Nora Schuurman
YTT, dosentti
nora.schuurman@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0835-5223 |
Human-animal relationships; human-forest relationships; home; relational space; agency; human--animal boundary; care; death; eco-nationalism
Human-Animal Studies; human-forest research
With a background in human geography, I specialise in the interdisciplinary study of human--animal relations. Since 2018, I have worked at the University of Turku, currently in the project Shared Paths: Forests as Multispecies Homes, funded by the Kone Foundation (2023-2027), and before that in my Academy Research Fellow project Landscapes of Interspecies Care: Working the Human--Animal Boundary in Care Practices (2018--2023). Before this, I worked at the University of Eastern Finland, in research projects focusing on human-horse relations (Academy of Finland) as well as animal death (Kone Foundation). I am Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Human–Animal Studies at the University of Turku, as well as Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Animal Geography at the University of Eastern Finland. I led the Turku Human--Animal Studies Network (TYKE) in 2018-2022.
My research focuses on human–animal relationality, from a cultural and spatial perspective. In my current project, I explore experiences of forests as multispecies homes. I have previously studied cultural conceptions and practices regarding interspecies care, animal welfare and death, with themes such as animal agency, the human–animal boundary, performativity, emotions, knowledge, and expertise as well as eco-nationalist discourses concerning animals.
I apply a variety of qualitative methods in my research, using data such as social media discussions and blogs, experiential narratives, photographs, videos and ethnographic interviews. My work focuses on European contexts, most often in Finland and the UK.
- Editors' introduction to the special issue "Privilege, vulnerability and care: Interspecies dynamics in rural landscapes" (2024)
- Sociologia Ruralis
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Equine Landscapes of Interspecies Care (2024) Schuurman, Nora; Franklin, Alex
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - Kuoleman kulttuurit lajirajalla: pohdintoja eutanasiasta, hautauksesta ja surusta (2024)
- Thanatos - Suomalaisen Kuolemantutkimuksen Verkkojulkaisu
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Lajienvälisen hoivan avulla huolehditaan eläinten hyvinvoinnista (2024)
- Ilmiö - sosiologinen media kaikille
(E1 Popularised article) - Multispecies homescapes (2024)
- Progress in Human Geography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Negotiating care and control: Pet euthanasia as phronetic action (2024)
- Journal of Aging Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sociologia Ruralis 64 (2): Special issue: “Privilege, vulnerability and care: Interspecies dynamics in rural landscapes” (2024)
- Sociologia Ruralis
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Volunteer tourism and Dog Rehoming: Collaborating for interspecies cultures of care (2024) Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism Schuurman Nora
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Interspecies care, knowledge and ownership : children’s equestrian cultures in Sweden and Finland (2023)
- Children's Geographies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Imagining Home: Performing Adoptability in Transnational Canine Rescue and Rehoming (2022)
- Humanimalia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Shared Spaces, Practices And Mobilities: Pet-Human Life in Modern Finnish Homes (2022)
- Home Cultures
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Syödäkö vai eikö syödä? Eläimiä määrittävät kulttuuriset kategoriat liikkeessä (2022) Tunteva tuote. Kuinka eläimistä tuli osa teollista tuotantoa? Schuurman Nora, Kotilainen Juha
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Animal work, memory, and interspecies care: Police horses in multispecies urban imaginaries (2021)
- Cultural geographies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Horses lost and loved: Tracing human--horse encounters in stories of emotion, care and death (2021) Dreaming of Pegasus: Equine Imaginings Schuurman Nora
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Learning to Read Equine Agency: Sense and Sensitivity at the Intersection of Scientifific, Tacit and Situated Knowledges (2021)
- Animal Studies Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - "Eläimillä on myös sitten se toinen vaihtoehto": Eläinlääkäri, relationaalisuus ja lemmikin lopetuksen etiikka (2020) Kanssakulkijat: Monilajisten kohtaamisten jäljillä Schuurman Nora
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - From pest to pet: Liminality, domestication and animal agency in the killing of rats and cats (2020)
- Trace: Finnish Journal for Human-Animal Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Johdanto (2020) Kanssakulkijat: Monilajisten kohtaamisten jäljillä Schuurman Nora, Räsänen Tuomas
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kanssakulkijat: Monilajisten kohtaamisten jäljillä (2020) Tuomas Räsänen, Nora Schuurman
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - Kun lemmikki kuolee: haudat kertovat surusta ja ristiriitaisesta suhteesta eläimeen (2020)
- Teologia.fi
(E1 Popularised article)