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Carla Ramirez

Carla Ramirez

Associate Professor
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

carla.ramirez@ntnu.no
+4773591995 +4798823937 Paviljong A, kontor 114, 1.etasje, Dragvoll
Master i Rådgivning for barn og ungdom Worldviews
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About

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Carla C. Ramirez is associate professor in Education and Pedagogical Counselling at the Department of Pedagogy and Lifelong Learning, NTNU. She has a MA in Pedagogical Counselling from Department of Education, NTNU. She has worked as school counselor and minority counselor in upper secondary schools in Norway. 

Her primary research interest is the creation of 'The Other', inspired by decolonial theory, posthuman/new material perspectives and feminist theory. Ramirez is concerned with the reproduction of Othering through intersectional perspectives on ethnicity, gender, race, materiality and the body.

Ramirez explores how discursive, social and material assemblages characterized by 'good intentions of inclusion and tolerance',  reproduce exclusion, racism and discrimination. She examines conditions of social belonging (Who belongs?), valuing social justice and recognition of diversity in all its forms, colors and materialities. 

Ramirez explores how othering and difference influence learning, well-being, and belonging. She analyses how inequality is created and reproduced through Western ideals of humanity, objectivity, neutrality, individuality, development and progress. 

In addition, Ramirez does research on educational counselling, affective processes and embodied knowledge. She has a holistic starting point, exploring how we seek belonging, coherence and meaningfulness in life. Ramirez is inspired by contemplative methods/art pedagogy, using eastern/indigenous wisdom in her teaching. She tries to make connections between knowledge traditions from East and West to promote presence, compassion, sustainability and acceptance of diversity.  

Ramirez uses feminist, posthuman, decolonial, and post-qualitative approaches to understand diversity and Othering processes in both education, school and society.

PhD:

The school don't see me! A Narrative and postcolonial study of social inequality in the Norwegian Upper Secondary, through minority students’ experiences of being different (2015). 

This PhD thesis is a study of minority students' experiences attending Upper secondary schools in Norway. I question the Norwegian cultural principle of equality, which is framed in silent assumptions of normality, hidding its positioning in Western, individualistic and middle-class discourses, often understood as 'pedagogical neutrality'.

 

Research group participation: 

QEd (Qualities in Education)

Worldviews

 

 

Teaching:

Ramirez is programme leader of MA Counselling for Youth and Children at IPL, NTNU. In this Master program, Ramirez is Course Coordinator of: Counselling in a complex society (PED6031) and Social pedagogy in a multicultural school (PED6036). 

 

Research projects 2023: 

1)  Rasialisering og nye tilhørigheter (antologi på norsk, Cappelen Damm Akademisk)

2)  Ethnography in a 1. elementary school class

3) Ethnic minority women in Norwegian academia

4) Pedagogy of discomfort in Norwegian higher education

 

 

Competencies

  • Critical and decolonial perspectives
  • Embodied knowledge
  • Feminist theory
  • Gender and ethnic diversity in eduction
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • Interkulturell rådgivning
  • Intersectionality
  • Mindfulness
  • New materialism
  • Othering
  • Posthumanism
  • Postqualitative methods
  • Rasisme
  • Tilstedeværelse

Research

Research Projects 2023:

Rasialisering og nye tihørigheter, antologiprosjekt, forskergruppe Worldviews. Redaktører Carla C. Ramirez og Ida Lyså.

Hvordan kan vi tenke rundt rasialisering og rasisme i Norge i dag? Hvilke teoretiske perspektiver kan anvendes for å forstå rasisme i en norsk kontekst, og hvordan påvirker disse perspektivene hva vi avdekker? Hvordan manifesteres rasisme på ulike nivåer (individuell, relasjonell, systemisk og diskursiv) i norske sosiale settinger? Hvordan kan rasisme i Norge forstås ved å se på oss selv gjennom andre kunnskapstradisjoner og forståelsesrammer? Med denne antologien kaster vi oss inn i disse diskusjonene med ønske om å bidra til å holde den kritiske debatten levende i dagens Norge, med nye faglige refleksjoner og oppdatert kunnskap.

