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KVINNFORSK Lunch
KVINNFORSK invites all to open lunch meetings at Øvre Lysthus/Upper Pavillion, 2. Etg.
- Bring your lunch packet - coffee and tea’s on us! -
Note: See program attached.
We further welcome you to propose other presenters and subjects for additional lunch meetings. Please contact us!
KVINNFORSK believes there is a demand for open meeting places where women, men, gender researchers and others interested in gender issues at the University of Tromsø get an opportunity to discuss subjects of current interest. We are hoping that our lunches may become a “de-briefing”-forum (often used in the UN and other places), an informal forum where researchers and others returning to Tromsø from fieldwork, conferences, etc. may pass on impressions and experiences.
Some of our lunches will be programmed/scheduled some time ahead – others are arranged ad hoc.
WELCOME!
Tuesday, November 13, 1130-1215
Dr. Elena Glavatskaya from Ural State University i Jekaterinburg talks about an international project on Khanty Women participation in subsistence of their families. If time permits, she will talk about their religiosity as well.
Thursday, November 15, 1130-1230
Dr. Kalpana Hiralal from University of KwaZulu-Natal gives a lecture on (45 min):
The Informal Economy in South Africa: A Case Study of Home-based Workers in Kwazulu/Natal
The lecture will focus on home-based workers in South Africa, and ways in which it sustains the livelihoods of many households. Home-based work is on the increase globally, it is a vital and growing part of economic modernization. In many developing countries, this type of work is a response to poverty and unemployment. In South Africa, informal work is an important source of livelihood for many, particularly women. However, they are not a homogenous group as the nature of work undertaken differs. Informal work consists either of street trading, own account work, or engaging in work either from home or from a different premises. This lecture is primarily concerned with women engaged in home-based work in Kwazulu/Natal. The lecture will discuss the nature of their work, their socio/economic profile, and the challenges they encounter.
Fredag 16. november 11.30-1230
What is "baby fever"? Longing for children as a generational and gendered emotion by Anna Rotkirch.
Anna Rotkirch is a docent in women's studies and social policy (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Director of Family research at the Finnish Family Federation.
The talk is based on texts by Finnish women about their experiences of "baby fever", a lay expression referring to strong longing for children. I present three types of "baby fever" experiences and discuss contrasting scientific explanations for this emotion from the fields of anthropology, feminist constructionism, evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics.
Tuesday, November 27, 1130-1230 NB - posponed to Tuesday Dec. 11, 11.30-12.30
Ingeborg Solvang, KVINNFORSK shows the documentary ”The frozen melting pot” (24 min).
This documentary is about foreigners working in the northern Norwegian fish industry. In a region where there has been plenty of fish, but few people - we have been dependent on foreign labour. The film shows the plurality in the foreigner's stories: What are their experiences? What do they see - coming from far away? What are their dreams and hopes? In a contemporary and historical perspective some persons are given the opportunity to share their thoughts about society, nature and culture.
The film has English subtitles.
LUNCHES ARRANGED SPRING 2007:
Tuesday 24. April, 11:30-12:15: Barbara Neis, Memorial University, St.John's, Newfoundland, Canada: Coastal Women 2008 - Proposal to collaborate. Could and should Tromsø and the Northern Regions be included?
Tuesday 17. April , 11:30-12:15: Gunhild Hoogensen will present an upcoming project; about the development in oil and gas in the Northern region – possibilities and challenges for the local people.
Thursday 15. March , 11:30-12:30: UiT's new Director of Information Stein-Gunnar Bondevik will join us for a lunch meeting.
Thursday 22. February , 12.00-13.00: Agaredech Jemaneh and Tizita Mulugeta, Ph.D students, Instiute for Gender Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Thursday 15. February , 11.30-12.15: The lunch with Stein-Gunnar Bondevik, the new Director of Information at the University of Tromsø, is cancelled.
Instead, Lise Nordbrønd will report from the new NUFU-cooperation between UiT and Makerere University, Uganda.
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LUNCHES ARRANGED IN 2006:
Thursday 9. November: Elina K. Horo. Ph.D. student in Theology, Univsersity of Bangalore, India: Adivasi (Aboriginal)/Indigenous Theology: Its issues, Method and Perspective
Monday 20. March, 11.30-12.15: Associate Professor Emebet Mulugeta og lecturer Tizita Mulugeta from Centre for Women and Gender Studies at Addis Ababa University is visiting colleagues at our university in order to write a new application for further collaboration. At our open lunch these two scholars will speek to us about “Gender programs and research in Ethiopia: Challenges and Prospects.”
Tuesday 14. March, 11.30-12.15: Kjersti Fjørtoft, Ph.D. in Philosophy.
Wednesday 15. February, 11.30-12.15: Dona Lee Davis, Visiting professor from University of South Dakota, USA: "Exploring strategies and prospects for publishing in English books and journals"
Wednesday 8. February, 11.30-12.15: Linda Rustad
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