Dr. Turkan Firinci Orman
@turkanfirinci.bsky.social
Youth researcher, critical and creative thinker, nature and art lover.
✨ My new publication ✨
“The Metaphorical Cage: Political Presence and Lived Citizenship of a Young Refugee Girl” — now in Children’s Geographies.
tandfonline.com/eprint/XMAPM...
#MetaphorAsMethod #RefugeeStudies #FeministGeography
“The Metaphorical Cage: Political Presence and Lived Citizenship of a Young Refugee Girl” — now in Children’s Geographies.
tandfonline.com/eprint/XMAPM...
#MetaphorAsMethod #RefugeeStudies #FeministGeography
The metaphorical cage: political presence and lived citizenship of a young refugee girl
This article examines the interplay between lived and legal citizenship through the metaphor of a Cage, illuminating the complex dynamics experienced by refugee youth whose everyday belonging diver...
tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
✨ My new publication ✨
“The Metaphorical Cage: Political Presence and Lived Citizenship of a Young Refugee Girl” — now in Children’s Geographies.
tandfonline.com/eprint/XMAPM...
#MetaphorAsMethod #RefugeeStudies #FeministGeography
“The Metaphorical Cage: Political Presence and Lived Citizenship of a Young Refugee Girl” — now in Children’s Geographies.
tandfonline.com/eprint/XMAPM...
#MetaphorAsMethod #RefugeeStudies #FeministGeography
Photos by T.Orman
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Photos by T.Orman
✨ Last week at Re-City 2025 & Radical Care Week at Tampere University. Presented on prefigurative pedagogy + tactical urbanism, and (with Zeynep Kaynar) on sustainable practices & radical care.
Practising democracy means making space for many voices — a practice of radical care. Feeling inspired. :)
Practising democracy means making space for many voices — a practice of radical care. Feeling inspired. :)
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
✨ Last week at Re-City 2025 & Radical Care Week at Tampere University. Presented on prefigurative pedagogy + tactical urbanism, and (with Zeynep Kaynar) on sustainable practices & radical care.
Practising democracy means making space for many voices — a practice of radical care. Feeling inspired. :)
Practising democracy means making space for many voices — a practice of radical care. Feeling inspired. :)
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🎭 #DemocraticTransformations No.20
🌎 @turkanfirinci.bsky.social argues that by embodying #HannahArendt’s ideas of freedom and action, 🪧 youth #ClimateActivists are transforming utopias from rigid blueprints into living practices of collective possibility.
👉 bit.ly/3IPFXUF
🌎 @turkanfirinci.bsky.social argues that by embodying #HannahArendt’s ideas of freedom and action, 🪧 youth #ClimateActivists are transforming utopias from rigid blueprints into living practices of collective possibility.
👉 bit.ly/3IPFXUF
🎭 Youth climate activism prefigures just futures, not distant utopias
Despite widespread political inertia in responding to the climate crisis, youth climate activists are reshaping politics. Turkan Firinci Orman argues that by embodying Hannah Arendt’s ideas of freedom...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🎭 #DemocraticTransformations No.20
🌎 @turkanfirinci.bsky.social argues that by embodying #HannahArendt’s ideas of freedom and action, 🪧 youth #ClimateActivists are transforming utopias from rigid blueprints into living practices of collective possibility.
👉 bit.ly/3IPFXUF
🌎 @turkanfirinci.bsky.social argues that by embodying #HannahArendt’s ideas of freedom and action, 🪧 youth #ClimateActivists are transforming utopias from rigid blueprints into living practices of collective possibility.
👉 bit.ly/3IPFXUF
Street photos from Rabat, Morocco by T.Orman
August 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Street photos from Rabat, Morocco by T.Orman
✨ Honoured to co-organise a joint session at #ISAForum2025 in Rabat with RC53 & RC04!
Our panel on Multispecies Pedagogies for the Anthropocene reimagined justice in early childhood ed through bold, relational, and ecological lenses. 🌱
Also met some stunning nonhuman locals on campus 🌵🌻🪷
Our panel on Multispecies Pedagogies for the Anthropocene reimagined justice in early childhood ed through bold, relational, and ecological lenses. 🌱
Also met some stunning nonhuman locals on campus 🌵🌻🪷
August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
✨ Honoured to co-organise a joint session at #ISAForum2025 in Rabat with RC53 & RC04!
