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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Foxy Folklorist Mistaken for a Sex Professor
This a story of Jeana Jorgensen, a visiting PhD student in folklore and gender studies at the University of Tartu in Estonia, told through her tweets. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research, Tartu
Tagged dance, digital humanities, dissertation, fairy tales, feminist theory, folklore, folklorist, gender studies, inspiration, PhD, twitter
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Estonia and the Euro: A Wedding without Honeymoon
Raul Eamets, Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Tartu, makes an analogy between last year’s remarkable step for the Estonian economy – the introduction of the euro – and getting married, while admitting the non-appearance of a much anticipated honeymoon, as the timing for the wedding was far from perfect. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Research, Social sciences
Tagged economy, Estonia, EU, euro, eurozone, macroeconomics, professor
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How Georgians Met 2012 in Tartu
In this interview, Kakhi Sanikidze, a.k.a. Kevin, talks about what Georgian people are like, how Georgian students who study at UT stay close and care for each other, and how Georgians and Estonians are different. Continue reading
Estonian Mafia: The Insider View
Priit Salumaa, co-founder of two influential non-profit initiatives in Estonia: MobileMonday and Garage48, writes about the startup companies and environment in Estonia. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia
Tagged Estonia, estonianmafia, garage48, startup, startup country
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Year 2050: Ozone Induced Deaths On the Rise
9–18 miles high in the stratosphere, the ozone layer protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation, but near the ground, ozone is a poisonous waste product, harmful to living organisms. Continue reading
Letter No. 1
Remo Gramigna is a doctoral student of semiotics and the runner-up for the UT Student Journalist Contests in 2011 and 2010 (the contest winner in 2009!). This is his contest entry, which won the public vote last year. Continue reading
Posted in General, Student life
Tagged contest, essay, semiotics, student journalist, trip
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