Heidi Kosonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 316601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heidi Kosonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heidi |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosonen |
| SIGNATURE | KOSONEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2931-878X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Misogynoir and Origins: Disney’s Snow White, Toxic Speech, and the Fairy-Tale Public Sphere
Feminist scholar Allison Craven recently coined the term ‘fairy-tale public sphere’ to explore how characters, images, and concepts from traditional culture, popular children’s literature, and wonder narratives come to play roles in civil discourse as referent, sign, trope, and/or invocation. When such representations enter mediated discourse, the fairy-tale public sphere transforms into a location for debates around race, gender, and other matte…
Dokumenttielokuvan mahdollisuuksia korostava kirja elämänlopusta: Outi Hakola (2024) Filming Death: End of Life Documentary Cinema
Laaja mutta paranoidi katsaus posthumanistiseen elokuvaan: Missy Molloy, Pansy Duncan & Claire Henry (2024) Screening the Posthuman
The counterspeech doctrine in communicative capitalism: An intersectional feminist critique
The spread of online hate and disinformation can be considered one of the biggest global threats to democratic societies. Recently, research on counterspeech—forms of communication that respond to harmful speech, refuting and challenging its contents and mitigating its harms—has proliferated within scholarship and initiatives by social media platforms. In this article, I critically consider this “movement toward counterspeech” from an intersectio…
Fight with words: Misogynist Extremism on an Incel Discussion Forum
Incels are a group of people who mobilize around their inability to form romantic and/or sexual relationships. Their mobilization has been linked to online misogyny and violent acts of terrorism. This articleexplores discourses around gender equality and sexual rights on the extremist forum incels.is. We approach these discourses through aframework of misogynist extremism,whichseeks to highlight the role of misogyny in extremism, terrorism and vi…
Contested Meanings of Hate Speech and the Post-Truth Condition on Digital Platforms
In the everyday context, the term 'hate speech' has become increasingly politicized and emotionally charged, yet these vernacular constructions of hate speech remain under-explored. Used as both a rhetorical weapon and an object of genuine concern, various understandings of hate speech circulate within interactive everyday cultures of digital media, shaped by the digitalised media environment. With the combination of computational and qualititati…
Kehopositiivisuusaktivistien strategioita vihapuhetta vastaan: Huolenpitoa ja vastarepresentaatioita suomalaisessa Instagramissa
Vihapuhe on sukupuolittunut ja intersektionaalinen ilmiö, joka kohdistuu erityisesti vähemmistöihin ja pyrkii näiden vaientamiseen ja ulossulkemiseen julkisesta keskustelusta. Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme Instagramissa toimivien suomalaisten kehopositiivisuusaktivistien keinoja vastustaa vihapuhetta ja tuottaa vastapuhetta. Suhteutamme tunnistamiamme strategioita vallitsevaan vastapuhetutkimukseen ja tutkimukseen niin kehopositiivisuusaktivis…
Pansy asses and terrorists: Sensibilities of anti-environmentalist toxic speech against Extinction Rebellion Finland
Hate speech against environmental activists has been on the rise globally, alongside a forceful criminalization of the climate movement in Western Europe. This article analyses anti-environmentalist speech and actions against Extinction Rebellion (XR) Finland, an environmental movement that employs non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade individuals and institutions to address the ongoing ecological emergency. The materials c…
Uncomfortable Knowledges and Transformative Learning: Reimagining the Museum in the Art of Gustafsson&Haapoja
Destructive human action is causing interconnected ecological and social challenges on an unprecedented scale.Scholars and artists from varied fields have critically expressed their concern about this in their research and practice.In this article, we interrogate the transformative potential of critically engaged art by analysing the work of the Finnish artist duo Gustafsson&Haapoja, a collaboration between writer Laura Gustafsson and visual arti…
