Minna Valjakka, Senior Researcher

Publications

Research output per year 2003 2016 2023

• 22 Article
• 20 Chapter
• 4 Anthology or special issue
• 3 Book
• 6 More
  • 3 Exhibition
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Master's thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  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

  Open Access

  File

• Transcribed Flows and Arrhythmias: ‘Graffiti’ in Relation to Epigraphic and Artistic Trajectories in Today’s Mainland China

  Valjakka, M., 4 Dec 2023, Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed: Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding. Škrabal, O., Mascia, L., Osthof, A. L. & Ratzke, M. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter, p. 233-263 31 p. (Studies in Manuscript Cultures; vol. 35).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
• 2022

  Gender Borders: Contemporary Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Resistance and Resilience in Asian Cities

  Valjakka, M. (Editor), 2022, 2022 ed. London: Taylor & Francis. ( Critical Asian studies; vol. 54, no. 3)

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review

• Gendered Tonalities: Urban Publicness through Street Art and Murals by and for Women in East Asian Cities

  Valjakka, M., 2022, Socially Engaged Public Art in East Asia: Space, Place, and Community in Action. Wang, M. (ed.). Wilmington: Vernon Press, p. 23-56 34 p. (Series in Art).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• 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

  Open Access

  File
• 2021

  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

  Open Access

  File

• Special Issue: Shifting Undergrounds in East and Southeast Asia

  Valjakka, M. (Editor), 2021, Abingdon: Taylor & Francis. 1 p. (Cultural Studies; vol. 35, no. 1)

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review

• 2020

  Affective paragrounds: alternative envisionings through multidisciplinary contemporary arts in Singapore

  Valjakka, M., 2020, In: Cultural Studies. 35, 1, p. 183-209 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• 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

• Introduction: Shifting Undergrounds in East and Southeast Asia

  Valjakka, M., 2020, In: Cultural Studies. 35, 1, p. 1-26

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific

• Special section: Remapping the Arts, Heritage and Cultural Production: Between Policies and Practices in East and Southeast Asian Cities

  Valjakka, M. (Editor), Connolly, C. (Editor) & Sham, D.H.-M. (Editor), 2020, Amsterdam: Elsevier. (City, Culture and Society; vol. 21)

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review

• 2019

  Co-authoring the space: the initial Lennon Wall Hong Kong in 2014 as socially engaged creativity

  Valjakka, M., 12 Dec 2019, In: Cultural Studies. 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Cross-cultural collaboration: Modes of participation for co-creation of the urban public space

  Valjakka, M., 5 Sept 2019, Cultures of Participation: Arts, Digital Media and Cultural Institutions. Eriksson, B., Stage, C. & Valtysson, B. (eds.). Routledge, p. 51-70 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Urban Hacking: The Versatile Forms of Cultural Resilience in Hong Kong

  Valjakka, M., 5 Feb 2019, In: Urban Design International.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Worlding through gendering: Female agency, artistic practices and spatio-aesthetic dynamics in and for cities

  Valjakka, M., 16 Apr 2019, In: City, Culture and Society. 19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
• 2018

  Engagement with the urban: Visual arts as a form of cultural activism in contemporary China

  Valjakka, M. & Wang, M., 2018, Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China: Urbanized Interface. Valjakka, M. & Wang, M. (eds.). Amsterdam University Press, p. 13-31 19 p. (Asian Cities).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Translocal site-responsiveness of urban creativity in Mainland China

  Valjakka, M., 2018, Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China: Urbanized Interface. Valjakka, M. & Wang, M. (eds.). Amsterdam University Press, p. 285-315 31 p. (Asian Cities).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China. Urbanized Interface

  Valjakka, M. (Editor) & Wang, M. (Editor), 2018, Amsterdam University Press. (Asian Cities)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

• 2017

  Hacking Hong Kong: Urban Creativity as Dissidence and Participation

  Valjakka, M., 2017, In: The Newsletter of the International Institute for Asian Studies. 76, p. 40-41 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

  Open Access

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• Kaunottarista uuden kansakunnan rakentajiksi

  Translated title of the contribution: From Beauties to the Builders of New NationValjakka, M., 2017, Kielletty kaupunki: elämää Kiinan keisarien hovissa. Ginsberg, M. & Saloniemi, M.-R. (eds.). Tampere: Tampereen museot, p. 68‒74 7 p. (Tampereen museoiden julkaisuja ; no. 145).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › General public

• The Tipping Point for Alternatives in East Asian Arts

  Valjakka, M., 2017, In: The Newsletter of the International Institute for Asian Studies. 76, p. 29-30 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

  Open Access

  File
• 2016

  Claiming Spaces for Urban Art Images in Beijing and Shanghai

  Valjakka, M., 2016, Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art. Ross, J. I. (ed.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 357‒371 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Contesting Transcultural Trends: Emerging Self-identities and Urban Art Images in Hong Kong

  Valjakka, M., 2016, Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art. Ross, J. I. (ed.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 372‒387 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• East Asian Videoframes: Shades of Urbanization

  Valjakka, M., 2016

  Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Solo art production › peer-review

• Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta: kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa

  Translated title of the contribution: More than Half of the Sky: Chinese Women in History, Society and CultureAiraksinen, T. H. (Editor), Sinkkonen, M. E. (Editor) & Valjakka, M. K. (Editor), 7 Mar 2016, 2.painos ed. Helsinki: Art House. 486 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review

• Jalkojen sitominen

  Translated title of the contribution: FootbindingValjakka, M., 2016, Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta: Kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa. Airaksinen, T., Sinkkonen, E. & Valjakka, M. (eds.). Helsinki: Art House, p. 71‒75 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Jiang Qing: valkokankaalta vallan syövereihin

