The 36th international Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference (NEFK 2025): Nordic 2.0 and beyond

The 36th international Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference is orgnanised by Åbo Akademi University and Turku University. The theme of NEFK 2025 is ”Nordic 2.0 and beyond. The Nordic region is frequently viewed as a model welfare society. However, what is meant by referring to the Nordic, both historically and presently? Is it a geographic region, an imagined community, a way of life, or a theoretical framework? Finally, what could Nordic 2.0 and beyond be and become?

The keynotes and panel discussion are open to all:
- Wed 9.00-10.30: Opening of the conference (Anne Heimo, UTU & Blanka Henriksson, ÅAU) & Keynote I Antti Lindfors, University of Helsinki: From Chaga to Cold Exposure: Science and Nature Imitation in Contemporary Self-Care
- Thu 9.00-10.30: Panel discussion Nordic 2.0 and beyond: Grasping the ordinary and extraordinary (chair Tytti Suominen, UTU) and panelists Anni Guttorm (Sámi Museum Siida),
Tina Paphitis (University of Bergen), Minna Sarantola-Weiss (Helsinki City Museum), Mark Vacher (University of Copenhagen), Robert Willim (Lund University) and Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch (SLS)
- Fri 9.00-10.30: Keynote II: Jenny Gunnarson-Payne (Södertörn University): Sex and the (Nordic) State: Kinship, citizenship, and the production of illegitimacy