Ossi Ollinaho
Biographic Data
| ID | 153252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ossi Ollinaho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ossi |
| FAMILY NAME | Ollinaho |
| SIGNATURE | OLLINAHO O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0929-0895 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 207 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Depragmatized Knowledge and Sociomaterial Structures
Separating the two faces of “bioeconomy”
This article analyzes the metadiscourse of bioeconomy and the ways in which bioeconomy is gaining new meanings in Brazil. We argue that the currently unfolding framing of Amazonian diverse economies in natural forests as part of a bioeconomy—on a par with, for example, soybean plantations—is a dangerous and misleading path. Recent reports framing the Amazon as a potential hotspot of bioeconomy are critically scrutinized. We find it important to d…
Toxic turn in Brazilian agriculture? The political economy of pesticide legalisation in post-2016 Brazil
Pesticides are becoming a key topic in critical academic research; they entail substantial negative global impacts on human health and other-than-humans’ existences. Even though decades of agroecological research and practice have demonstrated that no pesticides are needed to produce enough food, pesticides are still most typically taken for granted as an indispensable part of food production. In this article, we analyse events and policies throu…
What is ‘business as usual’? Towards a theory of cumulative sociomaterial change
This essay focuses on the commonly used term ‘business as usual’ and theorizes the change it entails. Business as usual refers to the continuation ad infinitum of established social practices, the current socio-material structures, whatever they might be. Yet, business as usual also entails change. It refers to a general type of social change; cumulative socio-material change inherently linked to the reproduction of established practices. Cumulat…
From extractivism to global extractivism
All the named authors were members of the Helsinki Research Working Group on Global Extractivisms and Alternatives, who jointly constructed this article. Equal authorship by all authors is recognised
Agroforestry transitions
This article canvasses the current definitions and framings of “agroforestry” in different academic literature and policies. Three key framings of “agroforestry” are identified in the scholarship and explored for their differences. The findings suggest that the distinct schools of research on “agroforestry” focus on distinct points of departure, and these baseline situations from which transitions to what is called “agroforestry” occur vary in di…
Virtualization of the life-world
Investimentos E Cooperação Do Brasil E O Padrão De Acumulação Em Moçambique
Depois de duas décadas de altas taxas de crescimento econômico, Moçambique tem experenciado elevados ingressos de investimento estrangeiro direto nos anos recentes. No entanto, um dos países mais pobres do mundo continua com enormes dificuldades para reduzir pobreza e promover mudanças estruturais na economia. Este artigo analisa as características dos investimentos e da ajuda internacional do Brasil em Moçambique e detalha como eles se relaciona…
Mozambican economic porosity and the role of Brazilian capital
After two decades of high growth and increased levels of foreign investment, Mozambique continues to face serious problems in reducing poverty. This article investigates the characteristics of Brazilian aid to and investment in Mozambique and scrutinises how these activities relate to the Mozambican growth. Combining the literature on the porosity of Mozambican growth with an analysis of the class dynamics of Brazilian accumulation, this article …
Coopération et investissement brésiliens au Mozambique
Tandis qu’il devenait le plus grand investisseur étranger au Mozambique, le Brésil a établi ces dernières années plusieurs programmes de développement sous l’égide de la coopération Sud-Sud. L’objectif de cet article est d’exposer, de manière empirique, la complémentarité entre la coopération brésilienne au développement et ses investissements privés dans les secteurs de l’exploitation minière, de l’agriculture et des infrastructures dans le coul…
Environmental destruction as (objectively) uneventful and (subjectively) irrelevant
This essay contributes to the recent criticism against individualism and cognitivism in environmental social scientific theorizing by conceptualizing two undertheorized phenomena related to environmental changes: uneventfulness and irrelevance. Under much of environmental predicament lies a process characterized by recurrent acts through which pieces of sociomateriality are taken from or added to a particular sociomaterial system. Such process no…
From extractivism to global extractivism
All the named authors were members of the Helsinki Research Working Group on Global Extractivisms and Alternatives, who jointly constructed this article. Equal authorship by all authors is recognised
Environmental destruction as (objectively) uneventful and (subjectively) irrelevant
This essay contributes to the recent criticism against individualism and cognitivism in environmental social scientific theorizing by conceptualizing two undertheorized phenomena related to environmental changes: uneventfulness and irrelevance. Under much of environmental predicament lies a process characterized by recurrent acts through which pieces of sociomateriality are taken from or added to a particular sociomaterial system. Such process no…
Agroforestry transitions
This article canvasses the current definitions and framings of “agroforestry” in different academic literature and policies. Three key framings of “agroforestry” are identified in the scholarship and explored for their differences. The findings suggest that the distinct schools of research on “agroforestry” focus on distinct points of departure, and these baseline situations from which transitions to what is called “agroforestry” occur vary in di…
Virtualization of the life-world
