Annukka Pursi
Biographic Data
| ID | 790500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annukka Pursi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annukka |
| FAMILY NAME | Pursi |
| SIGNATURE | PURSI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4298-8761 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Forms of disrespect
This article discusses the ways in which toddlers carry out forms of disrespect during peer conflicts in Australian and Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. We investigate forms of disrespect in naturally occurring peer interactions by applying interaction analysis and Honneth’s theory of recognition. Drawing on Honneth , our study provides an empirical foundation for examining what leads to toddlers’ disrespectful acts. Ou…
Educators’ responses to children’s grieving
The study explores emotional configurations that emerge from educators’ responses to children’s grieving in flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland. We analysed observational data of children who were under three years old and their educators, focusing on the interrelationships between the children’s grief, the educators’ sense-making, and their practices. The exploration yielded three emotional configurations that…
Grief as an existential interruption
In this study, we examine how adults narrate and make meaning of their death-related childhood grief as an existential question of how to be with loss, and how to relate to a lost loved one. Death is a significant interruption in a child's life, and inevitably invites the griever to question not only the life of the deceased and its ending, but also one's own mortality. The data of this study consists of grief narratives written by university stu…
Joint waking activity in early childhood education as a collaborative configuration of care
Change laboratory as a tool to address moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood education professionals
Our study contributes to research on moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood educators by applying cultural-historical activity theory, and Change Laboratory (CL) intervention. We argue that studying and resolving moral-ethical tensions cannot be done without addressing the underlying contradictions which pertain to particular cultural-historical context and local practices. This requires a shift of focus from individual educators’ …
Emotional configurations of grief
Being human involves encountering losses to which grief is a common response. No one can escape grief-it is the price of affection and love. In this paper, we aim to understand how grieving unfolds as described in university students' short narratives of their childhood. Applying a cultural-historical approach, especially the notion of emotional configuration, we explore the interplay of emotion, sense-making, and practice in grief-related childh…
Children’s grief
Although grief is common in children’s lives, it is under-researched and undertheorized. The aim of our study is to investigate children’s grief as a cultural activity that consists of repertoires of practices in institutional early childhood education and care (ECEC). ECEC is a central site where grief is learned and practiced. Taking a cultural-historical approach using ethnographically inspired research methods, we analyzed interaction in the …
Playful qualities of toddling style in adult–child interaction
This study explores toddling style in adult–child interaction. Toddling style was conceptualised by Gunvor Løkken in relation to toddlers’ playful and social style in peer groups; however, adults’ position was rarely explored. Therefore, this article aims to examine adults’ emotional and playful support in creating, maintaining and developing toddling style. A cultural–historical approach and a multimodal interaction analysis is used for analysin…
Play in adult-child interaction
Constituting play connection with very young children
Emotional and playful stance taking in joint play between adults and very young children
Grief as an existential interruption
In this study, we examine how adults narrate and make meaning of their death-related childhood grief as an existential question of how to be with loss, and how to relate to a lost loved one. Death is a significant interruption in a child's life, and inevitably invites the griever to question not only the life of the deceased and its ending, but also one's own mortality. The data of this study consists of grief narratives written by university stu…
Joint waking activity in early childhood education as a collaborative configuration of care
Emotional configurations of grief
Being human involves encountering losses to which grief is a common response. No one can escape grief-it is the price of affection and love. In this paper, we aim to understand how grieving unfolds as described in university students' short narratives of their childhood. Applying a cultural-historical approach, especially the notion of emotional configuration, we explore the interplay of emotion, sense-making, and practice in grief-related childh…
Constituting play connection with very young children
Emotional and playful stance taking in joint play between adults and very young children
Play in adult-child interaction
Playful qualities of toddling style in adult–child interaction
This study explores toddling style in adult–child interaction. Toddling style was conceptualised by Gunvor Løkken in relation to toddlers’ playful and social style in peer groups; however, adults’ position was rarely explored. Therefore, this article aims to examine adults’ emotional and playful support in creating, maintaining and developing toddling style. A cultural–historical approach and a multimodal interaction analysis is used for analysin…
Children’s grief
Although grief is common in children’s lives, it is under-researched and undertheorized. The aim of our study is to investigate children’s grief as a cultural activity that consists of repertoires of practices in institutional early childhood education and care (ECEC). ECEC is a central site where grief is learned and practiced. Taking a cultural-historical approach using ethnographically inspired research methods, we analyzed interaction in the …
Change laboratory as a tool to address moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood education professionals
Our study contributes to research on moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood educators by applying cultural-historical activity theory, and Change Laboratory (CL) intervention. We argue that studying and resolving moral-ethical tensions cannot be done without addressing the underlying contradictions which pertain to particular cultural-historical context and local practices. This requires a shift of focus from individual educators’ …
Emotional configurations of grief
Being human involves encountering losses to which grief is a common response. No one can escape grief-it is the price of affection and love. In this paper, we aim to understand how grieving unfolds as described in university students' short narratives of their childhood. Applying a cultural-historical approach, especially the notion of emotional configuration, we explore the interplay of emotion, sense-making, and practice in grief-related childh…
Forms of disrespect
This article discusses the ways in which toddlers carry out forms of disrespect during peer conflicts in Australian and Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. We investigate forms of disrespect in naturally occurring peer interactions by applying interaction analysis and Honneth’s theory of recognition. Drawing on Honneth , our study provides an empirical foundation for examining what leads to toddlers’ disrespectful acts. Ou…
Educators’ responses to children’s grieving
The study explores emotional configurations that emerge from educators’ responses to children’s grieving in flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland. We analysed observational data of children who were under three years old and their educators, focusing on the interrelationships between the children’s grief, the educators’ sense-making, and their practices. The exploration yielded three emotional configurations that…
Grief as an existential interruption
In this study, we examine how adults narrate and make meaning of their death-related childhood grief as an existential question of how to be with loss, and how to relate to a lost loved one. Death is a significant interruption in a child's life, and inevitably invites the griever to question not only the life of the deceased and its ending, but also one's own mortality. The data of this study consists of grief narratives written by university stu…
Joint waking activity in early childhood education as a collaborative configuration of care
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Early childhood education (6 works) · Early childhood (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (4 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Grief (3 works)