Kick-off seminar: “Between the Normal and the Abnormal – Cultural Meanings of Dementia and Old Age in Finland and Russia”

10.15 Opening of the seminar

Project leader, professor Maija Könönen, UEF

10.30–11.30 Cultural changes in dementia: Stigmatization and everyday life

Ph.D, director Christine Swane, EGV-Social Inclusion of Older People, Copenhagen

11.30–12.30 Memory and self in dementia and later life depression

Ph.D, Senior Researcher Marja Saarenheimo, The Finnish Association for the Welfare of Older People

13.30–14.30 On Attitudes towards old people and ageing in Russia

Ph.D, Postdoctoral researcher Julia Zelikova, St. Petersburg

15.00–16.00 Transnational babushka: grandmothers and family making between Russian Karelia and Finland

D.Soc.Sc, Postdoctoral researcher Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, University of Turku

9.15–12.00 Workshop & presentations

9.30–10.00 Sociological dimensions of agency of the persons living with dementia

Professor Jyrki Jyrkämä, University of Jyväskylä

10.15–10.30 On-screen Representations of Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Work in Progress Report

Professor Andrei Rogatchevski, University of Tromsø

10.30–12.00 Discussion and closing of the seminar Welcome!

Seminar is organized by the research project Between the Normal and the Abnormal – Cultural Meanings of Dementia and Old Age in Finland and Russia (2016–2019), lead by professor Maija Könönen (Russian culture, School of Humanities, UEF) and funded by The Kone Foundation.

Contacts: Sinikka Vakimo, p. 050 4424 377, (Sinikka.Vakimo(at) uef.fi)​