Minna Santaoja
Biographic Data
| ID | 5438010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Minna Santaoja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Minna |
| FAMILY NAME | Santaoja |
| SIGNATURE | SANTAOJA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Research Council of Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4289-5191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises
Despite research and outreach efforts by ecologists and environmental scientists (EES), environmental crises continue to escalate. As a diverse group of concerned EES, we perceived a lack of clear guidance to articulate individual actions to improve sustainability. To address that gap, we propose ‘The Conguillío Statement on the values and responsibilities of ecologists’, a document summarizing values and responsibilities for EES in their differe…
Lähentävätkö vai etäännyttävätkö digitaaliset välineet luonnosta?
Luonnossa liikkumisesta ja luontoharrastuksista on tullut yhä teknologiavälitteisempiä yleisen digitalisoitumisen ja digivetoisen kansalaistieteen myötä. Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme mitä teknologisoituminen tekee luontosuhteille ja luonnon tuntemukselle hyödyntäen digitaalisen läheisyyden käsitettä. Kirjoituksen aineistona on luontoharrastajien kirjoituksia teknologian käytöstään. Havaitsimme, että muun muassa älypuhelimet sovelluksineen sekä s…
Developing response-ability in human-wasp encounters
Learning to live with unloved others is crucial in the ecological crisis. Unloved wasps are feared and disliked for their sting. Understanding of their ecological importance is increasing, however. Human-wasp encounters are changing with environmental changes, and strategies for multispecies cohabitation are needed. This multispecies study highlights features of wasp biology affecting human-wasp encounters and analyzes how conflicted human-wasp r…
Social media in learning on nature
Purpose Eco-social crises such as the loss of biodiversity call for transformative learning. This study analyzes the prospects of social media in learning about nature. Design/methodology/approach The study is placed in the intersection of science and technology studies, futures studies, environmental social sciences, and environmental humanities. The study draws on a qualitative case study of a mycologists' Facebook group. The empirical material…
The Intertwined Past, Present, and Future of Local Natural History Museum and Amateur Naturalism in Tampere, Finland
The history of natural history museums (NHMs) is closely tied with amateur naturalism, now often discussed as citizen science. This paper discusses the relations between a local NHM and amateur naturalists in Tampere, Finland, in three temporalities: the past, the present, and the future. The analysis highlights the contingencies and materialities of the relations between the museum and naturalists, showing them to be at times close, at other tim…
Insect Affects
With increasing interest in citizen science, this paper discusses how amateur naturalism, especially amateur entomology, is placed within citizen science discourses. Through a case study of amateur entomology in Finland, the paper discusses amateurs' diverse motivations for engaging with nature. The paper discusses especially the affective and ethical aspects of amateur entomology and its implications for citizen science. The discussion is based …
Food out of its usual rut. Carnivalesque online veganism as political consumerism
Food is a profoundly political issue, with themes such as environmental sustainability and ethics becoming increasingly important. These concerns have given rise to a new kind of mobilization around vegetarian and vegan eating in recent years. In-depth analyses of the characteristics of this new wave of veganism are needed. Our study explores how the new forms of carnivalesque and carefree veganism are negotiated with the older aims of veganism a…
Building Citizens’ Trust in Urban Infill
Urban infill is a topical issue for the growing cities in the Nordic countries. In Finland, many suitable infill sites are owned by resident-owned housing companies, and thus a successful infill process requires reconfiguration of the planning and participation practices. In this paper, we forward a dynamic approach to trust as a fruitful conceptualization of actor relationships. Building on Malcolm Tait’s typology of trust and drawing on Bourdie…
Food out of its usual rut. Carnivalesque online veganism as political consumerism
Food is a profoundly political issue, with themes such as environmental sustainability and ethics becoming increasingly important. These concerns have given rise to a new kind of mobilization around vegetarian and vegan eating in recent years. In-depth analyses of the characteristics of this new wave of veganism are needed. Our study explores how the new forms of carnivalesque and carefree veganism are negotiated with the older aims of veganism a…
Social media in learning on nature
