Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Marianna is postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and works as project planner for OLIVE-Teacher Education Without Walls. Her research focus is on hybrid pedagogies, sustainability and transformative learning. She is interested in policies and practices for sustainable university future-oriented hybrid pedagogies and the imaginaries that emerge with the use of digital technologies in teaching. Marianna's work draws from the theory of narratology, metaphor theory, the new materialist thinking and feminist studies and develops audio-visual storytelling methodologies for research and teaching.
Research interests
Audio-visual, multimodal narrative methods
Qualitative research methods, activist researher's perspectives & narratives
Hybrid web-based pedagogies, new materialisms, feminist theories
Sustainability & transformative learning
Education/Academic qualification
Education and technology, Doctorate in Philosophy, Faculty of Educational Sciences
Teaching English as Foreign Language , Master's in Teaching Methods, Hellenic Network of Open and Distance Education, Hellenic Open University
English & Greek Language & Literature , Bachelor's degree, University of Athens, Athens
External positions
member, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- digital storytelling
- narrative theory of Paul Ricoeur
- Narrative Analysis
- Qualitative research methods
- metaphor analysis
- hybrid pedagogies
- 518 Media and communications
- audio-visual methods
- hybrid media events
- Modality
- new materialism / uusmaterialismi
- 611 Philosophy
- new materialism / uusmaterialismi
- agency
- agential realism
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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NAVIGATING SPACES OF RELATIONAL RIGOR FOR EDUCATION WITHOUT WALLS IN PALESTINE – A POST-HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE ON CRAFT STORYTELLING IN THE BOUNDARIES OF COLLABORATION AND STRUGGLE
Vivitsou, M. & Janhonen-Abruquah, H., 2024, ECQI2024 Participation, collaboration and co-creation: Qualitative inquiry across and beyond divides : Congress Proceedings. Spišák, S. (ed.). European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, p. 231-239 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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A Metaphorical Analysis of Mentoring for Education without Walls in Palestine and Finland with the OLIVE International Project as a Key Example
Vivitsou, M., Hamad, F. K. M. & Janhonen-Abruquah, H., 2023, In: Education Sciences. 13, 3, 15 p., 290.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Critical Literacy in the Nordic Education Context: Insights From Finland and Norway
Veum, A., Layne, H., Kumpulainen, K. & Vivitsou, M., 2022, The Handbook of Critical Literacies . Pandya, J. Z., Mora, R. A., Alford, J. H., Golden, N. A. & Roock, R. S. D. (eds.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, p. 273-280 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Cultural heritage with digital technologies: new imaginaries through time
Vivitsou, M., 14 Oct 2022, In: OLIVE - Education Without Walls Blog.Research output: Contribution to journal › Other articles › General public
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Dealing with social sustainability matters in teacher education – Video storytelling as counterpublic
Vivitsou, M., 7 Sept 2022, In: SveaSus blog.Research output: Contribution to journal › Other articles › General public
Open Access
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Niemi: DAIA 2023-2025 VETURI
Mäkelä, J. (Project manager), Ahonen, L. V. (Participant), Gorr, N. (Participant), Karkkulainen, E. (Participant), Lavonen, J. (Participant), Myllyviita, A. (Participant), Niu, J. (Participant), Rasa, T. (Participant), Terence Yong, Y. (Participant), Turkkila, M. V. P. (Participant) & Vivitsou, M. (Participant)
01/11/2023 → 30/09/2025
Project: Business Finland
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Future school 2030
Li, B. (Principal Investigator), Liu, S. J. (Participant) & Vivitsou, M. (Participant)
Project: Research project
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OLIVE: Teacher Education without Walls – New models for STEM and Teacher Education in the Digital age
Janhonen-Abruquah, H. (Project manager), Vivitsou, M. (Participant), Kontio, H. M. (Participant), Masoud, A. (Participant), Karilainen, L. M. (Participant), Martikainen, M. K. (Participant), Lahtero, T. J. (Participant) & Heikkilä, M. (Participant)
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Other project
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SVEASUS: The Suomenlinna Project: Sustainable world heritage learning through a phenomenon based approach
Wolff, L.-A. (Principal Investigator), Schaffar-Kronqvist, B. (Participant), Kaihovirta, H. (Participant), Savijärvi, M. (Participant), Wallinheimo, K. (Participant), Mikander, P. (Participant), Slotte, A. (Participant), Aaltonen, M. (Participant), Vivitsou, M. (Participant) & Aarbakke, K. (Project manager)
15/08/2017 → 09/03/2024
Project: Research project
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Future School 2030
Niemi, H. (Project manager), Vivitsou, M. (Participant), Kallunki, V. (Participant), Niu, J. (Participant) & Li, B. (Principal Investigator)
01/09/2016 → 30/09/2018
Project: Research project
Activities
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Education without Walls - Experiences and stories of life under occupation and war in Palestine
Vivitsou, M. (Member of organizing committee)
24 Jan 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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7th European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Vivitsou, M. (Speaker: Presenter) & Janhonen-Abruquah, H. (Speaker: Presenter)
11 Jan 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Palestinian youth, video storytelling and cultural heritage
Vivitsou, M. (Chair of organizing committee)
12 Dec 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Birzeit University
Vivitsou, M. (Visiting researcher)
16 May 2023 → 2 Jun 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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NOFA9 Symposium: Sustainable World Heritage Learning through a Phenomenon-based Approach
Vivitsou, M. (Speaker: Presenter)
9 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Press/Media
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‘You understand?’ Visual Images of Craftwork from East Jerusalem and Palestine – An Exercise for Geo-ethnographers
07/06/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Stories of Learning in Forced Displacement in a Camp in Rafah
Vivitsou, M. & Al-Halabi, M.
15/04/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Where are the human rights of children in Gaza? Life under occupation and war in Palestine
07/02/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Combining mentoring and pedagogical leadership in schools - Afterthoughts
22/06/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Integrating digital technologies for learning — A complex multi-dimensional decision-making process
11/03/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media