RUTA held a featured panel on “Rooted and Environmental Knowledges” during the third RUTA Annual Conference 2026

During our first day of the RUTA Conference 2026 we held the first featured panel: “Rooted and Environmental Knowledges”

The panel brought together scholars and practitioners working across the RUTA region(s).

The discussion focused on rooted and embodied forms of knowledge, their connections to place and community, and the long-lasting disruptions caused by imperial violence. Across contexts ranging from Muhu Island in Estonia to Crimea and Kazakhstan, participants are reflecting on what becomes possible when research, art, and cultural heritage are grounded in lived experience and local worlds.

Speakers: Aigerim Kapar, Kadri Tüür, Emine Ziyatdin and Seye Abimbola who is joining via Zoom.

Moderator: Epp Annus.

The RUTA Conference 2026 was organized with the support of our partners: Uzhhorod National University and the Department of Archaeology, Ethnology and Cultural Studies; the International Renaissance Foundation; the Heinrich Böll Foundation Ukraine; Razom for Ukraine; Goethe-Institut Ukraine; the Ukrainian Studies Fund; Danyliw Foundation; Danyliw Research Seminar; and, the University of Zurich.