  Translated title of the contribution: Jiang Qing: from silver screen to the depths of powerValjakka, M., 2016, Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta: Kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa. Airaksinen, T., Sinkkonen, E. & Valjakka, M. (eds.). Helsinki: Art House, p. 95‒99 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Naistaiteilijat ja globaalin nykytaiteen haasteet

  Translated title of the contribution: Female artists and the challenges of global contemporary art sceneValjakka, M., 2016, Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta: Kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa. Helsinki: Art House, p. 347-383 37 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Toiminnan naisia

  Translated title of the contribution: Women of AgencyAiraksinen, T., Valjakka, M. & Sinkkonen, E., 7 Mar 2016, Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta: Kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa. Airaksinen, T., Sinkkonen, E. & Valjakka, M. (eds.). Helsinki: Art House, p. 11-30 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Urbaani taide ja naiset

  Translated title of the contribution: Urban art and womenValjakka, M., 2016, Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta: Kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa. Airaksinen, T., Sinkkonen, E. & Valjakka, M. (eds.). Helsinki: Art House, p. 383‒387 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• 2015

  Negotiating spatial politics: Site-responsive urban art images in mainland China

  Valjakka, M., Jul 2015, In: China Information. 29, 2, p. 253-281 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Renegotiating the Traumatizing Experiences: Re-Employing Images of Mao in Contemporary Art

  Valjakka, M., 2015, The Use of Mao and the Chongqing Model . Cheng, J. (ed.). Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Urban Art Images and the Concerns of Mainlandization in Hong Kong

  Valjakka, M., Jun 2015, Asian Cities: Colonial to Global. Bracken, G. (ed.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p. 95-122 28 p. (Asian cities).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Urbanized interfaces: Visual arts in Chinese cities

  Wang, M. & Valjakka, M., Jul 2015, In: China Information. 29, 2, p. 139-153 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
• 2014

  Contesting the levels of il/legality of urban art images in China

  Valjakka, M., 2014, In: RC. Review of cultura. 45, p. 96-118

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

• Kaid Ashton: Conflating streets, arts, and charity

  Valjakka, M., Nov 2014, Lisbon Street Art & Urban Creativity: 2014 International Conference​. Neves, P. S. & Simões, D. V. D. F. (eds.). Lisbon: Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa, p. 149-157

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

• 2013

  Itä-Aasian Videoikkuna / East Asian Videoframes

  Valjakka, M. K., 2013

  Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
• 2012

  Kiinalaisen nykytaiteen matka kansainväliseen menestykseen. Osa 1

  Translated title of the contribution: The international success of the Chinese contemporary art.Part 1Valjakka, M., 2012, In: Kiina sanoin ja kuvin.. 1, p. 16-20

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

• Kiinalaisen nykytaiteen matka kansainväliseen menestykseen. Osa 2 .

  Translated title of the contribution: The journey of Chinese contemporary art to international fame. Part 2.Valjakka, M., 2012, In: Kiina sanoin ja kuvin.. 2, p. 7-12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

• Kiinalaisen taiteen arvottamisen lähtökohtia / Starting points and changes in the evaluation of Chinese Art

  Valjakka, M., 2012, Lohikäärmeen vuosi / The Year of the Dragon. Nieminen, E. & Waernerberg, A. (eds.). Joensuu: Joensuun taidemuseo, p. 12-35 24 p. (Joensuun taidemuseon julkaisuja).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › General public

• Kiinalaisen urbaanin taiteen kulttuurisidonnaisuus

  Translated title of the contribution: The cultural contextuality of Chinese urban artValjakka, M., 2012, In: Tahiti : taidehistoria tieteenä. 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
• 2011

  Graffiti in China – Chinese Graffiti?

  Valjakka, M., 2011, In: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies. 29, 1, p. 31-61

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

• Many Faces of Mao Zedong

  Valjakka, M., 2011, Helsinki: Unigrafia.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

• Parodying Mao’s Image: Caricaturing in Contemporary Chinese Art

  Valjakka, M., May 2011, In: Asian and African Studies. 15, 1, p. 87-112

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Yang Fudongin video- ja valokuvataide: epätodellisuuden tuolla puolen?

  Translated title of the contribution: The video and photographic art of Yang Fudong: beyond the unreality?Valjakka, M., 2011, In: Taide & design. 6, p. 56-63

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

• 2010

  Performance Art at Tian’anmen

  Valjakka, M., 2010, In: Kontur : Culture, History, Politics - Tidsskrift for Kulturstudier. 12, 20, p. 19-28

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Spray Painting in China

  Valjakka, M., 2010, In: DianMo : Zeitung Leipziger Sinologie-Studenten. 10, p. 4-10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

• 2009

  Kiinalainen nykytaide, Mao ja Tiananmen

  Valjakka, M., 2009, Pekingin kevät 1989: Tiananmen ja kiinalaisen aktivismin rajat. T. R. A. T. N. J. A. V. (ed.). Helsinki: Gaudeamus, p. 120-121 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• 2008

  Idän Hollywood: elokuvan alkuvaiheet Shanghaissa

  Translated title of the contribution: Hollywood of the East – Initial Steps of Cinema in ShanghaiValjakka, M., 2008, In: Wider Screen.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

• Inciting mental terror as effective governmental control: Chinese propaganda posters during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

  Valjakka, M., 2008, Terror and the arts: artistic, literary, and political interpretations of violence from Dostoyevksy to Abu Ghraib. New York, N.Y: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 165-183 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review