Our panel on Multispecies Pedagogies for the Anthropocene reimagined justice in early childhood ed through bold, relational, and ecological lenses. 🌱
Also met some stunning nonhuman locals on campus 🌵🌻🪷
Our panel on Multispecies Pedagogies for the Anthropocene reimagined justice in early childhood ed through bold, relational, and ecological lenses. 🌱
Also met some stunning nonhuman locals on campus 🌵🌻🪷
My new piece: “Experiential Learning in a Multicultural Online Space: ‘My Digital Self’—Avatar Design Workshop”. See how Finnish & Japanese youths design avatars discussing identity & gender.
🧡 A playful yet powerful journey in intercultural empathy. doi.org/10.1007/s416...
🧡 A playful yet powerful journey in intercultural empathy. doi.org/10.1007/s416...
Experiential Learning in a Multicultural Online Space: ‘My Digital Self’—Avatar Design Workshop - Journal of Formative Design in Learning
This paper reports on the design and implementation of the ‘My Digital Self: Avatar Design Workshop’, an experiential initiative aimed at fostering multicultural and collaborative learning among youth...
link.springer.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My new piece: “Experiential Learning in a Multicultural Online Space: ‘My Digital Self’—Avatar Design Workshop”. See how Finnish & Japanese youths design avatars discussing identity & gender.
🧡 A playful yet powerful journey in intercultural empathy. doi.org/10.1007/s416...
🧡 A playful yet powerful journey in intercultural empathy. doi.org/10.1007/s416...
Full article: A conceptual model for youth-led urban utopias: leveraging critical environmental pedagogies for sustainable futures www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A conceptual model for youth-led urban utopias: leveraging critical environmental pedagogies for sustainable futures
Neoliberal urban planning often marginalizes youth participation, limiting their potential to shape sustainable urban futures. This study presents a conceptual model and introduces a pedagogically ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Full article: A conceptual model for youth-led urban utopias: leveraging critical environmental pedagogies for sustainable futures www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🍁 My new essay is out! 🍁
How can we teach climate literacy, which really matters?
★ Youth lived experiences across 3 countries
★ Pedagogical insights for climate education
★ Published in Climate Literacy in Education
🔗 doi.org/10.24926/cle...
How can we teach climate literacy, which really matters?
★ Youth lived experiences across 3 countries
★ Pedagogical insights for climate education
★ Published in Climate Literacy in Education
🔗 doi.org/10.24926/cle...
April 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🍁 My new essay is out! 🍁
How can we teach climate literacy, which really matters?
★ Youth lived experiences across 3 countries
★ Pedagogical insights for climate education
★ Published in Climate Literacy in Education
🔗 doi.org/10.24926/cle...
How can we teach climate literacy, which really matters?
★ Youth lived experiences across 3 countries
★ Pedagogical insights for climate education
★ Published in Climate Literacy in Education
🔗 doi.org/10.24926/cle...
-Purple day-
April 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
-Purple day-
Springish - by T.Orman
April 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Springish - by T.Orman
Thrilled to share my latest article in Environmental Education Research:
"A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Urban Utopias: Leveraging Critical Environmental Pedagogies for Sustainable Futures"
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3QZGM...
#UrbanUtopia #SustainableFutures #EnvironmentalEducation
"A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Urban Utopias: Leveraging Critical Environmental Pedagogies for Sustainable Futures"
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3QZGM...
#UrbanUtopia #SustainableFutures #EnvironmentalEducation
A conceptual model for youth-led urban utopias: leveraging critical environmental pedagogies for sustainable futures
Neoliberal urban planning often marginalizes youth participation, limiting their potential to shape sustainable urban futures. This study presents a conceptual model and introduces a pedagogically ...
www.tandfonline.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thrilled to share my latest article in Environmental Education Research:
"A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Urban Utopias: Leveraging Critical Environmental Pedagogies for Sustainable Futures"
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3QZGM...
#UrbanUtopia #SustainableFutures #EnvironmentalEducation
"A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Urban Utopias: Leveraging Critical Environmental Pedagogies for Sustainable Futures"
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3QZGM...
