Abstracts of 21.10

Tuesday 21st October

12.15 – 13.15    Philip Gross, The University of South-Wales:

                          Our Roots Are In The Air…” : the teaching of Creative Writing in UK universities (A103) 

14.15 – 15.15     Juhani Ihanus, The University of Helsinki:

                          Reflections on therapeutic writing (A103)

15.15 – 16.15    Round Table / Panel Discussion, choose one

a) Panel Discussion Teaching Creative Writing: Art Schools versus Universities (A103)

                              Risto Niemi-Pynttäri, The University of Jyväskylä

Orhan Kipcak, Vienna Poetry School – Schule für Dichtung

                              Javier Sagarna, Escuela de Escritores

                              Alain André, Aleph-Écriture

                                   and other representatives of Universities and Art Schools

Preceded by Sagarna: Creativity, Sensibility and Technique, three goals of our

                              Master course in Narrative                       

b) Round Table Discussion: Arts and Well-Being (Building D: D109)

                               Jaakko Erkkilä, The University of Jyväskylä:

Reflection on the Potential of the Creative Therapies

                               Jarmo Valkola, Tallinn University:

Cinema Therapy: How it has been used in filmic connections,

                              and which are its  parameters in the contexts of audiovisual narration?

16. 45 – 18.45    Parallel Sessions, choose one

a)      I Collaborative Writing and Interactivity (D109)

b)      II Finnish Session / Suomenkieliset esitelmät (D304)