PROGRAM
This is the second first whole weekend-long Concept Workshop, and it takes place this time in town. The weekend-long workshop provides a possibility of engaging in intensive concept analysis on texts together. As in all concept workhshops, we will focus in the analysis on the use of the concepts ‘people’, ‘majority’ and ‘minority’ in particular texts. For analysis we have selected a central text of the categories 1) anti-gender agents. We will go on engaging in analysis of text in the same productively practical manner we established in the previous weekend workshop in Lammi. In addition the program includes discussions on two article manuscripts, one on democratic theory and the other on the plenary discussions in the Finnish parliament. We will also discuss on the progress of the project, and review the website.
Friday
16.00–17.30
*Reviewing the materials to analyse
*Discussing the program
*Discussing what has happened since the previous workshop
Saturday
10.00–12.00 Concept analysis together: Text: Pontifical Council for the Family: Lexicon. Ambiguous and debatable terms regarding family life and ethical questions.
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch: Espresso Edge
13.00 – 14.30. Article manuscript under work. Aino Pietiläinen: Natural Law in the Finnish Parliament.
Coffee Break
15.30 – 17.00 Article manuscript under work. Tuija Pulkkinen & Julian Honkasalo: Article manuscript under work: Feminist political theory in the era of anti-gender – representation.
Sunday
10.00 – 11.30 Concept analysis together: GATE: Recognizing, Documenting, and Addressing Anti-Gender Opposition (2024) and GATE, ILGA-Europe, and TGEU: Trans Rights Are Human Rights: Dismantling Misconceptions About Gender, Gender Identity & the Human Rights of Trans People
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch: Fazer Café Kaisaniemi
13.00 – 14.00 Discussion on the program of the year 2026
14.00 – 15.30 End discussion. Experience and next plan.