Purpose Eco-social crises such as the loss of biodiversity call for transformative learning. This study analyzes the prospects of social media in learning about nature. Design/methodology/approach The study is placed in the intersection of science and technology studies, futures studies, environmental social sciences, and environmental humanities. The study draws on a qualitative case study of a mycologists' Facebook group. The empirical material…
Building Citizens’ Trust in Urban Infill
Urban infill is a topical issue for the growing cities in the Nordic countries. In Finland, many suitable infill sites are owned by resident-owned housing companies, and thus a successful infill process requires reconfiguration of the planning and participation practices. In this paper, we forward a dynamic approach to trust as a fruitful conceptualization of actor relationships. Building on Malcolm Tait’s typology of trust and drawing on Bourdie…
Building Citizens’ Trust in Urban Infill
Urban infill is a topical issue for the growing cities in the Nordic countries. In Finland, many suitable infill sites are owned by resident-owned housing companies, and thus a successful infill process requires reconfiguration of the planning and participation practices. In this paper, we forward a dynamic approach to trust as a fruitful conceptualization of actor relationships. Building on Malcolm Tait’s typology of trust and drawing on Bourdie…
The Intertwined Past, Present, and Future of Local Natural History Museum and Amateur Naturalism in Tampere, Finland
The history of natural history museums (NHMs) is closely tied with amateur naturalism, now often discussed as citizen science. This paper discusses the relations between a local NHM and amateur naturalists in Tampere, Finland, in three temporalities: the past, the present, and the future. The analysis highlights the contingencies and materialities of the relations between the museum and naturalists, showing them to be at times close, at other tim…
Insect Affects
With increasing interest in citizen science, this paper discusses how amateur naturalism, especially amateur entomology, is placed within citizen science discourses. Through a case study of amateur entomology in Finland, the paper discusses amateurs' diverse motivations for engaging with nature. The paper discusses especially the affective and ethical aspects of amateur entomology and its implications for citizen science. The discussion is based …
Food out of its usual rut. Carnivalesque online veganism as political consumerism
Food is a profoundly political issue, with themes such as environmental sustainability and ethics becoming increasingly important. These concerns have given rise to a new kind of mobilization around vegetarian and vegan eating in recent years. In-depth analyses of the characteristics of this new wave of veganism are needed. Our study explores how the new forms of carnivalesque and carefree veganism are negotiated with the older aims of veganism a…
Social media in learning on nature
Purpose Eco-social crises such as the loss of biodiversity call for transformative learning. This study analyzes the prospects of social media in learning about nature. Design/methodology/approach The study is placed in the intersection of science and technology studies, futures studies, environmental social sciences, and environmental humanities. The study draws on a qualitative case study of a mycologists' Facebook group. The empirical material…
Lähentävätkö vai etäännyttävätkö digitaaliset välineet luonnosta?
Luonnossa liikkumisesta ja luontoharrastuksista on tullut yhä teknologiavälitteisempiä yleisen digitalisoitumisen ja digivetoisen kansalaistieteen myötä. Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme mitä teknologisoituminen tekee luontosuhteille ja luonnon tuntemukselle hyödyntäen digitaalisen läheisyyden käsitettä. Kirjoituksen aineistona on luontoharrastajien kirjoituksia teknologian käytöstään. Havaitsimme, että muun muassa älypuhelimet sovelluksineen sekä s…
Developing response-ability in human-wasp encounters
Learning to live with unloved others is crucial in the ecological crisis. Unloved wasps are feared and disliked for their sting. Understanding of their ecological importance is increasing, however. Human-wasp encounters are changing with environmental changes, and strategies for multispecies cohabitation are needed. This multispecies study highlights features of wasp biology affecting human-wasp encounters and analyzes how conflicted human-wasp r…
Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises
Despite research and outreach efforts by ecologists and environmental scientists (EES), environmental crises continue to escalate. As a diverse group of concerned EES, we perceived a lack of clear guidance to articulate individual actions to improve sustainability. To address that gap, we propose ‘The Conguillío Statement on the values and responsibilities of ecologists’, a document summarizing values and responsibilities for EES in their differe…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Amateur (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)