Raita Merivirta
PhD, title of Docent
European and World History raimer@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku |
Areas of expertise
Colonialism, postcolonial literature, Indian English literature, modern Indian history, historical film, Irish cinema, twentieth-century Irish history, Finns and colonialism, Nordic colonialism
Colonialism, postcolonial literature, Indian English literature, modern Indian history, historical film, Irish cinema, twentieth-century Irish history, Finns and colonialism, Nordic colonialism
Biography
Research
I work as researcher in the Department of European and World History. I am employed in the project "Decolonizing History-Writing: Transcultural Production, Mobilization and Transformation of Knowledge in Finnish-Namibian relations, 1870-1990". My research focuses especially on children's experiences as well as on materials produced for children.
Publications 
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- Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870–1990: Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance (2024) Koivunen, Leila; Merivirta, Raita
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Colonising Young Minds? Imagining Owambo in Finnish Missionary Magazines for Children at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (2024) Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870–1990. Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance Merivirta, Raita; Skurnik, Johanna
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - From the Arrival of First Finnish Missionaries in Owambo to Collaborative History-Writing (2024) Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870–1990: Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance Koivunen, Leila; Merivirta, Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kirja-arvio: Monipuolista tutkimusta suomalaisesta asutuskolonialismista Pohjois-Amerikassa. ANDERSSON, RANI-HENRIK & LAHTI, JANNE: Finnish settler colonialism in North America: Rethinking Finnish experiences in trans-national spaces. 2022. ISBN 978-952-369-079-0 (2024)
- Terra: Maantieteellinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed review article in a scientific journal) - Kolonialismia ilman siirtomaita?: Kulttuurinen kolonialismi ja ”rotu” suomalaisessa lasten- ja nuortenkirjallisuudessa ja lapsille suunnatuissa lehdissä, 1900–1960 (2024) Merivirta, Raita
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Liittyikö suomalaisten lähetystyöhön Owambossa koloniaalisia piirteitä? (2024)
- Vähäisiä lisiä: Kirjoituksia kulttuurista, tutkimuksesta ja kulttuuriperinnöstä
(E1 Popularised blog post) - The Story of the Most Popular Fruit in the World: Banana (2024) Merivirta, Raita
(F2 Public partial implementation of an artistic work) - Uutta tutkimustietoa Suomi-Namibia-suhteen koloniaalisista piirteistä (2024)
- Namibia : Suomi-Namibia-seuran tiedote.
(E1 Popularised article) - A Fine Balance (2023) The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English Merivirta Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Mukul Kesavan (2023) The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English Merivirta Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Nayantara Sahgal (2023) The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English Merivirta Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Nordic Settler Identities in Colonial Kenya: Class, Nationality and Race in Bror and Karen Blixen's Transimperial Lives (2023)
- Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Remembering otherwise: media memory, gender and Margaret Thatcher in Irish hunger strike films (2023)
- Irish Studies Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rohinton Mistry (2023) The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English Merivirta Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kirja-arvio: Janne Lahti ja Rebecca Weaver-Hightower: Cinematic Settlers – The Settler Colonial World in Film. 2020. ISBN 978-0-36-750383-3 (2022)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kolonialismin perintö koskettaa myös suomalaisia (2022)
- Kehitys
(E1 Popularised article) - Kolonialistinen diskurssi ja rodullistaminen vanhassa suomalaisessa lastenkirjallisuudessa: metodologisia pohdintoja (2022) Matkaopas lapsuuden historian tutkimukseen: Monitieteisiä näkökulmia ja menetelmiä Merivirta Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kotimaiset ”toiset”: Vanhemman suomalaisen nuortenkirjallisuuden saamelaisista (2022)
- Kritiikki
(E1 Popularised article) - Pohjoinen rajaseutu suomalaisissa nuortenkirjoissa: kansallinen identiteetti, toiseus ja kolonialismi (2022) Kolonialismi Suomen rajaseuduilla Merivirta Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Colonialism, Race, and White Innocence in Finnish Children’s Literature: Anni Swan’s 1920s’ Serial “Uutisasukkaana Austraaliassa” (2021) Finnish Colonial Encounters: From Anti-Imperialism to Cultural Colonialism and Complicity Merivirta Raita
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
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