The academic programme takes place on 31 October and 1 November 2024 at the Estonian National Museum.
The full programme involves organised tours of the Washing Machine Made of Beetroot exhibition on
30 October 2024, and visits to various public repair workshops in
Tartu on
2 November 2024.
The abstract book (PDF) will be published in May 2024.
PROGRAMME
30.10.2024 | |
12:00-18:00 | Tour of the joint exhibition project Washing Machine Made of Beetroot |
18:00-22:00 | Opening reception at the Tartu City Museum |
31.10.2024 Academic programme at the Estonian National Museum | |
9:00-10:00 | Registration, coffee and tea |
10:00-11:45 | Keynote: Steven J. Jackson (Cornell University), Broken World Thinking: Maintenance, Repair, Hope |
11:45-12:00 | Coffee and tea |
12:00-13:30 | Session 1 |
Museums and Sustainability
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Renovation and Repair 1
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Resilient Community Practices
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13:30-14:30 | Lunch |
14:30-16:00 | Session 2 |
Repair and Reuse Communities 1
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Crafts, Heritage and Materials 1
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Renovation and Repair 2
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16:00-16:30 | Coffee and tea |
16:30-18:00 | Session 3 |
Repair and Reuse Communities 2
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Crafts, Heritage and Materials 2
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Workshop
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18:00-20:00 | Tours at the Estonian National Museum`s permanent exhibitions Encounters, and Echo of the Urals |
01.11.2024 Academic programme at the Estonian National Museum | |
9:00-10:00 | Registration, coffee and tea |
10:00-11:45 | Keynote: Tomás Errázuriz (Universidad Andrés Bello) and Ricardo Greene (Universidad de las Américas), Care, Adapt, Survive |
11:45-12:00 | Coffee and tea |
12:00-13:30 | Session 4 |
Repair and Mending 1
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Design and Arts
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DIY Culture
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13:30-14:30 | Lunch |
14:30-16:00 | Session 5 |
Repair and Mending 2
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Fashion and Sustainability
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Degrowth
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16:00-16:15 | Coffee and tea |
16:15-17:45 | Workshop session |
Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto (University of Jyväskylä), Touching as Mediator: Embodied Knowledge of Sustainable Relationships with Things | |
Marium Durrani (Independent Researcher) and Lucie Hernandez (The Royal College of Art), Experiencing Repair: Applying a Repair Toolkit to Foster Social Innovation Through Garment Mending Practices | |
Teele Pehk (Degrowth Estonia), Andra Jelle (Degrowth Estonia), Maria Muuk (Degrowth Estonia) and Diana Matejuk (Degrowth Estonia), Circular Economy and De-growth: One Cannot Do Without the Other | |
18:00-19:00 | Tours at Estonian National Museum`s permanent exhibitions Encounters, and Echo of the Urals |
19:00-00:00 | Ending gala at the Estonian National Museum |
02.11.2024 Public workshops in Tartu | |
11:00-15:00 | Visits to public workshops, community garden and foodsharing network in Tartu |
15:00-17:00 | Lunch |
17:00-18:30 | Public filmscreening at Elektriteater |
The abstract book (PDF) will be published in May 2024.
Tour of the exhibition, 30 October 2024
The conference programme involves an organised tour of the joint exhibition project Washing Machine Made of Beetroot.
This is a joint exhibition made in collaboration between the Estonian Road Museum, the Estonian Agricultural Museum, and the Tartu City Museum that deals with invention, ingenuity, recycling, and do-it-yourself mentality.
The tour takes place as an organised day trip by bus, and is available for all registered conference participants.
Story
“I made a washing machine out of beetroot" is an expression that dates to the Soviet era. At that time, people were incredibly inventive, with great craft skills. The do-it-yourself mentality was then associated with scarcity, yet today, it's in fashion. In our culture of (over)consumption, people are into creating something with their own hands as opposed to always buying new things.
Experience
Each museum explores a different topic, according to the museum’s field.
Tartu City Museum shows you what it was like to live in deprivation during the Soviet era. If what was needed was not available, people had to take the old and turn it into something new, or at least pimp it up a little bit. They made their own clothes, cosmetics, hobby equipment, and even household appliances. The City Museum has collected these stories and home-made items. Come and get some clever ideas for reusing and upcycling!
At the Estonian Road Museum, you can experience the invention and ingenuity of road workshops and private garages. Garage culture, repairing, and home-made vehicles still have a strong presence all over Estonia.
The Estonian Agricultural Museum will inspire you with horticulture and gardens, applied textiles, food preservation methods and home-made agricultural machinery. It's highly likely that in 2024 we'll be sticking our fingers into the soil to grow food.
See more about the Washing Machine Made of Beetroot joint exhibition (in English)
See more about the Washing Machine Made of Beetroot joint exhibition (in Estonian)
Visits to public workshops, 2 November 2024
The conference programme involves visits to various public repair workshops and recycling centres in Tartu.
Visits are organised, and full information about each establishment is provided by the conference organisers.
Public workshops and recycling centres in Tartu:
- Paranduskelder (Repair Basement) is a community makerspace and repair workshop run by local activists.
- Restaureerimiskesus (Renovation Centre) is a public makerspace and workshop. See more (in Estonian)
- Tartu Eksperimentaalne Jalgrattatehas (Tartu Experimental Bicycle Factory) is a public bicycle repair and maintenance workshop, and recycle centre. See more (in Estonian)
- Men`s Shed Tartu (Tartu Kuur, Meest Koda) is a public makerspace and workshop. See more (in Estonian)
- Reuse Centre (Uuskasutuskeskus) is an independent social enterprise that aims to put used locally donated household items and clothes back into circulation through 17 second-hand shops all over Estonia.
- Tartu Recycling Centre (Tartu Taaskasutuskeskus) is an NGO that aims to put locally donated household items and clothes, that can be renovated or repaired in the process, back into circulation at their second-hand shop.
- Waste Station (Jäätmejaam) is a waste management centre that provides waste management service for Tartu city. It accepts various types of waste and aims to put it into circulation as a source material; the station also accepts household items for second-hand use.