Tale Steen-Johnsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 2017648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tale Steen-Johnsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tale |
| FAMILY NAME | Steen-Johnsen |
| SIGNATURE | STEEN-JOHNSEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Agder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9950-8212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Kvinnelige førsteamanuensers relasjon til og reorientering i arbeidet sitt etter sykmelding
I denne artikkelen setter vi søkelyset på hvordan et utvalg kvinnelige førsteamanuenser tenker om og reorienterer sitt arbeid etter en eller flere perioder med sykmelding. Problemstillingen i artikkelen er den følgende: Hva slags forhandlinger gjør kvinnelige førsteamanuenser i relasjon til eget arbeid i og etter en periode med sykmelding? Studien er basert på intervjuer med syv førsteamanuenser ved et ungt norsk universitet, og vi benytter Laure…
Professorpotensial? En nærstudie av en instituttleders «arbeid» for å bidra til førsteamanuensers professoropprykk ved Universitetet i Agder
I denne artikkelen gjør vi en nærstudie av en intervjusekvens med en instituttleder ved Universitetet i Agder. Vi utforsker hvordan hen blir oppmerksom på og vurderer førsteamanuenser hen mener har professorpotensial, og støtter opp under deres professorkvalifisering. Vi bringer dette «arbeidet» i dialog med andre data fra forskningen hen deltar i, og i dialog med andres forskning. Det gjør vi for å sannsynliggjøre at det nevnte arbeidet er prege…
Neuroscience and emotional labour of teachers in a Norwegian kindergarten
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an indigenous African philosophy that promotes collectivism, solidarity and mutual interdependence as being vital for the majority welfare. In this paper, it is used to discuss the findings from a qualitative study of how older people living with HIV (OPLHIV) in Korogwe, Tanzania use help groups for informal social support, to battle their daily challenges as a result of HIV and ageing in a rural context. Interviews with 13 OPLHIV showe…
Fleksibilitet og friksjon
I overordnede styringstekster som preger vår arbeidshverdag, blir akademikere fremstilt som hjerner, og idealakademikeren blir fremstilt som hjernekraft som glir friksjonsfritt rundt i det Susan Wright kaller en internasjonal kunnskapsøkonomi, og kobler seg på «sterke», «fremragende» fagmiljøer. I denne artikkelen utforsker vi forskningssamarbeidets gjøren ved hjelp av institusjonell etnografi og kvalitative intervjuer med oss forfattere og ni an…
Emotional Labour in the Neoliberal University
In this article, we show how female academics who have been on sick leave hide feelings of exhaustion, fear, and a lack of control and change these feelings into expressions of control and engagement when interacting with students and colleagues. We contend that these emotional efforts are a response to the emotional culture of the university in which vocation and commitment to teaching and research have become entangled with neoliberal managemen…
Epistemic injustice in a parenting support programme for refugees in Norway
In this article, we discuss epistemic injustice in the International Child Development Programme (ICDP), a universalised parenting support programme in Norway that is mandatory for all newly arrived refugees. We show that despite the programme’s good intentions, it constitutes a form of epistemic injustice because it enforces a state-endorsed epistemology that proffers the ‘right’ way of parenting. Using data collected during ICDP training for a …
Lived Religion and Nonreligion Among Humanitarians in South Sudan
We explore how expatriate humanitarian workers relate their religious, spiritual or nonreligious identities to their life and work in the challenging context of South Sudan.Recent studies have claimed that lived religion and nonreligion must be studied as culturally and contextually contingent phenomena.The empirical basis for this study is data from nine interviews with humanitarian workers in South Sudan who identify as either religious/spiritu…
The politics of emotion in a parenting support programme for refugees in Norway
Enhancing social skills among citizens who are considered at risk is one of the ways in which a welfare state handles marginalised groups (Prieur et al, 2020). Universalised programmes represent a common way of strengthening the social capabilities of groups deemed in need of such skills (for example, Pettersvold and Østrem, 2019). In this article, we show that emotions perform a political role in such programmes. We proffer our arguments on the …
The lamination machine and laminating as thing-power in early childhood pedagogical practice
This article considers the different ways in which the lamination machine influences early childhood practice. By using Jane Bennett’s notion of ‘thing-power’, we focus on how preschool teachers and preschool teacher-students use a lamination machine and why they use it. We claim that both the process of lamination and the machine have a great impact on pedagogical practices by giving power to the teachers’ choices and priorities. The article con…
Mothering Practices in Cambodia
The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian mothers’ rationale for the physical disciplining of their children, as we seek to address two questions: 1) How do Cambodian mothers perceive physical discipline?, and 2) How do they negotiate and justify physical disciplining pr…
A Social Capital Perspective on the Peace Work of Religious Women
Women are often invisible when official religious peacebuilding efforts are effectuated. However, religious women, even though often not allowed into official religious peace initiatives, are still active peacebuilders. The religious peacebuilding efforts of men have been subject to academic discussions and theorization during past decades, while the peace work of religious women has frequently been empirically described but to a much lesser exte…
The rhetoric of love in religious peacebuilding
Religious leaders involved in peacebuilding initiatives often refer to the religious value of love to encourage groups in conflict to live peacefully together. In this article, I suggest that references to love as a religious value might contribute to bridging social capital, meaning social bonds between groups who have experienced conflict. However, without simultaneously addressing questions of justice, which is often necessary in violent confl…
The early childhood care and development mission and the institutional circuit of evidence
Early childhood care and development has increasingly become a part of the global development agenda. Fueled by a threefold rationale, rooted in development psychology, social economy, and human rights, the arguments for investing in early childhood care and development are virtually unassailable. However, this rationale is somehow at odds with insights developed within the sociology of childhood, emphasizing childhood as a social construction am…
State and Politics in Religious Peacebuilding
In this book, Tale Steen-Johnsen explains how religious peacebuilders are limited by both formal and more subtle political strategies aimed at regulating civil society. Political authorities have a ve
Emotional Labour in the Neoliberal University
In this article, we show how female academics who have been on sick leave hide feelings of exhaustion, fear, and a lack of control and change these feelings into expressions of control and engagement when interacting with students and colleagues. We contend that these emotional efforts are a response to the emotional culture of the university in which vocation and commitment to teaching and research have become entangled with neoliberal managemen…
The early childhood care and development mission and the institutional circuit of evidence
Early childhood care and development has increasingly become a part of the global development agenda. Fueled by a threefold rationale, rooted in development psychology, social economy, and human rights, the arguments for investing in early childhood care and development are virtually unassailable. However, this rationale is somehow at odds with insights developed within the sociology of childhood, emphasizing childhood as a social construction am…
The politics of emotion in a parenting support programme for refugees in Norway
Enhancing social skills among citizens who are considered at risk is one of the ways in which a welfare state handles marginalised groups (Prieur et al, 2020). Universalised programmes represent a common way of strengthening the social capabilities of groups deemed in need of such skills (for example, Pettersvold and Østrem, 2019). In this article, we show that emotions perform a political role in such programmes. We proffer our arguments on the …
The lamination machine and laminating as thing-power in early childhood pedagogical practice
This article considers the different ways in which the lamination machine influences early childhood practice. By using Jane Bennett’s notion of ‘thing-power’, we focus on how preschool teachers and preschool teacher-students use a lamination machine and why they use it. We claim that both the process of lamination and the machine have a great impact on pedagogical practices by giving power to the teachers’ choices and priorities. The article con…
Mothering Practices in Cambodia
The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian mothers’ rationale for the physical disciplining of their children, as we seek to address two questions: 1) How do Cambodian mothers perceive physical discipline?, and 2) How do they negotiate and justify physical disciplining pr…
The rhetoric of love in religious peacebuilding
Religious leaders involved in peacebuilding initiatives often refer to the religious value of love to encourage groups in conflict to live peacefully together. In this article, I suggest that references to love as a religious value might contribute to bridging social capital, meaning social bonds between groups who have experienced conflict. However, without simultaneously addressing questions of justice, which is often necessary in violent confl…
State and Politics in Religious Peacebuilding
In this book, Tale Steen-Johnsen explains how religious peacebuilders are limited by both formal and more subtle political strategies aimed at regulating civil society. Political authorities have a ve
The early childhood care and development mission and the institutional circuit of evidence
Early childhood care and development has increasingly become a part of the global development agenda. Fueled by a threefold rationale, rooted in development psychology, social economy, and human rights, the arguments for investing in early childhood care and development are virtually unassailable. However, this rationale is somehow at odds with insights developed within the sociology of childhood, emphasizing childhood as a social construction am…
The rhetoric of love in religious peacebuilding
Religious leaders involved in peacebuilding initiatives often refer to the religious value of love to encourage groups in conflict to live peacefully together. In this article, I suggest that references to love as a religious value might contribute to bridging social capital, meaning social bonds between groups who have experienced conflict. However, without simultaneously addressing questions of justice, which is often necessary in violent confl…
Lived Religion and Nonreligion Among Humanitarians in South Sudan
We explore how expatriate humanitarian workers relate their religious, spiritual or nonreligious identities to their life and work in the challenging context of South Sudan.Recent studies have claimed that lived religion and nonreligion must be studied as culturally and contextually contingent phenomena.The empirical basis for this study is data from nine interviews with humanitarian workers in South Sudan who identify as either religious/spiritu…
The politics of emotion in a parenting support programme for refugees in Norway
Enhancing social skills among citizens who are considered at risk is one of the ways in which a welfare state handles marginalised groups (Prieur et al, 2020). Universalised programmes represent a common way of strengthening the social capabilities of groups deemed in need of such skills (for example, Pettersvold and Østrem, 2019). In this article, we show that emotions perform a political role in such programmes. We proffer our arguments on the …
The lamination machine and laminating as thing-power in early childhood pedagogical practice
This article considers the different ways in which the lamination machine influences early childhood practice. By using Jane Bennett’s notion of ‘thing-power’, we focus on how preschool teachers and preschool teacher-students use a lamination machine and why they use it. We claim that both the process of lamination and the machine have a great impact on pedagogical practices by giving power to the teachers’ choices and priorities. The article con…
Mothering Practices in Cambodia
The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian mothers’ rationale for the physical disciplining of their children, as we seek to address two questions: 1) How do Cambodian mothers perceive physical discipline?, and 2) How do they negotiate and justify physical disciplining pr…
A Social Capital Perspective on the Peace Work of Religious Women
Women are often invisible when official religious peacebuilding efforts are effectuated. However, religious women, even though often not allowed into official religious peace initiatives, are still active peacebuilders. The religious peacebuilding efforts of men have been subject to academic discussions and theorization during past decades, while the peace work of religious women has frequently been empirically described but to a much lesser exte…
Epistemic injustice in a parenting support programme for refugees in Norway
In this article, we discuss epistemic injustice in the International Child Development Programme (ICDP), a universalised parenting support programme in Norway that is mandatory for all newly arrived refugees. We show that despite the programme’s good intentions, it constitutes a form of epistemic injustice because it enforces a state-endorsed epistemology that proffers the ‘right’ way of parenting. Using data collected during ICDP training for a …
Fleksibilitet og friksjon
I overordnede styringstekster som preger vår arbeidshverdag, blir akademikere fremstilt som hjerner, og idealakademikeren blir fremstilt som hjernekraft som glir friksjonsfritt rundt i det Susan Wright kaller en internasjonal kunnskapsøkonomi, og kobler seg på «sterke», «fremragende» fagmiljøer. I denne artikkelen utforsker vi forskningssamarbeidets gjøren ved hjelp av institusjonell etnografi og kvalitative intervjuer med oss forfattere og ni an…
Emotional Labour in the Neoliberal University
In this article, we show how female academics who have been on sick leave hide feelings of exhaustion, fear, and a lack of control and change these feelings into expressions of control and engagement when interacting with students and colleagues. We contend that these emotional efforts are a response to the emotional culture of the university in which vocation and commitment to teaching and research have become entangled with neoliberal managemen…
Kvinnelige førsteamanuensers relasjon til og reorientering i arbeidet sitt etter sykmelding
I denne artikkelen setter vi søkelyset på hvordan et utvalg kvinnelige førsteamanuenser tenker om og reorienterer sitt arbeid etter en eller flere perioder med sykmelding. Problemstillingen i artikkelen er den følgende: Hva slags forhandlinger gjør kvinnelige førsteamanuenser i relasjon til eget arbeid i og etter en periode med sykmelding? Studien er basert på intervjuer med syv førsteamanuenser ved et ungt norsk universitet, og vi benytter Laure…
Professorpotensial? En nærstudie av en instituttleders «arbeid» for å bidra til førsteamanuensers professoropprykk ved Universitetet i Agder
I denne artikkelen gjør vi en nærstudie av en intervjusekvens med en instituttleder ved Universitetet i Agder. Vi utforsker hvordan hen blir oppmerksom på og vurderer førsteamanuenser hen mener har professorpotensial, og støtter opp under deres professorkvalifisering. Vi bringer dette «arbeidet» i dialog med andre data fra forskningen hen deltar i, og i dialog med andres forskning. Det gjør vi for å sannsynliggjøre at det nevnte arbeidet er prege…
Neuroscience and emotional labour of teachers in a Norwegian kindergarten
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an indigenous African philosophy that promotes collectivism, solidarity and mutual interdependence as being vital for the majority welfare. In this paper, it is used to discuss the findings from a qualitative study of how older people living with HIV (OPLHIV) in Korogwe, Tanzania use help groups for informal social support, to battle their daily challenges as a result of HIV and ageing in a rural context. Interviews with 13 OPLHIV showe…
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 works)