The Cultural Image of Small Countries in Europe

The International Conference on 27 and 28 September 1997 in Tallinn, Estonia organised by the Estonian Institute with the support from UNESCO

Saturday, 27 September

• Opening speech
• Märt Väljataga (Estonia): The amount of interpretation in translating culture
• Georg Dolivo (Finland): Together in Europe - Enjoying similarities, respecting differences
• Sirje Helme (Estonia): Do visual arts in a small country have a possibility to be original
• Jiri Hanak (Czech Republic): The price of globlisation of cultures
• Juris Kronbergs (Latvia): New paths in the old forest
• Anna-Maija Ylimaula (Finland): Language identity and archidecture
• Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdottir (Iceland): The cost of culture
• Inger Lise Gjørv (Norway): The cost of culture
• Discussions

Sunday, 28 September

• Per Himmelstrup (Denmark): The contributions of small countries to the European debate
• Marika Tammeaid (Nordic Council of Ministers): Nordic culture under international pressure
• Ulfar Bragason (Iceland): Icelandic culture and cultural export
• Discussions