#UrbanUtopia #SustainableFutures #EnvironmentalEducation
🌍My New Publication: Towards Multispecies Pedagogies is out! What if early childhood education wasn’t just about shaping human futures—but about fostering collective futures across species? www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5ZW75...
Towards multispecies pedagogies: seeking collective agency in early childhood education
In the Anthropocene era, conventional pedagogies characterised by individualistic and linear approaches are considered insufficient for ensuring sustainable futures in light of climate change, zoon...
www.tandfonline.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🌍My New Publication: Towards Multispecies Pedagogies is out! What if early childhood education wasn’t just about shaping human futures—but about fostering collective futures across species? www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5ZW75...
Turku-Riverside by T.Orman
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Turku-Riverside by T.Orman
"Random Blue" by T.Orman
March 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"Random Blue" by T.Orman
Just out! 📢 My latest article on early youth, everyday activism & liminal political positioning in Bulgaria. How do young people learn to be environmental subjects? 🌍✨
Read here: www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/... #YouthActivism #EnvironmentalCitizenship #LiminalPolitics
Read here: www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/... #YouthActivism #EnvironmentalCitizenship #LiminalPolitics
Everyday Activism Performances and Liminal Political Positionings of Early Youth in Bulgaria: Learning to Be Environmental Subjects
Research on climate activism has predominantly focused on affluent regions of the Global North, often emphasizing public participation and protest while overlooking the experiences of youth in other c...
www.mdpi.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just out! 📢 My latest article on early youth, everyday activism & liminal political positioning in Bulgaria. How do young people learn to be environmental subjects? 🌍✨
Read here: www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/... #YouthActivism #EnvironmentalCitizenship #LiminalPolitics
Read here: www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/... #YouthActivism #EnvironmentalCitizenship #LiminalPolitics
Ice & fire by T.Orman
February 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ice & fire by T.Orman
"Rembrandt Light" – a moment captured at Tampere Kauppahalli, where shadows and highlights play in quiet harmony. The timeless glow of the marketplace meets the depth of chiaroscuro - a nod to history, framed in the present. 🌟📷 #photodaily
February 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"Rembrandt Light" – a moment captured at Tampere Kauppahalli, where shadows and highlights play in quiet harmony. The timeless glow of the marketplace meets the depth of chiaroscuro - a nod to history, framed in the present. 🌟📷 #photodaily
Reposted by Dr. Turkan Firinci Orman
Ornithological society Birdlife Finland says some migratory birds have arrived in Finland exceptionally early.
Mild winter draws first migratory birds back
Ornithological society Birdlife Finland says some migratory birds have arrived in Finland exceptionally early.
yle.fi
February 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ornithological society Birdlife Finland says some migratory birds have arrived in Finland exceptionally early.
Reposted by Dr. Turkan Firinci Orman
Volunteers are set to continue cleaning the town's shoreline on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hanko shore cleanup effort continues
Volunteers are set to continue cleaning the town's shoreline on Tuesday and Wednesday.
yle.fi
February 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Volunteers are set to continue cleaning the town's shoreline on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Reposted by Dr. Turkan Firinci Orman
The company banned fast fashion last autumn, citing sustainability concerns.
Porvoo flea market bans fast fashion
The company banned fast fashion last autumn, citing sustainability concerns.
yle.fi
February 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The company banned fast fashion last autumn, citing sustainability concerns.
Reposted by Dr. Turkan Firinci Orman
A very clear statement of what is happening to science right now.
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
'Unprecedented': White House moves to control science funding worry researchers
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A very clear statement of what is happening to science right now.
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
Reposted by Dr. Turkan Firinci Orman
Call for articles: "Embracing ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) Values to Navigate an Uncertain Future."
Abstracts due by 1 March.
ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ge...
Abstracts due by 1 March.
ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ge...
Call for Papers: Embracing ECEC Values to Navigate an Uncertain Future
| Global Education Review
ger.mercy.edu
February 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Call for articles: "Embracing ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) Values to Navigate an Uncertain Future."
Abstracts due by 1 March.
ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ge...
Abstracts due by 1 March.
ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ge...
"Bending the fabric of time" - Photo credit @ T. Orman
February 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Bending the fabric of time" - Photo credit @ T. Orman