Ethnography in a 1. elementary school class, led by Carla C. Ramirez, research group Worldviews

Dette prosjektet har blitt utformet gjennom forskergruppen WorldViews. Formålet er å forstå hvordan barn i en mangfoldig 1.klasse bygger relasjoner med medelever, hvordan sosial tilhørighet skapes og gjøres av barna, og hvordan praksiser av inkludering/ekskludering foregår på en interkulturell og mangfoldig barneskole. Vi er interessert i barnas sosiale hverdagsliv, samt gruppedynamikken som foregår i klasserommet og i skolegården. Målet er å avdekke inkludering/ekskluderingsmekanismer skjer, hvordan inkludering- og ekskludering i vennegrupper skapes, endres og gjenskapes blant barn, og hvordan sosial tilhørighet erfares av barna selv. Prosjektet er en etnografisk studie som blir gjennomført i en 1.klasse fra august 2021 til juni 2022. Etnografien blir gjennomført gjennom deltakende observasjoner. Observasjonsperioden strekker seg fra august til juni, to ganger i uken, hele dager, både når elevene har undervisning i klasserommet og i skolegården når elevene har friminutt.

Exploring narratives of ethnic minority women in Norwegian academia, by Carla C. Ramirez. 

Based on narrative inquiries of female foreign academics working in a Norwegian university, this study applies posthuman, decolonial, and feminist perspectives to address how assumptions of normality, objectivity, progress, neutrality, gender, and race, creates fixed notions of how to be ‘a proper academic’ in Norwegian Higher Education. 

Pedagogy of discomfort in developing higher educational student’s intercultural and diversity skills, led by Carla C. Ramirez.

This study seeks to implement a teaching program for school professionals in adult education. Aiming to develop professional’s critical social engagement, interconnectedness, intercultural competence, and social justice, the study’s research design consists of 30 students in adult education undergoing a teaching program based on the pedagogy of discomfort, coming in touch with and changing assumptions about self, others, and their interconnectedness. Pedagogy of discomfort is facilitated through processes of critically analyzing underlying premises of privileges, social positioning, and interconnections with society. This teaching program will trigger changes in student’s worldviews critically exploring assumptions and beliefs, and creating new ways of articulating, and reformulating their social positioning and experience. 

  • Worldviews

Publications

Kan jeg kalle meg norsk?

Kronikk Adressavisen 2022

Entangled with the past in Norwegian Academia

This article explores entanglements of matter, space, and temporalities in shaping academic subjectivities in Norwegian higher education.
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2023

  • Chinga Ramirez, Carla Macarena; Hoem, Irene Bisasso; Ursin, Marit; Jjunju, Charlotte; Lyså, Ida Marie. (2023) Finnes det virkelig ikke 'farge' i norsk høyere utdanning og arbeidsliv?. www.universitetsavisa.no
    Feature article
  • Ramirez, Carla. (2023) Entangled with the past in Norwegian academia. Gender and Education
    Academic article

2022

  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Den fargeblinde skolen. Kronikk.28.09.2022. Adressavisen
    Feature article
  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Fargeblindhet i norsk skole. Universitetsforlaget
    Chapter
  • Åberg, Ingvill Bjørnstad; Christensen, Erik; Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Othering in the age of “diversity”. Cultural, ethnic and racial categorisations in education policy and social studies. . Nord universitet Nord universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Kan jeg kalle meg norsk? Kronikk Adressavisen. 17.02.2022. . Adressavisen
    Feature article

2021

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Epistemic Disobedience and Grief in Academia. Education Sciences
    Academic article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Hvordan skapes utenforskap i skolen? ikke-vestlig minoritetsungdom forteller sine historier. Gyldendal Akademisk
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Å lære studentene om kritisk refleksivitet gjennom lærerens pedagogiske sensitivitet i undervisningen. Læring om læring
    Academic article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Kvalitet for transnasjonale elever. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla; Oldervik, Heidun; Saur, Ellen. (2018) Hvordan kan kunnskap om postkolonial teori gi PP-rådgivere en bedre forståelse av barn og unge med minoritetsbakgrunn?. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2018) Om å være farget - Betydning av hudfarge for ungdom med ikke-vestlig minoritetsbakgrunn. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2017

