Programme
Thursday 3rd of November 2022 (GMT+2)
10:30-11:00
Opening of the Conference
Opening words by the Chair of the Organising Committee Dr. Hanna Ojala, Finnish Association for Men’s Studies and Tampere University
Greetings from the Council for Gender Equality (Tane), the Chair Jirka Hakala
11:00-12:00
Keynote 1
Andrea Waling: Understanding Cisgender Heterosexual Men, Sex, and Intimacy: New Theoretical and Empirical Directions
Chair: Dr. Hanna Ojala
12:00-13:00
Break and General Assembly of Nordic Association for Research on Men & Masculinities
As part of the conference the Ordinary General Assembly meeting of NORMAS (Nordic Association for Research on Men and Masculinities). This will be the first General Assembly since the last Nordic Conference on Masculinity Research was held in Örebro in 2017. The agenda for the general assembly is laid out in the Statues for NORMAS (see agenda here [opens in a new tab]). The general assembly will be chaired by Arnar Gislason, Ole Nordfjell and Claus D. Hansen.
13:00-15:00
Thematic Groups I
Theoretical Perspectives on Men and Masculinities Studies I
Incel Culture and Manosphere
(See papers of the groups here)
15:00-15:30
Break and Online Coffee Room
15:30-17:00
Thematic Groups 2
17:00-17:15
Break
17:15-18:00
Keynote 2
Henri Hyvönen: Are Caring Masculinities Caring After All? Considering the Potential Gap Between the Concept of Caring Masculinity and the Ascending Public Discourse of “Toxic Masculinity”
Chair: Dr. Hanna Ojala
18:00-19:00
Virtual Get Together
The Virtual Get Together is a place for meeting people informally. We will have six breakout rooms from which the participants can choose. Themes of the rooms are 1) Theory, 2) Future Collaboration, 3) Activism, 4) Knowledge-based Policy-making, 5) Teaching Men Studies, and 6) Reflections from Keynotes of the Day. The rooms are based on self-regulated informal discussion. Participants can move from one room to another as often they want and also leave whenever they want.
Friday 4th of November 2022 (GMT+2)
10:00-11:00
Keynote 3
Kadri Aavik: Contesting Anthropocentric Masculinities through Men’s Veganism
Chair: Dr. Henri Hyvönen
11:00-11:45
Keynote 4
Marja Peltola: Young Masculinities and White Innocence. Multiethnicity in 12–15-year-old White Finnish Boys’ Narratives
Chair: Dr. Henri Hyvönen
11:45-12:45
Break
12:45-15:00
Thematic Groups 3
Men, Masculinities, and the Working Life II
Body Politics
Fathers and Fatherhood
Masculinities across Global Contexts
(See papers of the groups here)
15:00-15:15
Break
15:15-17:15
Thematic Groups 4
Men, Masculinities, and the Working Life III
Theoretical Perspectives on Men and Masculinities Studies II
Men, Masculinity and Violence
(See papers of the groups here)
17:15-17:30
Thanks, Concluding Remarks and Closing Words
Closing words by the Chair of the Organising Committee Dr. Hanna Ojala, Finnish Association for Men’s Studies and Tampere University