A major part of the work of the Summer School consisted of the working groups concentrating on specific themes. The groups also presented final reports at the end of their training. The members of the groups were selected according to their research interests, and also so that each group, as a rule, consisted of representatives from different continents. In addition to discussing individual research problems and the joint theme, the groups aimed at creating a forum for intercultural dialogue.
The working groups were as follows:
I. Myth, Locality and the Construction of Traditions
Group leaders:
Anna-Leena Siikala and Seppo Knuuttila
II. Presenting Self and Ethnicity
Group leaders:
Barbro Klein and Pertti Anttonen
III. Poetics and Politics of Oral Traditions
Group leaders:
Margaret Mills and Ulrich Marzolph
IV. Epic Traditions and Ethnic Identity
Group leaders:
John Miles Foley and Lauri Harvilahti
FFSS97 Participants
Ezekiel Alembi
Lecturer, Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Anna Anttila
M.A., University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Madis Arukask
M.A., University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Sabir Badalkhan
Lecturer, University of Naples
Naples, Italy
Mehri Bagheri
Associate Professor, University of Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
Kishore Bhattacharjee
Ph.D., Lecturer, Gauhati University
Assam, India
Lina Bugiene
M.A., University of Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania
Anastasios Daskalopoulos
Editorial, Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Center for Studies in Oral Tradition
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
Charlotte Eklund
M.A., University of Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
Bengt Englund
M.A., University of Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
Susan Faine
Director, Victorian Folklife Association
Melbourne, Australia
Patrick Flores
Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
University of the Philippines
Quezon City, Philippines
Scott Garner
Editorial Assistant,
Center for Studies in Oral Tradition
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
Lucille Guilbert
Professor, University of Laval
Quebec, Canada
Marina Hodyreva
M.A.
Izhevsk, Russia
Salim Jahangir
Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow,
Department of Folklore, Bangla Academy
Dhaka, Banghladesh
Tecwyn Vaughan Jones
University Tutorial Fellow,
University of Wales
Cardiff, Wales (U.K.)
Dilip Kumar Kalita
Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow
Assam, India
Tuulikki Kurki
M.A., University of Joensuu
Joensuu, Finland
Hui Ying Meng
Associate Professor,
Institute of Literature of National Minorities
Beijing, P.R. China
Mithra Moezzi
M.A., University of California
Berkeley, U.S.A.
Anjali Padhi
Ph.D.
Khariar, India
Elina Rahimova
M.A. (University of Helsinki)
Moscow, Russia
Monica Santos
Graduate Student,
University of the Philippines
Quezon, Philippines
Svetlana Sorokina
M.A., University of Moscow
Moscow, Russia
Kevin Stuart
Ph.D.
Xining, P.R. China
Salla Taavetti
M.A., (University of Turku)
Lyngseidet, Norway
FFSS97 Teachers
Pertti Anttonen
Acting Associate Professor
Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki, Finland
Satu Apo
Associate Professor
Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki, Finland
John Miles Foley
Professor
Center for Studies in Oral Tradition
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
Diarmuid O’Giollain
Professor
Department of Irish History
University of Cork, Ireland
Jawaharlal Handoo
Director, Folklore Unit
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Mysore, India
Lauri Harvilahti
Docent, Project Director
University of Helsinki, Finland
Lauri Honko
Professor emer., Project Director
University of Turku, Finland
Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj
Associate Professor of Folkloristics
Department of Cultural Studies
University of Turku, Finland
Barbro Klein
Professor, Director
The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies
in the Social Sciences (SCASSS)
Uppsala, Sweden
Seppo Knuuttila
Professor
Department of Folklore Studies
University of Joensuu, Finland
Ulrich Marzolph
Professor, Dr.
Enzyklopädie des Märchens
Göttingen, Germany
Margaret Mills
Professor
Department of Folklore and Folklife
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Torunn Selberg
Professor
Department of Cultural Studies and Art History
University of Bergen,
Bergen, Norway
Anna-Leena Siikala
Professor
Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
FFSS97 Secretariat
Anna-Leena Siikala, Chair
Professor, Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki, Finland
Lauri Harvilahti, Secretary General
Docent, Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki, Finland
Pauliina Latvala, Course Secretary
M.A., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki, Finland
Raisa Poutanen, Assistant Secretary
B.A., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki, Finland
FFSS97 Supporting Staff
Pasi Enges
M.A., Department of Cultural Studies
University of Turku
Sanna Heikkilä
M.A., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
Pia Isojärvi
M.A., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
Eeva-Liisa Kinnunen
Lic. Phil., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
Satu Lehtinen
M.A., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
Heikki Majava
B.A., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
Airi Markkanen
M.A., Department of Folklore Studies
University of Joensuu
Jyrki Pöysä
Ph.D., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
Jenny Tuominen
B.A., Department of Folklore
University of Helsinki
FFSS97 Sponsors
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts
University of Helsinki, Department of Folklore
Academy of Finland
Nordic Institute of Folklore (NIF)
Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) at the Ministry of Education,
University of Joensuu
FFSS97 Organizing Institutions
Department of Folklore, University of Helsinki
Department of Cultural Studies, University of Turku
Department of Folklore Studies, University of Joensuu
Department of Folklore, Åbo Academy University
Folklore Fellows of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Nordic Institute of Folklore, Turku
Finnish Literature Society, Helsinki
FFSS97 Organizing Committee
Anna-Leena Siikala, University of Helsinki (Chair)
Lauri Honko, University of Turku (Vice Chair)
Lauri Harvilahti, University of Helsinki (Secretary General)
Pauliina Latvala, University of Helsinki (Course Secretary)
Pekka Hakamies, University of Joensuu
Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj, University of Turku
Reimund Kvideland, Nordic Institute of Folklore
Pekka Laaksonen, Finnish Literature Society
Aili Nenola, University of Helsinki
Lotte Tarkka, University of Helsinki
Ulrika Wolf-Knuts, Åbo Academy University
(FFN 14, December 1997: 7-10)