Inviting people into our experience in a powerful way: Indigenous Representation in the Television Series Burden of Truth and Midnattssol
Introducing diversity into the white-dominated media business is part of mainstreaming social justice movements. This article addresses Indigenous themes’ and talents’ inclusion in two television series by mainstream production companies from the perspectives of organic representation, inclusivity, and justice. The analysis focuses on Canadian legal drama Burden of Truth (2018–2021) and French-Swedish Nordic Noir Midnattssol ( Midnight Sun , 2016…
“Isn’t Self-destruction Coded into Us, Programmed into Each Cell?”: A Thanatological, Posthumanist Reading of Alex Garland’s Annihilation (2018)
As both a novel (VanderMeer, 2014) and cinematic adaptation (Garland, 2018), Annihilation has engaged posthumanist and ecocritical scholars seeking to answer to the demand for art forms to participate in the renegotiation of the grand narratives feeding the ongoing environmental crisis and chipping away at the liveability of Planet Earth. In my reading of Alex Garland’s film, I discuss how its depiction of death adds to these discussions by chall…
Epämukava, transformatiivinen ja rohkea museo
Museot ovat historiallisesti toimineet identiteettien, normien ja valta-asetelmien rakentajina, tulkitsijoina ja muokkaajina. Nykypäivänä museoissa suhtaudutaan kuitenkin usein kriittisesti niiden historialliseen rooliin. Yhä useammin museoissa pyritään toimimaan yhteiskunnallisen muutoksen tuottajina ja hyödynnetään toisinaan jopa aktivistisia toimintatapoja. Vaikea kulttuuriperintö, sen herättämät epämukavat tunteet ja niiden käsittelytavat näy…
Mediaväkivallan monet muodot
nonPeerReviewed
Verkkoviha väkivaltana – vihapuhetutkijoiden näkökulmia
Verkossa kiertviin loukkaaviin, halventaviin ja vkivaltaisiin ilmaisuihin, mee
Blood-Red Relations In and Out of Place: Women’s Self-Harm and Supernatural Crime in The Moth Diaries
In Canadian filmmaker Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries (a Canadian/American/Irish co-production), exploring adolescent girls’ friendships and self-harm in a boarding school setting, blood is out of place. It drips from the protagonist’s father’s wrist artery, willingly shed in suicide; involuntarily tarnishes her nightgown as menstrual blood; falls on the school director’s china figurines as nosebleed; and pours in the school library as a vampire-i…
Something’s Not Right in Silverhöjd’: Nordic Supernatural and Environmental and Species Justice in Jordskott
In the Swedish/Finnish/British/Norwegian television series Jordskott (2015–17) child victims’ mysterious disappearances signal that ‘something’s not right’ in Silverhöjd, a Swedish town. Three detectives uncover a conflict between the locals who depend on a local industry and preternatural human-like but non-human forest creatures familiar from Nordic tradition and fairylore. Both humans and semi/non-humans are ambivalent, but what sets the latte…
Cultural Approaches to Disgust and the Visceral
Rituaalikuolema ja perhetragedia: Itsemurhan määrittely ja tabuluonteisuus kauhuelokuvassa Midsommar – loputon yö
Elokuvissa ja erityisesti angloamerikkalaisissa elokuvissa kuvataan itsemurhaa usein. Niiden representaatiot heijastelevat kulttuurisia käsityksiä itsemurhasta, mutta myös itsenäisesti vaikuttavat käsitysten syntymiseen. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelen Ari Asterin folk-kauhugenreä edustavaa elokuvaa Midsommar – loputon yö (2019). Elokuvassa sisarensa tekemää murha-itsemurhaa sureva Dani matkustaa Yhdysvalloista Ruotsiin fiktiiviseen Hårga-kommuuni…
Sukupuolitettu ja tartuntavaarallinen itsemurha
Lektio
Pansy asses and terrorists: Sensibilities of anti-environmentalist toxic speech against Extinction Rebellion Finland
Hate speech against environmental activists has been on the rise globally, alongside a forceful criminalization of the climate movement in Western Europe. This article analyses anti-environmentalist speech and actions against Extinction Rebellion (XR) Finland, an environmental movement that employs non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade individuals and institutions to address the ongoing ecological emergency. The materials c…
