Katve‐Kaisa Kontturi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5132083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katve‐Kaisa Kontturi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katve‐Kaisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Kontturi |
| SIGNATURE | KONTTURI K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2310-4702 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mermaid Becomings
This article considers how transition, self-care and an embodied relation to nature interweave in the visual and verbal narratives of a former religious woman. We focus on her self-portrait as a mermaid and the spoken narrative of her embodied relation to nature after disengaging from Conservative Laestadians, a religious procreational movement that is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland. Through the self-portrait we explore a tran…
Kieli ja kuvat todellisuuden rakentajina
Editorial
Kohtaamisia nykyhetkessä
Pääkirjoitus
Fabulous folds
This essay discusses the material agency of clothing in the celebrated documentary classic Grey Gardens (David and Albert Maysles, USA 1975). Drawing on the extraordinary relationship between the protagonists, their clothing, the filming location, and the filmmakers, the essay shows how the protagonists of the documentary “think up” costumes that enable them to temporarily exceed difficult living conditions. The essay names the thought-up costume…
Making Middles Matter
It is fair to say that the relationship between intersectionality theories and new materialisms has been characterized by tensions. Intersectional approaches have emphasized the multi-faceted positioning of subjects in relation to the classificatory power of socially constructed identity categories. Meanwhile, feminist new materialisms have foregrounded the agency of matter and argued for the relational becoming of human bodies, subjectivities, a…
Framing, Following, Middling
Through the conceptual triptych of framing, following and middling, this article explores the composition and importance of materialities beyond their seemingly stable and measurable objectivity. Drawing on recent insights about concepts as generative of practice and as a practice in their own right, the article offers this triptych as potential new materialist 'methodological metamodellings' that acknowledge and render palpable the plural forces…
Feminism, Art, Deleuze, and Darwin
Making Middles Matter
It is fair to say that the relationship between intersectionality theories and new materialisms has been characterized by tensions. Intersectional approaches have emphasized the multi-faceted positioning of subjects in relation to the classificatory power of socially constructed identity categories. Meanwhile, feminist new materialisms have foregrounded the agency of matter and argued for the relational becoming of human bodies, subjectivities, a…
Feminism, Art, Deleuze, and Darwin
Framing, Following, Middling
Through the conceptual triptych of framing, following and middling, this article explores the composition and importance of materialities beyond their seemingly stable and measurable objectivity. Drawing on recent insights about concepts as generative of practice and as a practice in their own right, the article offers this triptych as potential new materialist 'methodological metamodellings' that acknowledge and render palpable the plural forces…
Feminism, Art, Deleuze, and Darwin
Framing, Following, Middling
Through the conceptual triptych of framing, following and middling, this article explores the composition and importance of materialities beyond their seemingly stable and measurable objectivity. Drawing on recent insights about concepts as generative of practice and as a practice in their own right, the article offers this triptych as potential new materialist 'methodological metamodellings' that acknowledge and render palpable the plural forces…
Fabulous folds
This essay discusses the material agency of clothing in the celebrated documentary classic Grey Gardens (David and Albert Maysles, USA 1975). Drawing on the extraordinary relationship between the protagonists, their clothing, the filming location, and the filmmakers, the essay shows how the protagonists of the documentary “think up” costumes that enable them to temporarily exceed difficult living conditions. The essay names the thought-up costume…
Making Middles Matter
It is fair to say that the relationship between intersectionality theories and new materialisms has been characterized by tensions. Intersectional approaches have emphasized the multi-faceted positioning of subjects in relation to the classificatory power of socially constructed identity categories. Meanwhile, feminist new materialisms have foregrounded the agency of matter and argued for the relational becoming of human bodies, subjectivities, a…
Kieli ja kuvat todellisuuden rakentajina
Editorial
Kohtaamisia nykyhetkessä
Pääkirjoitus
Mermaid Becomings
This article considers how transition, self-care and an embodied relation to nature interweave in the visual and verbal narratives of a former religious woman. We focus on her self-portrait as a mermaid and the spoken narrative of her embodied relation to nature after disengaging from Conservative Laestadians, a religious procreational movement that is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland. Through the self-portrait we explore a tran…
Sociology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (2 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works)