Taina Meriluoto is @MeriTaina on BlueSky
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Social Scientist @imagidem @sociologyofdemo @SocSciHelsinki Democracy, (visual) participation, self-activism & stigma. She/her.
Joined July 2015
RT @Hans_Asenbaum: Taking our discussions about . ✨Democratic Self-transformations✨ forward at #PSA24 with the wonderful @amandamachin @pro….
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@sociologyofdemo @EevaLuhtakallio @veikkoeranti For those of you who read Finnish, here's a brief description of what's to come 📸📱🔮.
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We've had the help and support of so many people at the @sociologyofdemo; @EevaLuhtakallio and @veikkoeranti in particular. Thank you!.Also: I know SO many brilliant projects didn't get funding. It sucks, and it makes this day bitter sweet for us all.
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Posting this before I wake up: our project was funded by @KoneenSaatio ✨.With the greatest Heini Salminen and Emmi Holm, we will study how the social media norms of authenticity and 'bareness' impact the possibilities for political action among marginalised people.
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RT @ECPR_TheLoop: 🎭 #DemocraticTransformations No.5.Marginalised activists espouse ‘presentist identities’ to fight others' dismissiveness.….
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RT @DelDemUCan: You can now catch the replay of @MeriTaina's seminar on the political role of selfies in challenging the digital public sph….
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RT @ECPR_TheLoop: 🎭 #DemocraticTransformations No.4 .Democracy needs to recognise & empower our multiple identities. @TheBrandonMack draws….
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RT @DelDemUCan: Special Issue alert 📢. Our very own @Hans_Asenbaum joined forces with @MeriTaina to curate this beautiful issue of @DemTheo….
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RT @Hans_Asenbaum: @MeriTaina @MendoncaRF The Ranciérian concept of disidentification is purely discursive. To overcome this limitation, @p….
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Our rock star line-up:.@MendoncaRF & Ângela Christina Salgueiro Marques,.@profmoyalloyd .@amandamachin .Michaele L. Ferguson, .@RahelSuess .and Jennifer Forestal. Interview with Anne Phillips,.and @AnastasiaKavada @OliverEscobar & Andrea Cornwall discussing Hans's new book!.💫.
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Our beautiful special issue "Democratic Self-transformations: Identity, Performance, and the Politics of Becoming", edited with the amazing @Hans_Asenbaum is out in Democratic Theory!. Thanks @JeanPaulRGagnon.@BeausoleilEmily.and our stellar contributors! .
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RT @Hans_Asenbaum: 🆕 🎭 Democratic Transformations @ECPR_TheLoop . 🤯 Read this brilliant piece by @ph_dyke @CSDWestminster @uowsss . Capital….
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RT @DelDemUCan: Under what conditions can being visible as yourself be a political act? Powerful quotes from @MeriTaina's research with you….
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Want to read something truly inspiring and beautiful? .I cannot recommend Hans' book enough! And it's open access! 👇.
Today is publication day!! 🍾. It's finally out and Open Access with @OUPPolitics. Download your copy 👉 Open Access thanks to @DelDemUCan @UCBGL @PSAdemocracy @participedia @oegpw. A short 🧵 on what it's about.
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RT @imagidem: @imagidem team represented this week at #IPSA2023 in Buenos Aires by @MeriTaina @CarlaMalafaia & @JuuliaHeikkine1 . Thank you….
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RT @DelDemUCan: Congrats to our @Hans_Asenbaum & Associate @MendoncaRF @margemufmg on their #IPSA2023 panel on. THE POLITICS OF SEEING AND….
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Final words of thanks to the amazing young people who agreed to share their selfies and their stories with me! Also huge thanks to @imagidem @EevaLuhtakallio @veikkoeranti @CarlaMalafaia @Hans_Asenbaum for the inspiration, support and care! ❤️7/7.
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And finally, there is 'the self as public critique', where the self is purposefully coordinated against the norms of how one ought to be. These are often selfies that seek to politicise by making visible something that ought to be hidden. 6/7.
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