Rita Sørly
Biographic Data
| ID | 99996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Sørly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Sørly |
| SIGNATURE | SØRLY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norut Northern Research Institute, Tromsø, Norway |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9741-6472 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
User Participation in Social Housing Work and Practices
This scoping review maps qualitative research on user participation in social housing work and practices in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. User participation has become a central value in Nordic welfare states, promoted as a means of strengthening empowerment, improving services, and reinforcing democratic ideals. While all Nordic countries share some features, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden represent the core of the Social Democratic welfare regime, …
Good parenting’ among middle-class families
This article investigates norms of parenting in the context of the Norwegian child welfare service (CWS).Research from both international and Norwegian contexts shows that current parenting ideals are built on middle-class values that are often taken for granted.However, there is limited knowledge about the interaction between the CWS and middle-class families.Through narrative positioning analysis, we explore how child welfare workers (CWWs) con…
Personal Stories of Young Women in Residential Care
Interdisciplinary social work practice produces and circulates narratives of young women in residential care. The dominant narratives often present negative descriptions of this group, and less attention has been paid to their resistance to these “big stories”. This study’s aim is to illuminate this resistance of young women in residential care and to explore how they narrate their experiences of being children at risk who have become women manag…
Stories of Change and Sustainability in the Arctic Regions
This chapter is a narrative description and theoretical conceptualization of the premises, processes, execution and results of a place-specific public art project by Professor Jokela. The Story of Kirkkokuusikko is a memorial to the first Christian church in the Kittilä region in Finnish Lapland. The story of the church conveyed the memories and worldview of the Kemi-Lapland Forest Sámi, their social system and the arrival of Finnish settlers and…
Adapting to the unpredictable
This essay aims to contribute to the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on a Norwegian- Russian social work research project. The reflexive act of writing about the project’s disrupted startup is an exercise of flexibility and dynamics in the research process. Well known grips for those of us working with qualitative inquiry. Still, the unpredictable landscape, uncertainty of what would come next, and the insecurity in the present mo…
“We belong to nature”
The approach to standardized services in Norwegian mental health care is tailored to the needs of the majority population, focusing on diagnoses and overshadows an approach that understands, values and emphasizes Sámi storytelling and everyday life. This study aims to contribute knowledge regarding the promotion of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of Sámi mental health care users. A narrative approach offers an opportu…
My Mother's Skull Is Burning
Performing autoethnography is a dynamic and dialogic exercise, transgressing and exceeding traditional expectations of academic papers. In this freely spoken piece-of narratives, thoughts, poems, and reflections-you will meet three international mental health scholar-researchers seeking and deepening connection through friendship. The article began as a single story and developed, as stories often do, to become many stories. It is conversational,…
My Mother's Skull Is Burning
Performing autoethnography is a dynamic and dialogic exercise, transgressing and exceeding traditional expectations of academic papers. In this freely spoken piece-of narratives, thoughts, poems, and reflections-you will meet three international mental health scholar-researchers seeking and deepening connection through friendship. The article began as a single story and developed, as stories often do, to become many stories. It is conversational,…
My Mother's Skull Is Burning
Performing autoethnography is a dynamic and dialogic exercise, transgressing and exceeding traditional expectations of academic papers. In this freely spoken piece-of narratives, thoughts, poems, and reflections-you will meet three international mental health scholar-researchers seeking and deepening connection through friendship. The article began as a single story and developed, as stories often do, to become many stories. It is conversational,…
Stories of Change and Sustainability in the Arctic Regions
This chapter is a narrative description and theoretical conceptualization of the premises, processes, execution and results of a place-specific public art project by Professor Jokela. The Story of Kirkkokuusikko is a memorial to the first Christian church in the Kittilä region in Finnish Lapland. The story of the church conveyed the memories and worldview of the Kemi-Lapland Forest Sámi, their social system and the arrival of Finnish settlers and…
Adapting to the unpredictable
This essay aims to contribute to the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on a Norwegian- Russian social work research project. The reflexive act of writing about the project’s disrupted startup is an exercise of flexibility and dynamics in the research process. Well known grips for those of us working with qualitative inquiry. Still, the unpredictable landscape, uncertainty of what would come next, and the insecurity in the present mo…
“We belong to nature”
The approach to standardized services in Norwegian mental health care is tailored to the needs of the majority population, focusing on diagnoses and overshadows an approach that understands, values and emphasizes Sámi storytelling and everyday life. This study aims to contribute knowledge regarding the promotion of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of Sámi mental health care users. A narrative approach offers an opportu…
Personal Stories of Young Women in Residential Care
Interdisciplinary social work practice produces and circulates narratives of young women in residential care. The dominant narratives often present negative descriptions of this group, and less attention has been paid to their resistance to these “big stories”. This study’s aim is to illuminate this resistance of young women in residential care and to explore how they narrate their experiences of being children at risk who have become women manag…
Good parenting’ among middle-class families
This article investigates norms of parenting in the context of the Norwegian child welfare service (CWS).Research from both international and Norwegian contexts shows that current parenting ideals are built on middle-class values that are often taken for granted.However, there is limited knowledge about the interaction between the CWS and middle-class families.Through narrative positioning analysis, we explore how child welfare workers (CWWs) con…
User Participation in Social Housing Work and Practices
This scoping review maps qualitative research on user participation in social housing work and practices in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. User participation has become a central value in Nordic welfare states, promoted as a means of strengthening empowerment, improving services, and reinforcing democratic ideals. While all Nordic countries share some features, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden represent the core of the Social Democratic welfare regime, …
Sociology (5 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Narrative inquiry (3 works) · Norwegian (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Social Work (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)