Seminar – Folklore and Folk Beliefs in the Archipelago

Stories, beliefs, and mythical beings have always played a central role in life in the archipelago. The exhibition FOLKTRO at Archipelago Centre Korpoström, expressed primarily through contemporary art, explores these traditions and phenomena while inviting visitors to reflect on how folk beliefs are experienced and understood today.

As part of the FOLKTRO exhibition, we are organizing a seminar on folk beliefs and folklore traditions on July 1 at Archipelago Centre Korpoström. Throughout the day, speakers will share fascinating perspectives on people's experiential relationship with nature, mythical beings, and the unexplained.

The seminar is free of charge and bilingual (FI & SW). The presentations will be held primarily in Swedish.

Programme – July 1

11:00 – John Björkman
Encountering the Supernatural Nature Sites of Folk Belief – In Legends and Personal Experience (SW)

11:40 – Pia Lindholm
Experienced, Secret, and Documented – Folk Belief Materials in the SLS Archives (SW)

12:20 – Catarina Harjunen
Erotic Encounters Between Humans and Supernatural Beings (SW)

13:00 – Lunch

14:00 – Tapani Tuovinen
Stone Labyrinths in the Archipelago of Southwest Finland (SW)

14:40 – Jaana Kouri
From the Mother of Waters to Contemporary Shamanism – The Human Relationship with Water as a Historical Phenomenon (FI)