Merja Polvinen

@MerjaPolvinen@hcommons.social
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Literary scholar, senior lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Current work on cognitive narratology, on literary self-reflection, and on speculative fiction (science fiction and fantasy).

Hiking, cycling, and the history of polar exploration and mountaineering.

#Literature #Narrative #CognitiveNarratology #SpeculativeFiction #Academic
#PolarExploration #Antarctica #Mountaineering

She/her.
Posts in English and Finnish.

Research profile:https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/merja-polvinen
EC member:https://www.thenarrativesociety.org/
Keräsin komean kimpun komealupiinia tontin reunoilta, ja vein suoraan roskiin.
Ja kysehän on haitallisesta vieraslajista, jonka hävittämiseen laki velvoittaa kiinteistön omistajalt.
Tukahduttaa kotoperäiset kasvit, tuottamalla maaperään enemmän typpeä kuin kotoperäiset niittykasvit kestää. On haitallinen myös pölyttäjähyönteisille, koska tuottaa hermomyrkkyä joka sekoittaa pörriäisten suunnistuskyvyn. 😞
Eli kerätkää kukintoja, niin paljon kuin kykenette, ennen kuin siemenet kehittyy. 😊

Hot tips from Post-Apocalyptic Life Skills panel ((fittingly?) the last panel I had a chance to see):
- You basically cannot kill Jerusalem artichokes (but they are not suitable for diabetics).
- There are collapsible looms, if you need to get migratory!
- In a pinch, you can put coconut water in an IV drip.
- No one is going to survive alone, so social skills are the most important postapocalyptic skills!
- And most importantly: you still have time to pick up knitting before the climate collapse!

#archipelacon2 #postapocalypticsurvival

Prideilla oli kivaa! Oli mukava nähdä livenä niin @menneisyytesi ja @ileoo (kuva so did happen) kuin myös todella random encounterina @personamatters (tätä en meinaa vielä uskoa oikein itsekään).
🤎🧡💛💚💙💜
#Hungary - This is what POWER OF THE PEOPLE & real #democracy looks like! >>> Pics from the Pride Parade happening today in #Budapest - after Orban banned this event. ❤️ 🇭🇺

Tietääkö kukaan milloin lainasanat tulee viimeistään palauttaa?

#KaikkiLäpätTöötätään

This has been such an amazing thread in a garbage week.

I’m still super light on Asian languages & have almost nothing from Africa, so still hit me up if you can help there!
https://wandering.shop/@Catvalente/114756307679565732

Catherynne M. Valente (@Catvalente@wandering.shop)

I need the phrase (or its equivalent in everyday casual speech) of “What the fuck” in as many languages as possible. Go.

The Wandering Shop
@menneisyytesi
Äh, jo kotimatkalla. Mutta mainiota menoa teille kaikille!

Newest publication out!

Koistinen, A.-K. ., Lähdesmäki, T., & Ylönen, S. C. (2025). Social Relations, Safety, and Acceptance—Making Meanings of Home in Children’s and Young People’s Visual Expression. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 16(1), 717-738. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2025.2.717.738

https://www.jecs.pl/index.php/jecs/article/view/1735

Social Relations, Safety, and Acceptance—Making Meanings of Home in Children’s and Young People’s Visual Expression | Journal of Education Culture and Society

Yesterday's panel on Speculative Fiction in Translation at #archipelacon2 .
@johannavain : "When your books get translated, does it feel like you're sending your children off to school?"
@magdalenahai : "It feels like I'm sending my children to outer space!!"
❤️
What they didn't tell you about the apocalypse is you'd still have to perform administrative tasks.
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#Hungary - This is what POWER OF THE PEOPLE & real #democracy looks like! >>> Pics from the Pride Parade happening today in #Budapest - after Orban banned this event. ❤️ 🇭🇺
@MiBaWi ...somehow I don't think he's going to take the news too well
Budapest LGBTQIA+ march swells into massive anti-government demonstration

Tens of thousands of protesters march through Hungary's capital as a banned LGBTQIA+ rights rally swells into a mass anti-government demonstration.

ABC News