
TAIJA KAARLENKASKI
Visiting Researcher
My background is in folklore studies and human-animal studies, and I have specialized in human-cattle relationships and the history of Finnish dairy husbandry. In my previous studies, I have examined the impacts of technologization and modernization on cattle husbandry and the concomitant human-animal relationships in Finland from the late 19th century until the 21st century. In "Return to Interspecific Coexistence" research project I will explore, for example, the relationships between human beings and urban animals. My theoretical interests include posthumanist and new materialist theories, as well as the application of gender studies perspectives on human-animal relations. I am also involved in the research project "Culture of Unsustainability", funded by the Academy of Finland, at the University of Turku.
Contact info
Organization
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Karelian Institute
taija.kaarlenkaski@uef.fi
Phone
+358 50 475 3835
Keywords
Research groups - UEF
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Human-Animal Studies Network
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A Return to Interspecific Coexistence - Posthuman Interpretations from Folklore, Oral History, and Popular Culture
Links
Publications
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Katse ei-inhimilliseen: eläinkäänne perinnetieteissä. Kaarlenkaski, Taija / Paradigma: Näkökulmia tieteen periaatteisiin ja käsityksiin. 2021. 2021
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Morris, Carol; Kaljonen, Minna; Aavik, Kadri; Balázs, Bálint; Cole, Matthew; Coles, Ben; Efstathiu, Sophia; Fallon, Tracey; Foden, Mike; Giraud, Eva Haifa; Goodman, Mike; Kershaw, Eleanor Hadley; Helliwell, Richard; Hobson-West, Pru; Häyry, Matti; Jallinoja, Piia; Jones, Mat; Kaarlenkaski, Taija; Laihonen, Maarit; Lähteenmäki-Uutela, Anu et al.. 2021. Priorities for social science and humanities research on the challenges of moving beyond animal-based food systems Humanities & social sciences communications 8 1: 38. 2021
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'Octav lypsää kuin elävä vasikka': Monilajinen toimijuus ja sukupuoli lypsykoneen käyttöönotossa 1950-1970-luvuilla. Kaarlenkaski, Taija / Kanssakulkijat: monilajisten kohtaamisten jäljillä. 2020. 2020
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Kaarlenkaski, Taija; Lonkila, Annika. 2020. In Search of Invisible Cows: Collaboration, Resistance and Affection in Human-Animal Relationships on Contemporary Dairy Farms Ethnologia fennica 47 2: 27-53. 2020
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Kaarlenkaski, Taija; Pöysä, Jyrki; Seppä, Tiina. 2020. Ambitious Beginnings for Posthuman Folklore Ethnologia Fennica 47 2: 121-124. 2020
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Kaarlenkaski, Taija; Steel, Tytti. 2020. Posthumanism and Multispecies Ethnology Ethnologia fennica 47 2: 1-4. 2020
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Kaarlenkaski, Taija. 2019. Living Machines with Gentle Looks: Materiality and Animal Body in Modernizing Finnish Animal Husbandry Humanimalia 11 1: 30-63. 2019
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Kaarlenkaski, Taija. 2018. 'Machine Milking is More Manly than Hand Milking': Multispecies Agencies and Gendered Practices in Finnish Cattle Tending from the 1950s to the 1970s Animal studies journal 7 2: 76-102. 2018
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Kaarlenkaski Taija. 2017. Lypsäjät, lehmät ja lypsykoneet. Lypsykarjanhoidon teknologisoituminen ja sukupuolittunut työnjako 1800-luvun lopulta 1950-luvulle. Sukupuolentutkimus 30 2: 49-63. 2017
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Kaarlenkaski Taija. 2016. Cattle Tending in the "Good Old Times": Human-Cow Relationships in Late Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century Finland. In: Jopi Nyman, Nora Schuurman (ed.) Affect, Space and Animals. Routledge. s. 25-39. 2016