Karoliina Ojanen
Biographic Data
| ID | 894546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karoliina Ojanen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karoliina |
| FAMILY NAME | Ojanen |
| SIGNATURE | OJANEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ethnographic Knowledge in Urban Planning – Bridging the Gap between the Theories of Knowledge-Based and Communicative Planning
‘Knowledge-based’ approaches have recently made a breakthrough in urban planning. How to develop balance in knowledge-based planning between abstract and scientific knowledge, on the one hand, and ‘local knowledge’ on the other hand has been long debated. To this debate, we add a form of knowledge with potential for sustainable urban planning, i.e. ethnographic knowledge that could transmit an understanding of urban dwellers’ daily practices and …
Silences, Old Age and Institutionalised Care
The article examines how silence materialises and is performed in residential care homes for the elderly, and how these practices are intertwined with the cultural narrative of old age in Finnish society. The data consisting of ethnographic fieldwork in two care units shows that silence is involved in many aspects of the residents’ lives. Though these practices of silence do not mean the absence of the residents’ agency, here they both expose and…
You Became Someone’ Social Hierarchies in Girls’ Communities at Riding Stables
The riding stable has become an important social sphere for girls in the Nordic countries. In this article I concentrate on the hierarchy and the use of social power in girls’ communities at Finnish horseback riding stables. I also contemplate how horses and taking care of them are intertwined in girls’ social practices. I illustrate how they affect the construction of girl’s agency and the communal agency as a whole and the positions that girls …
You Became Someone’ Social Hierarchies in Girls’ Communities at Riding Stables
The riding stable has become an important social sphere for girls in the Nordic countries. In this article I concentrate on the hierarchy and the use of social power in girls’ communities at Finnish horseback riding stables. I also contemplate how horses and taking care of them are intertwined in girls’ social practices. I illustrate how they affect the construction of girl’s agency and the communal agency as a whole and the positions that girls …
You Became Someone’ Social Hierarchies in Girls’ Communities at Riding Stables
The riding stable has become an important social sphere for girls in the Nordic countries. In this article I concentrate on the hierarchy and the use of social power in girls’ communities at Finnish horseback riding stables. I also contemplate how horses and taking care of them are intertwined in girls’ social practices. I illustrate how they affect the construction of girl’s agency and the communal agency as a whole and the positions that girls …
Silences, Old Age and Institutionalised Care
The article examines how silence materialises and is performed in residential care homes for the elderly, and how these practices are intertwined with the cultural narrative of old age in Finnish society. The data consisting of ethnographic fieldwork in two care units shows that silence is involved in many aspects of the residents’ lives. Though these practices of silence do not mean the absence of the residents’ agency, here they both expose and…
Ethnographic Knowledge in Urban Planning – Bridging the Gap between the Theories of Knowledge-Based and Communicative Planning
‘Knowledge-based’ approaches have recently made a breakthrough in urban planning. How to develop balance in knowledge-based planning between abstract and scientific knowledge, on the one hand, and ‘local knowledge’ on the other hand has been long debated. To this debate, we add a form of knowledge with potential for sustainable urban planning, i.e. ethnographic knowledge that could transmit an understanding of urban dwellers’ daily practices and …
Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Civil engineering (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)