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 workshops and a community garden in Tartu on
2 November 2024.
Please see the ABSTRACT BOOK (PDF).
PROGRAMME
30/10/2024 Exhibition Tour | |
11:00-17:30 | Tour of the Washing Machine Made of Beetroot joint exhibition project |
19:00-22:00 | 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 |
10:00-10:15 | Welcome Address |
10:15-11:45 | Keynote
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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 of the Estonian National Museum`s permanent exhibitions Encounters, and Echo of the Urals |
01/11/2024 Academic programme at the Estonian National Museum | |
9:00-9:30 | Registration, coffee and tea |
9:30-11:00 | Keynote
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11:00-11:30 | Coffee and tea |
11:30-13:00 | Session 4 |
Repair and Mending 1
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Design and Arts
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DIY Culture
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13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | Session 5 |
Repair and Mending 2
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Fashion and Sustainability
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Degrowth
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15:30-16:00 | Coffee and tea |
16:00-17:30 | Workshop session |
Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto (University of Jyväskylä), Touching As Mediator: Embodied Knowledge of Sustainable Relationships with Things | |
Marium Durrani and Lucie Hernandez (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 Degrowth: One Cannot Do Without the Other | |
Agnes Aljas (Estonian National Museum) and Reet Mägi (University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden), Fostering Sustainable Practices in Organisations: Case Study of the Green Museum Label | |
Débora Paulino (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro), Workshop: Sustainable Applications of Industrial Hemp through a DIY Approach | |
17:45-18:45 | Tours of Estonian National Museum`s permanent exhibition Encounters |
19:00-00:00 | Ending gala at the Estonian National Museum |
02/11/2024 Tour to Public Initiatives in Tartu | |
11:00-15:00 | Visits to public workshops, community garden and Foodsharing network in Tartu |
15:00-16:30 | Lunch at Aparaaditehas |
17:00-18:30 | Public film screening at Elektriteater
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Please see the ABSTRACT BOOK (PDF).
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 workshops, community garden and Foodsharing network in Tartu.
Visits are organised, and information about each establishment is provided by the conference organisers.
Visits to the following initiatives and institutions are in the programme:
- Paranduskelder (Repair Basement) is a community makerspace and repair workshop run by local activists.
- Men`s Shed Tartu (Tartu Kuur, Meest Koda) is a public makerspace and workshop.
- Emajõe Aed (Emajõe Garden) is a permaculture community garden in Tartu.
- Foodsharing Tartu is a network and movement that saves and distributes leftover food in Tartu, cooperating with individuals, retailers, companies and food producers.