Activities

Activities 2023

Conference presentations

Wang, Q., & Kumpulainen, K. (2023, March). Augmented reality contributing to a media edu-cology for immersive learning about the life of bees. A paper presented at the Global Media Education Summit, Vancouver, Canada.

Kumpulainen, K., Renlund, J., Byman, J., & Wong, C. C. (2023, April). Children’s augmented storying with trees: A Relational inquiry. A paper presented at the Annual American Research Association (AERA) Conference, Chicago, USA.

Hilli, C. Jusslin, S. Korpinen, K., Renlund, J., Byman, J., Svenlin, M. Nordström, A Höglund, H. Åkerholm, K., Pastuhov, A. (2023, April). Symposium: Post-approaches to education and teacher education. Nofa 9 Conference, Vasa, Finland.

Byman, J., Renlund, J., Kumpulainen, K., Wong, C. & Renhaw, P. (2023, May). Speculative spaces: Children exploring socio-ecological worlds with mythical nature spirits. Sustainability Science Days 2023. Helsinki, Finland.

Byman, J. & Renlund, J. (2023, October). Lingering with multispecies kin: Re-turning to affective encounters of children, amphibians and invertebrates. (Un)Common Worlds III – Navigating and Inhabiting Biodiverse Anthropocenes. University of Oulu, Finland.

Invited talks

Kumpulainen, K., Byman, J., Renlund, J., & Wong, C. C. (2023, November). Playful research on children’s ecological imagination with augmented storying. Invited talk. School of Education, University of Exeter, UK.

Seminars and webinars

Byman, J. and Renlund, J. (2023, March). Kuritonta tarinoiden luomista aistien kautta. Workshop for teachers in Early Childhood Education. (Organizer: LAUREA-ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland).

Vartiainen, J., Renlund, J., & Byman, J. (2023, April). Mielikuvittelun voima: Tiede- ja ympäristökasvatusta lapsen kokoisesti. Webinar for teachers in Early Childhood Education. (Organizer; Regional State Administrative Agencies/AVI).

Byman, J., Renlund, J., Wong C.C., Kumpulainen, K., Vartiainen, J. (2023, March-May). Kuritonta ja kehollista tarinoiden luomista: Ekologisen mielikuvittelun työpaja varhaiskasvatuksen opettajille. Workshop for teachers in Early Childhood Education. Playful learning center, University of Helsinki.

Vartiainen, J., Renlund, J., & Byman, J. (2023, September). Mielikuvittelun voima: Tiede- ja ympäristökasvatusta lapsen kokoisesti. Webinar for teachers in Early Childhood Education. (Organizer; Regional State Administrative Agencies/AVI).

Renlund, J., & Byman, J. (2023, December). Lasten ekologinen mielikuvittelu, tunteet ja toivo ympäristökasvatuksessa. Webinar for teachers in Early Childhood Education. (Organizer; Regional State Administrative Agencies/AVI).

Hosting national and international visitors

Renlund, J & Byman, J. (2022, December). Ekologinen mielikuvittelu (presenting research to experts from the Regional State Administrative Agency in Finland). Playful Learning Center, University of Helsinki.

Renlund, J & Byman, J. (2023, April). Ecological Imagination (research visit by Vietnamese teachers, Wise Consulting Finland). Playful learning center, University of Helsinki.

Renlund, J & Byman, J. (2022, September). Ecological Imagination (research visit by Prof. Debra Harwood). Playful learning center, University of Helsinki.

Renlund, J & Byman, J. (2022, September). Ecological Imagination (research and workshop visit by Prof. Peter Renshaw, Dr. Ron Tooth and Kirsty Jackson). Playful learning center, University of Helsinki.

Renshaw, P., Tooth, R. & Jackson, K. (2023, December). Becoming enchanted in multispecies assemblages: How the Crow, the Sea Eagle and the Bee became our teachers in an affective milieu of chanciness. Hosted by Renlund, Byman, Kumpulainen & Wong. Minerva building, University of Helsinki.

Activities 2022

Ekologinen mielikuvittelu (presentation to Finnish experts from the Regional State Administrative Agencies, early childhood education and care services ). Renlund, J & Byman, J. 16 December 2022. Playful learning center, University of Helsinki.

Flerformsstudier-Barnlitteratur och drama (course for swedish speaking teachers in early chilhood education). Workshop: Bångstyrigt berättande genom sinnen och kroppslighet. Byman, J & Renlund, J. 9 December 2022. Playful learning center, University of Helsinki.

Digioppimisen areena 2022, AR pienten lasten oppimisympäristöissä (presentation to Finnish early childhood education practitioners). Byman, J & Renlund, J.  30 November 2022. Opetushallitus, Vantaa.

Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre, Researching and enriching children’s ecological imagination for sustainable futures (presentation to Australian early childhood education practitioners). Renlund, J & Byman, J. 9 November 2022. Pullenvale, QLD, Australia.