Something’s Not Right in Silverhöjd’: Nordic Supernatural and Environmental and Species Justice in Jordskott
In the Swedish/Finnish/British/Norwegian television series Jordskott (2015–17) child victims’ mysterious disappearances signal that ‘something’s not right’ in Silverhöjd, a Swedish town. Three detectives uncover a conflict between the locals who depend on a local industry and preternatural human-like but non-human forest creatures familiar from Nordic tradition and fairylore. Both humans and semi/non-humans are ambivalent, but what sets the latte…
Sukupuolitettu ja tartuntavaarallinen itsemurha
Lektio
Rituaalikuolema ja perhetragedia: Itsemurhan määrittely ja tabuluonteisuus kauhuelokuvassa Midsommar – loputon yö
Elokuvissa ja erityisesti angloamerikkalaisissa elokuvissa kuvataan itsemurhaa usein. Niiden representaatiot heijastelevat kulttuurisia käsityksiä itsemurhasta, mutta myös itsenäisesti vaikuttavat käsitysten syntymiseen. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelen Ari Asterin folk-kauhugenreä edustavaa elokuvaa Midsommar – loputon yö (2019). Elokuvassa sisarensa tekemää murha-itsemurhaa sureva Dani matkustaa Yhdysvalloista Ruotsiin fiktiiviseen Hårga-kommuuni…
Mediaväkivallan monet muodot
nonPeerReviewed
Verkkoviha väkivaltana – vihapuhetutkijoiden näkökulmia
Verkossa kiertviin loukkaaviin, halventaviin ja vkivaltaisiin ilmaisuihin, mee
Blood-Red Relations In and Out of Place: Women’s Self-Harm and Supernatural Crime in The Moth Diaries
In Canadian filmmaker Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries (a Canadian/American/Irish co-production), exploring adolescent girls’ friendships and self-harm in a boarding school setting, blood is out of place. It drips from the protagonist’s father’s wrist artery, willingly shed in suicide; involuntarily tarnishes her nightgown as menstrual blood; falls on the school director’s china figurines as nosebleed; and pours in the school library as a vampire-i…
Something’s Not Right in Silverhöjd’: Nordic Supernatural and Environmental and Species Justice in Jordskott
In the Swedish/Finnish/British/Norwegian television series Jordskott (2015–17) child victims’ mysterious disappearances signal that ‘something’s not right’ in Silverhöjd, a Swedish town. Three detectives uncover a conflict between the locals who depend on a local industry and preternatural human-like but non-human forest creatures familiar from Nordic tradition and fairylore. Both humans and semi/non-humans are ambivalent, but what sets the latte…
Cultural Approaches to Disgust and the Visceral
“Isn’t Self-destruction Coded into Us, Programmed into Each Cell?”: A Thanatological, Posthumanist Reading of Alex Garland’s Annihilation (2018)
As both a novel (VanderMeer, 2014) and cinematic adaptation (Garland, 2018), Annihilation has engaged posthumanist and ecocritical scholars seeking to answer to the demand for art forms to participate in the renegotiation of the grand narratives feeding the ongoing environmental crisis and chipping away at the liveability of Planet Earth. In my reading of Alex Garland’s film, I discuss how its depiction of death adds to these discussions by chall…
Epämukava, transformatiivinen ja rohkea museo
Museot ovat historiallisesti toimineet identiteettien, normien ja valta-asetelmien rakentajina, tulkitsijoina ja muokkaajina. Nykypäivänä museoissa suhtaudutaan kuitenkin usein kriittisesti niiden historialliseen rooliin. Yhä useammin museoissa pyritään toimimaan yhteiskunnallisen muutoksen tuottajina ja hyödynnetään toisinaan jopa aktivistisia toimintatapoja. Vaikea kulttuuriperintö, sen herättämät epämukavat tunteet ja niiden käsittelytavat näy…
Kehopositiivisuusaktivistien strategioita vihapuhetta vastaan: Huolenpitoa ja vastarepresentaatioita suomalaisessa Instagramissa
Vihapuhe on sukupuolittunut ja intersektionaalinen ilmiö, joka kohdistuu erityisesti vähemmistöihin ja pyrkii näiden vaientamiseen ja ulossulkemiseen julkisesta keskustelusta. Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme Instagramissa toimivien suomalaisten kehopositiivisuusaktivistien keinoja vastustaa vihapuhetta ja tuottaa vastapuhetta. Suhteutamme tunnistamiamme strategioita vallitsevaan vastapuhetutkimukseen ja tutkimukseen niin kehopositiivisuusaktivis…
