Participant Info

Title

2

First Name*

Elina

Middle Initials

Last Name*

Viljamaa

email*

elina.viljamaa@oulu.fi

Gender*

1

Country*

63

Role in the Network*

4, 12

Working Groups*

3

Picture*

Personal website, blog or social media link

Ph.D*

Yes

Scientific Area

Education

Year of PhD Award

2012

Early Stage Researcher*

Yes

Sector*

Higher Education & Associated Organisations

Name of organisation*

University of Oulu, Faculty of education

Area of Work*

Children's play as a narrative process, meaning making, knowing, embodiment

Expertise Contributions*

I am interested in play as a meaningful narrating space for all children. Narrating is not tied to words, but is embodied by its nature. I understand, that making sense of the world and oneself is the heart of narrating. Supporting play and interpreting children's narrative processes is challenging for an adult, because children's ways of being in the world differs from adults ways.