Lotta Luhtala
FM / MA
lotta.h.luhtala@utu.fi Office: A324 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-4084 |
Areas of expertise
Vegan Studies; Veganism; Animal Rights; Critical Animal Studies; Narrative Theory, Feminist Literary Criticism; Comparative Literature; Literary Studies
Vegan Studies; Veganism; Animal Rights; Critical Animal Studies; Narrative Theory, Feminist Literary Criticism; Comparative Literature; Literary Studies
Research community or research topic
Vegan Studies Scholar
Vegan Studies Scholar
Biography
I am or have been a member of the following projects: Romaanin tieto (The Novel's Knowledge) Project (2022–2024), INTERACT Project (2022–2024), The Changing Environment of the North (CEN) Project (2017–2021). I have also received personal grants from The Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Research
I research veganism in Finnish and International narrative fiction. I have an intersectional approach and I focus on how veganism, non-human-animals, gender, and the environment are intertwined with each other. I have developed a reading method, which I call the vegan readership.
Publications
- Romaani tiedollisena projektina ja kirjailija yhteiskunnallisena vaikuttajana (2024)
- Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen aikakauslehti Avain
(B1 Non-refereed review article in a scientific journal) - Runouden muuttuvat ympäristöt: Jenni Haukion "Suojele, älä tuhoa", kriittinen eläintutkimus ja turkistarhausdiskurssin politiikka (2020) Kirjallinen elämä markkinaperustaisessa mediayhteiskunnassa Lehtimäki Markku, Luhtala Lotta
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)