Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My research mainly focuses on gender, class and selfhood in contemporary feminist lifeworlds in metropolitan India. I also study social activism and senses of belonging in Finland.
My teaching areas include ethnography, gender and sexuality, class, and whiteness studies.
Education information
PhD Candidate, Gender Studies, University of Helsinki. 2017–
MSc, Asian Studies (South Asia track), Lund University. 2016.
BA, Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 2012.
Fields of Science
- 5141 Sociology
- India
- Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Class
- Privilege Studies
- Urban Studies
- Trans Studies
- Whiteness
- Research Ethics
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‘A Woman’, ‘as a Woman’, What Do You Mean? Feminist ethnography, transgender studies and the uses of not passing
Harju, O., 2 Dec 2021, In: SQS : Suomen queer-tutkimuksen seuran lehti. 15, 1-2, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Women and Maids: Perceptions of domestic workers, housework and class among young, progressive, middle-to upper-class women in Delhi
Harju, O., 2017, Lund, Sweden: Lund University, p. 1-66, 66 p. (Working Papers in Contemporary Asian Studies; no. 55).Research output: Working paper › Scientific
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Remapping the Feminist Global
Otso Harju (Speaker: Presenter)
21 Jul 2022 → 23 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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International Graduate Workshop on Civil Resistance
Otso Harju (Attendee)
5 Oct 2021 → 7 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Entering academia from the side
Otso Harju (Chair of organizing committee) & Maranatha Wahlang (Member of organizing committee)
8 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Sosiologipäivät 2021
Otso Harju (Member of organizing committee)
11 Mar 2021 → 12 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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What 'disobedience' counts, anyway? Some ethical idioms
Otso Harju (Speaker)
12 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation