Svanhovd
Friday September 28
08.00-09.00 Breakfast
09.15-13.00
First session. The material turn: What about ruins, Ruin Memories – and archaeology?
Bjørnar Olsen: Welcome/introduction
Ewa Domanska: Ruin memories and affirmative humanities
Marko Marila: Turning to things – ontology, epistemology, and a case of metaphorism
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Hein Bjerck:Human-thing relations and the relevance of us: from observers
to actors in the Ruin Memories project
Gavin Lucas: 2012: A Ruin Odyssey
Alfredo González-Ruibal: Returning to where we have never been
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-18.30
Second session. Representing ruins: Art, archaeology, and exhibition
Þóra Pétursdóttir: Presenting the past: Photos, memos and ruin memories
Elin Andreassen: yoursforever – a temporary public art project
Timothy Webmoor: PastForward. Ruins redux in the age of digital translation
15.30-16.00 Coffee-break
16.00-17.00 Modern Ruins – Piramida. A TV documentary by Markus Reher (ZDF/Arte) (with a short introduction)
17.00-18.30 All: Exhibiting Ruin Memories – what do we do?
18.30-19.00 Bjørnar: In a northern borderland. A short introduction to where we are
20.30: Dinner
Saturday September 29
07.00- 8.00 0Breakfast
08.15-19.00 Excursion to Nikkel, Zapolyarni, and Pechenga in Russia (Lunch in Zapolyarni)
20.00 Dinner
Sunday 30
08.00-9.00 Breakfast, followed by departure (departing planes for most people at 11.30, 11.55 am)
The mining machinery dominating the town and landscape of Nikkel, Russia