Miranda Niittynen
MA (Western University,Women's Studies)
BA(Lakehead University, Philosophy)
Areas of Interest
Rogue Taxidermy; Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists; Animal art; Theories of alterity; Animal Studies; Ethics and bodily rights; Feminist ethnography; Experimental art and activism.
Awards
- OGS with distinction
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
Presentations and Publications
Niittynen, Miranda. "Queering Animal Acts." Reviews in Cultural Theory 6.2 (2016): 5-10.
http://reviewsinculture.com/2016/07/15/queering-animal-acts/
“Niittynen, M. “Animal Magic: Sculpting Queer Encounters through Rogue Taxidermy Art” Gender Forum 55 (2015): n.p.
http://www.genderforum.org/issues/gender-animals-animality/animal-magic-sculpting-queer-encounters-through-rogue-taxidermy-art/
Niittynen, M. "Giving Ethnographic Accounts: A Critical Feminist Window." The Word Hoard 1.4 (2015): 9-20.
Niittynen, Miranda and Clara Sacchetti. “Dancing the Drag King: The Performativity of Italian Canadian Gender,” in Reflections on Critical Multiculturalism and Dance. Eds. Clara Sacchetti, Batia Stolar, and Allana Lindgren. Wilfred Laurier Press (Forthcoming, Spring 2016).
Teaching
Course Taught: WS 4460G Queer Play: Unconventional Activism and Experimental Art