Pansy asses and terrorists: Sensibilities of anti-environmentalist toxic speech against Extinction Rebellion Finland
Hate speech against environmental activists has been on the rise globally, alongside a forceful criminalization of the climate movement in Western Europe. This article analyses anti-environmentalist speech and actions against Extinction Rebellion (XR) Finland, an environmental movement that employs non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade individuals and institutions to address the ongoing ecological emergency. The materials c…
Uncomfortable Knowledges and Transformative Learning: Reimagining the Museum in the Art of Gustafsson&Haapoja
Destructive human action is causing interconnected ecological and social challenges on an unprecedented scale.Scholars and artists from varied fields have critically expressed their concern about this in their research and practice.In this article, we interrogate the transformative potential of critically engaged art by analysing the work of the Finnish artist duo Gustafsson&Haapoja, a collaboration between writer Laura Gustafsson and visual arti…
Inviting people into our experience in a powerful way: Indigenous Representation in the Television Series Burden of Truth and Midnattssol
Introducing diversity into the white-dominated media business is part of mainstreaming social justice movements. This article addresses Indigenous themes’ and talents’ inclusion in two television series by mainstream production companies from the perspectives of organic representation, inclusivity, and justice. The analysis focuses on Canadian legal drama Burden of Truth (2018–2021) and French-Swedish Nordic Noir Midnattssol ( Midnight Sun , 2016…
Misogynoir and Origins: Disney’s Snow White, Toxic Speech, and the Fairy-Tale Public Sphere
Feminist scholar Allison Craven recently coined the term ‘fairy-tale public sphere’ to explore how characters, images, and concepts from traditional culture, popular children’s literature, and wonder narratives come to play roles in civil discourse as referent, sign, trope, and/or invocation. When such representations enter mediated discourse, the fairy-tale public sphere transforms into a location for debates around race, gender, and other matte…
Dokumenttielokuvan mahdollisuuksia korostava kirja elämänlopusta: Outi Hakola (2024) Filming Death: End of Life Documentary Cinema
Laaja mutta paranoidi katsaus posthumanistiseen elokuvaan: Missy Molloy, Pansy Duncan & Claire Henry (2024) Screening the Posthuman
The counterspeech doctrine in communicative capitalism: An intersectional feminist critique
The spread of online hate and disinformation can be considered one of the biggest global threats to democratic societies. Recently, research on counterspeech—forms of communication that respond to harmful speech, refuting and challenging its contents and mitigating its harms—has proliferated within scholarship and initiatives by social media platforms. In this article, I critically consider this “movement toward counterspeech” from an intersectio…
Fight with words: Misogynist Extremism on an Incel Discussion Forum
Incels are a group of people who mobilize around their inability to form romantic and/or sexual relationships. Their mobilization has been linked to online misogyny and violent acts of terrorism. This articleexplores discourses around gender equality and sexual rights on the extremist forum incels.is. We approach these discourses through aframework of misogynist extremism,whichseeks to highlight the role of misogyny in extremism, terrorism and vi…
Contested Meanings of Hate Speech and the Post-Truth Condition on Digital Platforms
In the everyday context, the term 'hate speech' has become increasingly politicized and emotionally charged, yet these vernacular constructions of hate speech remain under-explored. Used as both a rhetorical weapon and an object of genuine concern, various understandings of hate speech circulate within interactive everyday cultures of digital media, shaped by the digitalised media environment. With the combination of computational and qualititati…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Research in Social Sciences (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)