Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Education information
Title of Docent (habilitation) of East Asian Studies, specifically Urban Studies, Department of Philosophy, Political Science and Contemporary History, University of Turku.
Title of Docent (habilitation) of Art History and Asian Studies, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki.
PhD in Art History, University of Helsinki (2011)
MA in East Asian Studies, University of Helsinki (2005)
External positions
the Title of Docent, East Asian Studies / Urban Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku
3 Jun 2020 → …
Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
17 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2018
Affiliated Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University
1 Nov 2015 → 3 Oct 2016
Fields of Science
- 6132 Visual arts and design
- Art history
- Contemporary art
- Environmental art
- Public art
- Urban creativity
- East and Southeast Asian contemporary art
- East and Southeast Asian environmental art
- East and Southeast Asian urban creativity
- 5200 Other social sciences
- Urban Studies
- Civil Society
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Contemporary Arts in and for Civil Society
Valjakka, M., 2023, Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia. Hansson, E. & Weiss, M. L. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 45-64 20 p. (Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Layers of (In)Visible Resilience: Art, Women, and Homelessness in Japan.
Valjakka, M., 2022, In: Critical Asian Studies. 54, 3, p. 348-373 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Special Issue: Shifting Undergrounds in East and Southeast Asia
Valjakka, M. (ed.), 2021, Abingdon: Taylor & Francis. 1 p. (Cultural Studies; vol. 35, no. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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From Material Ephemerality to Immaterial Permanency: The disCONNECT Exhibition and the Realms of Interactive Immersiveness
Valjakka, M., 2021, In: Nuart journal. 3, 1, p. 120-133 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Arts and ecosystems: Building towards “cultural resilience” in Indonesia
Valjakka, M., 2020, Forces of Art: Perspectives from a Changing World. Kuoni, C., Baltà Portolés, J., Khan, N. N. & Moses, S. (eds.). Amsterdam: Valiz, p. 131-160 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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SHADES OF GREEN: Reconfiguring Interrelations of Cityscape and Nature through Environmental Art in Asia
01/01/2020 → …
Project: Research project
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Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta - Kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa
Airaksinen, T., Sinkkonen, E. & Valjakka, M.
01/12/2012 → 08/02/2016
Project: Research project
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East Asian Urban Art - self-expression through visual images in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul
01/09/2012 → 30/08/2015
Project: Research project
Prizes
Activities
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Cultural Studies (Journal)
Minna Valjakka (Reviewer)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of special theme number
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Contesting and Gendering Civic Futures through Urban Creativity
Minna Valjakka (Speaker)
Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Transcribed Flows and Arrhythmias: Chinese Writing Cultures from Stone Inscriptions to Contemporary Graffiti.
Minna Valjakka (Speaker)
Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Ways of Working and Sustainability
Minna Valjakka (Speaker)
Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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NUART Journal (Journal)
Minna Valjakka (Reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of special theme number
Press/Media
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The Nordic Asia Podcast, “Creative Engagement in Urban Spaces of East Asia with Minna Valjakka.”
13/11/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media