Ella Poutiainen
FM / MA
ella.i.poutiainen@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2680-3488 |
Gender studies; modern yoga studies; holistic spirituality; art history; new materialism; affect theory
I'm a PhD candidate in the Doctoral programme in history, culture and arts studies (Juno) at the University of Turku, and I'm doing my doctoral research at the department of gender studies. I graduated (MA) in gender studies at the University of Turku in 2017. My MA thesis examined the ways in which contemporary yoga is gendered and analysed feminine yoga as an embodied method of empowerment. My doctoral research project is an ethnographic study of feminine or women-oriented spirituality. I explore how the themes of women's empowerment and societal change are addressed in the field of contemporary holistic spirituality, and what kinds of intersections and tensions arise between spirituality and feminism. In addition to being a researcher I also work as a yoga teacher.
- Feminismin henki?: Naisten voimaantuminen ja yhteiskunnallinen muutos 2010-luvun feminiinisessä henkisyydessä (2024) Poutiainen, Ella
(G4 Monograph dissertation) - A feminism of the soul? Postfeminism, postsecular feminism and contemporary feminine spiritualities (2023)
- European Journal of Cultural Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Feministiska tonfall i holistisk andlighet (2021)
- Katsomukset.fi
(E1 Popularised article) - Joogatrendin kasvu länsimaissa herättää keskustelua kulttuurisesta omimisesta (2021)
- Ilmiö - sosiologinen media kaikille
(E1 Popularised article) - Moninainen jooga? : Joogan naisellisuus ja joogafeminismin saavutettavuus (2019)
- Sukupuolentutkimus - Genusforskning
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Humanismin ihmismuottia purkamassa (2018)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(E1 Popularised article)