Gambling, Gender and Society - International Research Conference 24.9.2009
Time: 24.9.2009 at National Institute for Health and Welfare
Location: Auditorium, Lintulahdenkuja 4, Helsinki, Finland
Organizer: Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction
Participation is free for all, but registration is mandatory
Directions and maps (pdf, 279 kt)
Hotel information (pdf 92 kt)
Social programme (pdf 231 kt)
If you have questions: Mari Miekkala (English), mari.miekkala(at)thl.fi, Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos (French & English), johanna.jarvinen-tassopoulos(at)thl.fi
Registration for the conference before 28.8.2009: Mari Miekkala, mari.miekkala(at)thl.fi
Programme
September 23, 2009
19.00 Welcoming cocktail at Cumulus Hotel, Kaisaniemi
September 24, 2009
09.00 Christoffer Tigerstedt and Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos: Opening words
The Evolving Gaming Scene
Chair: Maritta Itäpuisto
09.15 Ingeborg Lund (SIRUS, Norway): The Norwegian Gambling Scene – Background, Recent Events and Policy Developments, Abstract (pdf 47 kt)
09.45 Anne Claire Mangel (Paris Descartes University , La Francaise des Jeux, France): Compulsive Gambling Problem and Responsible Gaming in France Abstract (pdf 55 kt)
10.15 Coffee Break
10.45 Thomas Karlsson (National Institute for Health and Welfare): How PAF Troubles the Finnish Gaming Policy? Abstract (pdf 60 kt)
11.15 Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos (National Institute for Health and Welfare): Online Poker in Finland – A National Issue Abstract (pdf 45 kt)
12.00 Lunch
Gender, Risks and Experiences
Chair: Ingeborg Lund
13.00 Emma Casey (Kingston University, UK): Gender, Gambling and Narratives of 'Risk' Abstract (pdf 141 kt)
14.00 Charles Livingstone (Monash University, Australia): Space, Freedom, and Indeterminacy: Gender, Desire and Commodification in the Use of Electronic Gaming Machines Abstract (pdf 6 kt)
15.00 Coffee Break
Modern Age and Society
Chairs: Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos & Anne Claire Mangel
15.30 Michel Maffesoli (Paris Descartes University /Institut Universitaire de France): Playing and Gambling in the (Post)modern Age
17.00 Gerda Reith (University of Glasgow, UK): Gambling in an Age of Chance: The Problems of Gambling and the Contradictions of Capitalism Abstract (pdf 95 kt)
18.00 Closing of the Conference
Evening Programme
19.00 Reception at the Old Town Hall, Aleksanterinkatu 20 Representative of the City of Helsinki: Welcoming words Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos: Towards a Strong Research Fellowship