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Category Archives: Humanities
Crimea “Referendum”: Welcome Back Home!
Semiotician Mihhail Lotman showcases the modelling role of art, based on a popular, recent picture that came to symbolise the current state of affairs in Crimea. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Humanities, Research
Tagged art, Crimea, Juri Lotman, Russia, Russian, semiotics, semiotics of culture, Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School, Ukraine
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What About Disagreements?
Daniel Cohnitz, UT Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, puts disagreements under scrutiny: Should we dispute matters of taste? Are our disagreements real or merely verbal? What can we learn from them? Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research, Studies, Tartu
Tagged contradictions, disagreements, disputes, MA in Philosophy, matters of taste, misunderstandings, objective facts, theoretical philosophy
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My Farm Is My Stage: Insights into Estonian Rural Tourism
Ethnologist Ester Bardone explores how rural experiences become commodities that are staged and performed by tourism entrepreneurs, backed up by institutions and media. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research
Tagged Estonia, ethnography, experience economy, hospitality services, performance, PhD, PhD thesis, rural life, rural tourism, rurality
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To Drink, or Not To Drink?
Why do people drink when the results can often be catastrophic? Aimar Ventsel shows that similarly to over-indulging in booze, abstaining can lead to uncomfortable situations, too. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Humanities, Research, Social sciences, Tartu
Tagged alcohol, alcohol consumption, conference, drinking, drinking alcohol, North, ritual, Siberia, tradition
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Researching the Magic: Witches, Healers, and New Age
Find out why people still use traditional healing methods in spite of advanced high-tech medicine, and how these have transformed from the early modern period to the present time. Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged church, early modern period, esoterica, folkloristics, healers, healing, holistic, magic, medicine, New Age, religion, witchcraft, witches, yoga
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The Curious Case of Estonia’s Fashion Sense
Natalia Hoffman, an independent researcher into the Estonian visual communication, has examined the local fashion scene (including junk shops and flea markets) and came out with some interesting observations. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, General, Humanities, Research
Tagged charity shops, Estonia, Estonian fashion, fashion, flea markets, junk shops, Kihnu, national costume, student fashion
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4 New Recipes for Becoming a Top Researcher
Find out the 4 new recipes on how to become a top researcher, shared by the UT Professor of Experimental Psychology Jüri Allik who belongs to the top 1 per cent of the world’s most-cited scientists in his field. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Humanities, Medical sciences, Natural and exact sciences, Research, Social sciences
Tagged PhD, recipe, research, researcher, scientist, success, top scientist
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