UL ILFA researchers at the 16th SIEF Congress
From June 3 to 6, the SIEF 2025 Congress will take place in Aberdeen, Scotland. Organized by the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF), it is one of the most significant gatherings of scholars in folklore, anthropology, and ethnology in Europe.
More about the congress: https://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2025/
The Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (UL ILFA) will be represented with several papers:
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Ilga Vālodze Ābele – Latvian Folklore Ensemble "Mičotāji" – an Example of Joyous Ritual Revitalization for Community Benefit
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Elvis Friks – (Re)imagining Homecoming Narrative in Juris Rozītis’s Displaced Novels
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Elīna Gailīte – Digital Data on Latvian Folk Dance in Latvia and Exile
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Ieva Garda-Rozenberga – Eco-nationalism in Latvia: The Interplay of Place Identity and Environmental Activism
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Aigars Lielbārdis – Latvian Traditions Through the Lens of Polish Ethnographer Stefanie Uljanowska
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Ilze Ļaksa-Timinska, Sanita Reinsone, Haralds Matulis, Elvīra Žvarte – Archiving the Nonverbal in Pandemic Diaries
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Ginta Pērle-Sīle – Unwriting and Misreading: A Case Study on Reactions to Displaying Folk Songs in Public Transport
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Rita Zara – Beyond the Written: Visualities in Manuscript Collections
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Ieva Vīvere – Archival Literacy and Readings of Roma Photographs from Pre-WWII Latvia
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Digne Ūdre-Lielbārde – From Folkloresque Representations to Vernacular Creativity: Folk Ornament in Contemporary Latvia
Participation of the researchers is supported by the following projects:
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“Latvian Folkloristics in Exile” (No. lzp-2024/1-0522), funded by the Latvian Council of Science
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“Latvia's 20th–21st Century History: Social Morphogenesis, Heritage and Challenges” (No. VPP-IZM-Vēsture-2023/1-0003), funded by the National Research Programme
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“Krišjānis Barons’ Cabinet of Dainas”, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia (Subprogram 05.04.00)
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and the State Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF).