Suvi Pihkala
Biographic Data
| ID | 201818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suvi Pihkala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suvi |
| FAMILY NAME | Pihkala |
| SIGNATURE | PIHKALA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oulu |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5966-4563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Al/luring Possibilities: Being Alive With Others
This article works with the theory-methodology-praxis of lure and allure to muse on, speculate and reimagine possibilities for thinking-doing-making-creating Academic Writing Otherwise (AWO). We discuss our use of creative academic writing to materialise what happens when we embody the allure of the lure in our writing, and how we summon playfully creative academic writings into new becomings. AWO is a creative mode of theory-praxis which affords…
Academic Writing Otherwise: Possibilities and Praxis
This article opens a space of possibility for thinking-doing-making-creating Academic Writing Otherwise. Based on a series of activity-activations we explore what academic writing might become when loosed from conventional prescriptions to explain, exemplify, demonstrate, justify, argue, and account for. What happens if we decide to write otherwise? How can we enable writing’s perturbations to proliferate? How can writing otherwise be a mode of p…
Navigating with pre-teenage children for sexuality education
Sexuality education is important for children’s well-being, peer relationships and safety, yet pre-teenagers and their diverse experiences have remained largely overlooked within the field. In Finland, the national curriculum obliges schools to prevent sexual harassment and homo- and transphobic violence, to provide knowledge on gender diversity, and to support children and youth in developing their sexuality and gender identities. However, there…
What Do Doors Do? Door Storyings, Matterings, Adventurings, and Commonings
What do doors do? Open Close Invite In Shut Out Jam Stick Wedge open Welcome: Entice and Invite Offer a glimpse into Bar SLAM SHUT Get kicked in Get kicked shut Splinter Warp Hang Sit ajar Gently linger in our minds Cause hurt and separation Affecting thoughts Moments of joy or pain Longing, Waiting Fearful longing, Fearful waiting, Anticipating Wondering Haunting “Come-on-in” This article is based on research-creation experimentations arising fr…
Mundane matters: Mapping the becomings of heterosexual girlhood in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children
This article explores the vital roles of matter in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children. Based on a case study of a seven-year-old girl, it draws from ethnographic research on the gendered and sexual power relations of students in Northern Finland. Inspired by feminist, new materialist theories, the analysis indicates how everyday objects may be seen as co-constituting heterosexual femininity by attaching even young girls to…
Doors: Object Lessons in Un/hinging University Spaces
KeywordsKeywordsKeywords: Doors-architectureDoorsArchitectureresearch-creation-doorsobjects-research-creationresearch-creationdoorsuniversity-campus-objectsobjectsresearch-creationuniversity campusobjectsspaceplace
School, Online Communities and Creative Workshops as Spaces for Non-normative Pre-teen Gendered and Sexual Cultures
This study focuses on how space acts in shaping non-normative pre-teen gendered and sexual cultures. It was conducted in Northern Finland and consists of an arts-based case study of a group of 12- to 13-year-old students, who during our creative workshops on gender, sexuality and power reflected on the possibilities of gender and sexual diversity in their everyday lives. Inspired by feminist new materialist scholarship, which focuses on spatialit…
Duct-taped X: Gender and the 'Ethically Enabling Conditions' of Creative-Activism on Pre-Teen Peer Cultures
With this paper, we participate in the body of work seeking to develop ethically sustainable practices for addressing gender, sexuality and power in pre-teen peer cultures in an inclusive, non-normative and transformative manner. To do so, we draw on feminist new materialist and posthuman scholarship and a series of events from our school-based creative workshops with 10–12-year-old children. First, by analysing the gendered flows of forces of th…
Safe and enabling: Composing ethically sustainable crafty-activist research on gender and power in young peer cultures
New materialisms have informed an array of creative methodologies, inviting scholars to rethink ethics in the practices of research with children. Participating in this rethinking, this study elaborates on ethical practices in creative research where new materialist and arts-based methodologies intra-act with children and the sensitivities of gender and power in young peer cultures. Drawing on experiences from the authors’ creative workshops, thi…
What else can a crush become: Working with arts-methods to address sexual harassment in pre-teen romantic relationship cultures
This article focuses on a study in which feminist new materialist and arts-based methodologies were employed to explore how three girls address their experiences of sexual harassment as part of ‘crushes’ with boys in fourth and fifth grade. The study stems from longitudinal research on how Finnish children from pre-school to pre-teen years are caught up in entanglements of power in the formation of romantic relationship cultures. Such entanglemen…
Moving with Touch: Entanglements of a Child, Valentine's Day Cards, and Research-Activism against Sexual Harassment in Pre-Teen Peer Cultures
In this paper, we respond to feminist new materialist scholars' calls to explore what research in the field of gendered and sexual violence can be, do, and become. This paper explores the microprocesses of change within the more-than-human child-card entanglements as part of our research-activist campaign addressing sexual harassment in pre-teen peer cultures. Drawing on one of our creative workshops, we generate three analytical readings that ma…
Reconfigurings of Non-violence as a Matter of Sustainability and Response-ability
In this paper, we explore non-violence and the responsibility for non-violence inspired by Karen Barad’s work on the material–discursive notion of response-ability. Our analysis, by way of thinking with theory, is based on a careful engagement with the life of one woman, Lena, as told by her in writing and interviews between the years 2007 and 2015. Based on her talk about violence and non-violence in her life, we produced three stories of non-vi…
What else can a crush become: Working with arts-methods to address sexual harassment in pre-teen romantic relationship cultures
This article focuses on a study in which feminist new materialist and arts-based methodologies were employed to explore how three girls address their experiences of sexual harassment as part of ‘crushes’ with boys in fourth and fifth grade. The study stems from longitudinal research on how Finnish children from pre-school to pre-teen years are caught up in entanglements of power in the formation of romantic relationship cultures. Such entanglemen…
Moving with Touch: Entanglements of a Child, Valentine's Day Cards, and Research-Activism against Sexual Harassment in Pre-Teen Peer Cultures
In this paper, we respond to feminist new materialist scholars' calls to explore what research in the field of gendered and sexual violence can be, do, and become. This paper explores the microprocesses of change within the more-than-human child-card entanglements as part of our research-activist campaign addressing sexual harassment in pre-teen peer cultures. Drawing on one of our creative workshops, we generate three analytical readings that ma…
Safe and enabling: Composing ethically sustainable crafty-activist research on gender and power in young peer cultures
New materialisms have informed an array of creative methodologies, inviting scholars to rethink ethics in the practices of research with children. Participating in this rethinking, this study elaborates on ethical practices in creative research where new materialist and arts-based methodologies intra-act with children and the sensitivities of gender and power in young peer cultures. Drawing on experiences from the authors’ creative workshops, thi…
Reconfigurings of Non-violence as a Matter of Sustainability and Response-ability
In this paper, we explore non-violence and the responsibility for non-violence inspired by Karen Barad’s work on the material–discursive notion of response-ability. Our analysis, by way of thinking with theory, is based on a careful engagement with the life of one woman, Lena, as told by her in writing and interviews between the years 2007 and 2015. Based on her talk about violence and non-violence in her life, we produced three stories of non-vi…
Reconfigurings of Non-violence as a Matter of Sustainability and Response-ability
In this paper, we explore non-violence and the responsibility for non-violence inspired by Karen Barad’s work on the material–discursive notion of response-ability. Our analysis, by way of thinking with theory, is based on a careful engagement with the life of one woman, Lena, as told by her in writing and interviews between the years 2007 and 2015. Based on her talk about violence and non-violence in her life, we produced three stories of non-vi…
Moving with Touch: Entanglements of a Child, Valentine's Day Cards, and Research-Activism against Sexual Harassment in Pre-Teen Peer Cultures
In this paper, we respond to feminist new materialist scholars' calls to explore what research in the field of gendered and sexual violence can be, do, and become. This paper explores the microprocesses of change within the more-than-human child-card entanglements as part of our research-activist campaign addressing sexual harassment in pre-teen peer cultures. Drawing on one of our creative workshops, we generate three analytical readings that ma…
What else can a crush become: Working with arts-methods to address sexual harassment in pre-teen romantic relationship cultures
This article focuses on a study in which feminist new materialist and arts-based methodologies were employed to explore how three girls address their experiences of sexual harassment as part of ‘crushes’ with boys in fourth and fifth grade. The study stems from longitudinal research on how Finnish children from pre-school to pre-teen years are caught up in entanglements of power in the formation of romantic relationship cultures. Such entanglemen…
Safe and enabling: Composing ethically sustainable crafty-activist research on gender and power in young peer cultures
New materialisms have informed an array of creative methodologies, inviting scholars to rethink ethics in the practices of research with children. Participating in this rethinking, this study elaborates on ethical practices in creative research where new materialist and arts-based methodologies intra-act with children and the sensitivities of gender and power in young peer cultures. Drawing on experiences from the authors’ creative workshops, thi…
School, Online Communities and Creative Workshops as Spaces for Non-normative Pre-teen Gendered and Sexual Cultures
This study focuses on how space acts in shaping non-normative pre-teen gendered and sexual cultures. It was conducted in Northern Finland and consists of an arts-based case study of a group of 12- to 13-year-old students, who during our creative workshops on gender, sexuality and power reflected on the possibilities of gender and sexual diversity in their everyday lives. Inspired by feminist new materialist scholarship, which focuses on spatialit…
Duct-taped X: Gender and the 'Ethically Enabling Conditions' of Creative-Activism on Pre-Teen Peer Cultures
With this paper, we participate in the body of work seeking to develop ethically sustainable practices for addressing gender, sexuality and power in pre-teen peer cultures in an inclusive, non-normative and transformative manner. To do so, we draw on feminist new materialist and posthuman scholarship and a series of events from our school-based creative workshops with 10–12-year-old children. First, by analysing the gendered flows of forces of th…
Navigating with pre-teenage children for sexuality education
Sexuality education is important for children’s well-being, peer relationships and safety, yet pre-teenagers and their diverse experiences have remained largely overlooked within the field. In Finland, the national curriculum obliges schools to prevent sexual harassment and homo- and transphobic violence, to provide knowledge on gender diversity, and to support children and youth in developing their sexuality and gender identities. However, there…
What Do Doors Do? Door Storyings, Matterings, Adventurings, and Commonings
What do doors do? Open Close Invite In Shut Out Jam Stick Wedge open Welcome: Entice and Invite Offer a glimpse into Bar SLAM SHUT Get kicked in Get kicked shut Splinter Warp Hang Sit ajar Gently linger in our minds Cause hurt and separation Affecting thoughts Moments of joy or pain Longing, Waiting Fearful longing, Fearful waiting, Anticipating Wondering Haunting “Come-on-in” This article is based on research-creation experimentations arising fr…
Mundane matters: Mapping the becomings of heterosexual girlhood in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children
This article explores the vital roles of matter in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children. Based on a case study of a seven-year-old girl, it draws from ethnographic research on the gendered and sexual power relations of students in Northern Finland. Inspired by feminist, new materialist theories, the analysis indicates how everyday objects may be seen as co-constituting heterosexual femininity by attaching even young girls to…
Doors: Object Lessons in Un/hinging University Spaces
KeywordsKeywordsKeywords: Doors-architectureDoorsArchitectureresearch-creation-doorsobjects-research-creationresearch-creationdoorsuniversity-campus-objectsobjectsresearch-creationuniversity campusobjectsspaceplace
Al/luring Possibilities: Being Alive With Others
This article works with the theory-methodology-praxis of lure and allure to muse on, speculate and reimagine possibilities for thinking-doing-making-creating Academic Writing Otherwise (AWO). We discuss our use of creative academic writing to materialise what happens when we embody the allure of the lure in our writing, and how we summon playfully creative academic writings into new becomings. AWO is a creative mode of theory-praxis which affords…
Academic Writing Otherwise: Possibilities and Praxis
This article opens a space of possibility for thinking-doing-making-creating Academic Writing Otherwise. Based on a series of activity-activations we explore what academic writing might become when loosed from conventional prescriptions to explain, exemplify, demonstrate, justify, argue, and account for. What happens if we decide to write otherwise? How can we enable writing’s perturbations to proliferate? How can writing otherwise be a mode of p…
Sociology (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works) · Materialism (5 works)