The University of Queensland, ECHOing seminar presentation (seminar presentation). Byman, J, Renlund, J, Kumpulainen, K, Wong, C-C. 7 November 2022. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Utrecht Summer School, The Posthuman Life of Methods (led by Rosi Braidotti). Renlund, J, Wong, C-C & Byman, J. 18 August 2022 – 25 August 2022. Utrecht University (online)

NERA Conference Reykjavík 2022, Network 22, Post-approaches to Education (paper presentation) Byman, J., Kumpulainen, K.,  Renlund, J., Wong, C.C., & Renshaw, P. Speculative spaces: Children exploring socio-ecological worlds through nature myths, 31.5 – 1.6.2022, Reykjavík.

NERA Conference Reykjavík 2022, Network 22, Post-approaches to Education (paper presentation) Renlund, J., Kumpulainen, K., Wong, C. C. &  Byman, J, Stories of shimmer and pollution: Understanding child-environment aesthetic encounters in urban wilds. 31.5 – 1.6.2022, Reykjavík.

Book seminar: “Conversations sociomatérielles autour d’artefacts, interactions et spaces”. (book chapter presentation). Kumpulainen, K,  Renlund, J, Byman, J, & Wong, C-C. Trees
that invite children to story with the ‘more-than-human’ world. 29-30 April 2022. Université de Neuchâtel (online).

Kasvatus ekologisen jälleenrakennuksen aikakaudella -tapaaminen. Järjestäjät: Koneen Säätiö ja BIOS-tutkimusyksikkö. 27 April.  Kumpulainen, K, Renlöund, J, Byman, J. Researching and enriching children’s ecological imagination for sustainable futures. Lauttasaaren kartano, Helsinki.

Learning, Culture and Interventions (LECI) research community (seminar presentation), Kumpulainen, K, Byman, J, Renlund, J, Wong, C-C, Researching and enriching children’s ecological imagination for sustainable futures. 4 March 2022, University of Helsinki (online).

Activities 2021

International Society of Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2021 Annual Meeting. (Poster presentation)  Wong, C. C., Kumpulainen, K., Renlund, J. & Byman, J. (accepted) Riddle of the Spirit: Cultivating children’s ecological imagination through multiliteracies pedagogy, 7-11 June 2021, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Learning Futures conference 2021 (Workshop) Wong, C. C., Byman, J., & Renlund, J. (accepted) The Riddle of Spirit project, 7-9 June 2021, Helsinki.

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2021 Annual Meeting. (Paper presentation) Kumpulainen, K., Byman, J., Renlund, J., Wong, C. C., & Vadeboncoeur, J. (2021). Relational Entanglements of Children’s Ecological Imagination: An Investigation into Augmented Storying, 8-12 April 2021.

Literacy and Language Research Group seminar. (Opening talk) Kumpulainen, K., Wong, C. C., Renlund, J. & Byman, J. (2021). ECHOing: Enriching Children’s Ecological Imagination research group, 24 March 2021, Manchester Metropolitan University.

BIN 2021 – Designing for Play in New Nordic Childhood. (Paper presentation) Wong, C. C, Byman, J., & Renlund, J. (2021). Riddle of the Spirit: Engaging children in climate change education through a playful, imaginative and multimodal pedagogical design, 3-5 March 2021, Design School Kolding.

Nordic Research Network on Digitalising Childhoods (DigiChild) seminar. (Paper presentation) Renlund, J. Kumpulainen, K., Byman, J., & Wong, C. C. ‘From my balcony I smelled the sound of winter’: Children’s sensory aesthetic experiences in nature through digital storying (2021) 2-3 March 2021, University of Oslo.

The 2021 Groningen|Twente Winter School on Narrative, Narrative and Knowledge, Online Winter School. (Paper presentation) Byman, J., Kumpulainen, K., Wong, C.C., & Renlund, J. Children’s digital storytelling of emotionally entangled experiences with nature (2021), 18-22 January 2021, University of Groningen.

Activities 2019-2020

Ethnographic Research Methods in Childhood Studies – online seminar.  (Paper presentation) Renlund, J., Kumpulainen, K., Byman, J. & Wong, C. C. 29 October 2020. Tampere University

Visitors from South Korea (Project presentation to teachers). Wong, C-C, Byman, J. 14 November 2019. University of Helsinki.

Nordic Research Network on Digitalising Childhoods (DigiChild) conference. (Poster presentation) Kumpulainen, K., Byman, J., Renlund, J. & Wong, C. C., 4-5 November 2019, University of Helsinki.

Fortbildning: Hållbarhet inom småbarnspedagogik (project presentation to teachers). Byman, J and Renlund, J. 17 October 2019, University of Helsinki.

Educator visitors from Shanghai (presentations to teachers). China. Wong, C. C., Byman, J & Renlund, J. 30 August 2019, University of Helsinki.

 

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