Events

“Up in Arms: Making Sense of Gun Culture in the United States”

Date: Friday, September 6, 2019
Time: 9:15–17:00
Place: University of Turku, Calonia (Caloniankuja 3), Lecture Hall Cal1

PROGRAM

9:15–9:30 Opening Remarks
9:30–10:15 Prof. Benita Heiskanen (JMC), “Un/Seeing Gun Violence: Visual-Spatial Memory-making”
10:15–11:00 Dr. Sampo Ruoppila (UTU), “Out of Sight, Out of Mind: University Policy on Guns”
11:00–11:45 Dr. Lotta Kähkönen (JMC), “Bullets, Grief, and Gunrunning:  Fictionalizing U.S. Gun Culture”
11:45–13:15 Lunch Break
13:15–14:00 Dr. Maiju Kannisto (JMC) & Dr. Kirsi Cheas (JMC), “#March for Our Lives: Mediating School Shootings”
14:00–15:00 Roundtable
Dr. Maarit Pedak (University of Helsinki)
Professor Pekka Räsänen (UTU)
Managing Editor Laura Saarikoski (Helsingin Sanomat)
Dr. Jari Väliverronen (Tampere University)
15:00–15:30 Break
15:30–17:00 Documentary Film Screening & Discussion
“Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA” (2015)