4th Symposium on Whaling and History

4th Symposium
on Whaling and History
J u n e 2 0 t h – 21s t 2 013
The Whaling Museum in Sandefjord, Norway, is host to the Fourth Symposium on Whaling
and History in June 2013. We are proud to announce that 18 papers will be presented by speakers
from 13 countries. They cover a wide variety of fields and will in many instances present new
material and analyses.
The Whaling Museum in Sandefjord aims at being one of the major institutions presenting
material connected to the history of whaling in a broad perspective. This has led us to organize
the conference around the following themes:
Cultural History | Whaling Societies | Museums, Heritage and History |
Environmental and Political History
THE WHALING MUSEUM
S A N D E FJ O R D , N O R W AY
CONFERENCE PROGR AM
Thursday June 20th
08.30–09.20Registration/Coffee
09.20–09.35Opening
INTRODUCTORY PAPER
09.35–10.10
PhD student David Haines, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand: A truly global
industry? Nineteenth century whaling in transnational perspective
C U LT U R A L H I S T O R Y
10.10–10.45 10.45–10.50
10.50–11.25
11.25–12.00
12.00–13.00 13.00–13.35 Dr. Maike Schmidt, Institut für Neuere deutsche Literatur und Medien, ChristianAlbrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany: North Frisian involvement in 18th century whaling
Short break
Professor Joost Schokkenbroek, Het Scheepvaartmuseum and the VU University Amsterdam,
The Netherlands: Post-war Dutch whaling, 1946–64
Professor Alex Aguilar, Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain,
and Ole Rømer Sandberg, architect and professor at Department of Landscape Arch. and
Spatial Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway: Norwegians in Iberia.
The Compañía Ballenera Española (1914–27)
Lunch
Daniel Quiroz, anthropologist, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, (UAHC),
Escuela de Antropologia, Santiago, Chile and Luis A. Pastene, biologist, Institute of Cetacean
Research, Toyomi 4-5, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0055, Japan: Norwegian Influence on Chilean
Local Communities through Whaling in the 20th Century
WHALING SOCIETIES
13.35–14.10 14.10–14.45 14.45–15.15 15.15–15.50 15.50–16.25 16.25–17.00 Professor Fabiana Comerlato, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Salvador
– BA Brazil: Memories of a whaling community: the case of Manguinhos and Porto Santo,
Bahia, Brazil
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Master of Science Jo Marie V. Acebes, The Philippines:
Local whaling in the Philippines: community adaptions and resilience
Coffee/snack
Assistant Professor Ryan Jones, Department of History, Idaho State University, USA:
Cetus Soveticus: Exotic and Collective Cultures in Soviet Whaling
County Curator Bjørn Ringstad, County of Møre and Romsdal, Norway: Whales and Whaling
through 12,000 years – a long-term perspective on the Romsdal district in Western Norway
Discussion
W H A LING A N D HISTORY
EVENING PROGRAM
18.30 20.00
22.30 Boat trip with the old whale catcher Southern Actor. Departure from the main wharf.
Get-together with evening buffet at the Magasinet Restaurant, Framnes Wharf.
Lecture by Author Jesse Blackadder, Australia: Women, whales and Antarctica
Bus to hotel
Friday June 21st
M U S EU M S, H ER I TAG E A N D H I S TO RY
09.00–09.35 09.35–10.10 10.10–10.45 10.45–11.20 11.20–11.55 12.00– 13.00 Hanne Garmel, Cultural Historian, Commander Chr. Christensen’s Whaling Museum,
Sandefjord, Norway: Oral sources at the Whaling museum: From speech to text and exhibition
Curator Hayato Sakurai, Taiji Historical Archives, Japan: “The Whale Town” and the Making
of Taiji Whale Museum
Coffee/snack
Dr. Dag Avango, Div. of History of Science, Technology and Environment, Royal Institute
of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden: Constructing Pasts for Polar Futures: The Use of History
and Heritage in Arctic and Antarctic Geo-politics
Senior Policy Advisor Bradley W. Barr, US Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Director James P. Delgado,
Maritime Heritage Program, US Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA, Washington,
DC, USA: Preserving whaling heritage: The role of marine protected areas as ‘underwater
museums of the sea’
Lunch
EN V I RO N M EN TA L A N D P O L I T I CA L H I S TO RY
13.00–13.35 Dr. Peder Roberts, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden: The friend who
outstayed his welcome? Johan Hjort and the Norwegian whaling industry
13.35–14.10 PhD, Director, Julia Lajus, Center for Environmental and Technological History, European
Unviersity at St. Petersburg, Russia: “Chiudo-iudo” – the Russian leviathan: attitudes towards
whales and whaling in the Russian north, end of the 19th century
14.10–14.45 Coffee/snack
14.45–15.20 Curator Jan Erik Ringstad, Commander Chr. Christensen’s Whaling Museum, Sandefjord,
Norway: Whaling, lobbying and politics
15.20–15.55 Maritime Curator Michael Dyer, New Bedford Whaling Museum, USA: Why black whales are
called right whales
15.55–16.30 Closing remarks
I M P O R TA N T I N F O R M AT I O N
P lease register here : http://tiny.cc/1ggrsw
R egistration deadline : 06th May 2013
Cancellation before 18th April:
Cancellation after 18th April:
Free of charge
Room, lunch and get-together must be paid in full.
Sessions can be cancelled free of charge.
P ayment
Room, meals and drinks in hotel, which is not included in the conference fee, will be paid directly to the hotel.
Conference fees and the get-together Thursday night will be billed from Berg-Hansen Vestfold after the conference.
C onference F ees
Two days
NOK 1.300,-
One day
NOK 800,Students with valid student card qualify for a 50% discount.
C ontacts
Program Curator Jan Erik Ringstad / jan.erik.ringstad@vestfoldmuseene.no
Coordinator Mrs Inger Hugdahl Lund / inger.hugdahl.lund@vestfoldmuseene.no
The practical issues around the conference will be organized by Berg-Hansen Vestfold, Tel (+47) 33 30 05 60 /
grupper.vestfold@berg-hansen.no
A ccommodation
The venue for the conference is Clarion Collection Hotel Atlantic.
Tel (+47) 33 42 80 00 / Hotel website: http://tiny.cc/92zqsw
Price per single room per night: NOK 870,– / Price per double room per night: NOK 1.070,–
The hotel can offer indoor car park.
The hotel reservation will be taken care of by Berg-Hansen Vestfold upon registration.
M eals
Get-together Thursday 20th June NOK 650,–
T ransportation to S andefjord
Passengers arriving at Torp Sandefjord Airport, see website: www.torp.no
Passengers arriving at Oslo Airport Gardermoen may take a direct train to Sandefjord: www.nsb.no
For information on how to get to Sandefjord, please contact your local travel agency or Berg-Hansen Vestfold.
Changes may occur.
www . hvalfangstmuseet . no