Separating the two faces of “bioeconomy”
This article analyzes the metadiscourse of bioeconomy and the ways in which bioeconomy is gaining new meanings in Brazil. We argue that the currently unfolding framing of Amazonian diverse economies in natural forests as part of a bioeconomy—on a par with, for example, soybean plantations—is a dangerous and misleading path. Recent reports framing the Amazon as a potential hotspot of bioeconomy are critically scrutinized. We find it important to d…
Mozambican economic porosity and the role of Brazilian capital
After two decades of high growth and increased levels of foreign investment, Mozambique continues to face serious problems in reducing poverty. This article investigates the characteristics of Brazilian aid to and investment in Mozambique and scrutinises how these activities relate to the Mozambican growth. Combining the literature on the porosity of Mozambican growth with an analysis of the class dynamics of Brazilian accumulation, this article …
What is ‘business as usual’? Towards a theory of cumulative sociomaterial change
This essay focuses on the commonly used term ‘business as usual’ and theorizes the change it entails. Business as usual refers to the continuation ad infinitum of established social practices, the current socio-material structures, whatever they might be. Yet, business as usual also entails change. It refers to a general type of social change; cumulative socio-material change inherently linked to the reproduction of established practices. Cumulat…
Environmental destruction as (objectively) uneventful and (subjectively) irrelevant
This essay contributes to the recent criticism against individualism and cognitivism in environmental social scientific theorizing by conceptualizing two undertheorized phenomena related to environmental changes: uneventfulness and irrelevance. Under much of environmental predicament lies a process characterized by recurrent acts through which pieces of sociomateriality are taken from or added to a particular sociomaterial system. Such process no…
Coopération et investissement brésiliens au Mozambique
Tandis qu’il devenait le plus grand investisseur étranger au Mozambique, le Brésil a établi ces dernières années plusieurs programmes de développement sous l’égide de la coopération Sud-Sud. L’objectif de cet article est d’exposer, de manière empirique, la complémentarité entre la coopération brésilienne au développement et ses investissements privés dans les secteurs de l’exploitation minière, de l’agriculture et des infrastructures dans le coul…
Investimentos E Cooperação Do Brasil E O Padrão De Acumulação Em Moçambique
Depois de duas décadas de altas taxas de crescimento econômico, Moçambique tem experenciado elevados ingressos de investimento estrangeiro direto nos anos recentes. No entanto, um dos países mais pobres do mundo continua com enormes dificuldades para reduzir pobreza e promover mudanças estruturais na economia. Este artigo analisa as características dos investimentos e da ajuda internacional do Brasil em Moçambique e detalha como eles se relaciona…
Mozambican economic porosity and the role of Brazilian capital
After two decades of high growth and increased levels of foreign investment, Mozambique continues to face serious problems in reducing poverty. This article investigates the characteristics of Brazilian aid to and investment in Mozambique and scrutinises how these activities relate to the Mozambican growth. Combining the literature on the porosity of Mozambican growth with an analysis of the class dynamics of Brazilian accumulation, this article …
Virtualization of the life-world
Agroforestry transitions
This article canvasses the current definitions and framings of “agroforestry” in different academic literature and policies. Three key framings of “agroforestry” are identified in the scholarship and explored for their differences. The findings suggest that the distinct schools of research on “agroforestry” focus on distinct points of departure, and these baseline situations from which transitions to what is called “agroforestry” occur vary in di…
What is ‘business as usual’? Towards a theory of cumulative sociomaterial change
This essay focuses on the commonly used term ‘business as usual’ and theorizes the change it entails. Business as usual refers to the continuation ad infinitum of established social practices, the current socio-material structures, whatever they might be. Yet, business as usual also entails change. It refers to a general type of social change; cumulative socio-material change inherently linked to the reproduction of established practices. Cumulat…
From extractivism to global extractivism
All the named authors were members of the Helsinki Research Working Group on Global Extractivisms and Alternatives, who jointly constructed this article. Equal authorship by all authors is recognised
Depragmatized Knowledge and Sociomaterial Structures
Separating the two faces of “bioeconomy”
This article analyzes the metadiscourse of bioeconomy and the ways in which bioeconomy is gaining new meanings in Brazil. We argue that the currently unfolding framing of Amazonian diverse economies in natural forests as part of a bioeconomy—on a par with, for example, soybean plantations—is a dangerous and misleading path. Recent reports framing the Amazon as a potential hotspot of bioeconomy are critically scrutinized. We find it important to d…
Toxic turn in Brazilian agriculture? The political economy of pesticide legalisation in post-2016 Brazil
Pesticides are becoming a key topic in critical academic research; they entail substantial negative global impacts on human health and other-than-humans’ existences. Even though decades of agroecological research and practice have demonstrated that no pesticides are needed to produce enough food, pesticides are still most typically taken for granted as an indispensable part of food production. In this article, we analyse events and policies throu…
Political science (11 works) · Economics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (3 works) · Law (3 works)