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2017) Becoming a "Foreigner": The Principle of Equality, Intersected Identities, and Social Exclusion in the Norwegian School. European Education : Issues and Studies
    Academic article

2015

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2015) Skolen ser ikke hele meg! En postkolonial og narrativ studie av sosial ulikhet i den videregående skolen gjennom minoritetselevers erfaringer av å være annerledes. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation

2014

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla; Solhaug, Trond. (2014) Jeg er annerledes. En diskusjon av erfaringer med å være annerledes i den norske skolen. Fagbokforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Chinga Ramirez, Carla Macarena; Hoem, Irene Bisasso; Ursin, Marit; Jjunju, Charlotte; Lyså, Ida Marie. (2023) Finnes det virkelig ikke 'farge' i norsk høyere utdanning og arbeidsliv?. www.universitetsavisa.no
    Feature article
  • Ramirez, Carla. (2023) Entangled with the past in Norwegian academia. Gender and Education
    Academic article
  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Den fargeblinde skolen. Kronikk.28.09.2022. Adressavisen
    Feature article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Kan jeg kalle meg norsk? Kronikk Adressavisen. 17.02.2022. . Adressavisen
    Feature article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Epistemic Disobedience and Grief in Academia. Education Sciences
    Academic article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Å lære studentene om kritisk refleksivitet gjennom lærerens pedagogiske sensitivitet i undervisningen. Læring om læring
    Academic article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2017) Becoming a "Foreigner": The Principle of Equality, Intersected Identities, and Social Exclusion in the Norwegian School. European Education : Issues and Studies
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Fargeblindhet i norsk skole. Universitetsforlaget
    Chapter
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Hvordan skapes utenforskap i skolen? ikke-vestlig minoritetsungdom forteller sine historier. Gyldendal Akademisk
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Kvalitet for transnasjonale elever. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla; Oldervik, Heidun; Saur, Ellen. (2018) Hvordan kan kunnskap om postkolonial teori gi PP-rådgivere en bedre forståelse av barn og unge med minoritetsbakgrunn?. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2018) Om å være farget - Betydning av hudfarge for ungdom med ikke-vestlig minoritetsbakgrunn. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla; Solhaug, Trond. (2014) Jeg er annerledes. En diskusjon av erfaringer med å være annerledes i den norske skolen. Fagbokforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Åberg, Ingvill Bjørnstad; Christensen, Erik; Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Othering in the age of “diversity”. Cultural, ethnic and racial categorisations in education policy and social studies. . Nord universitet Nord universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2015) Skolen ser ikke hele meg! En postkolonial og narrativ studie av sosial ulikhet i den videregående skolen gjennom minoritetselevers erfaringer av å være annerledes. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation

Teaching

Courses

  • PED6011 - Counselling and Guidance for PPT
  • PED6013 - Learning Conditions and Classroom Management
  • PED6014 - Multicultural Competence
  • PED6039 - Career guidance
  • PED6040 - Intercultural Education
  • PED6041 - Intercultural Counselling and Inclusive practices
  • PED6031 - Counseling in a Complex Society

Media

2023

  • Interview
    Chinga Ramirez, Carla Macarena. (2023) Paneldebatt i forbindelse med lansering av verktøykassa for likestilling og mangfold ved NTNU. NTNU NTNU [Internet] 2023-03-23
  • Academic lecture
    Ramirez, Carla. (2023) Assemblages of difference in a Norwegian first grade elementary school. Nordic Journal BARN 40th anniversaty conference of the Nordic Journal BARN, At critical crossroads in Nordic Childhood Studies , Trondheim 2023-08-16 - 2023-08-17
  • Lecture
    Ramirez, Carla; Ursin, Marit. (2023) Methodological considerations, challenges, and reflections around ethical issues in research on children and racism. Nordic Journal BARN 40th anniversaty conference of the Nordic Journal BARN, At critical crossroads in Nordic Childhood Studies , Trondheim 2023-08-16 - 2023-08-17
  • Academic lecture
    Ramirez, Carla. (2023) Assemblages of differences in a first-grade primary school in Norway. EERA European Educational Research Association European Conference on Educational Research, ECER , Glasgow 2023-08-21 - 2023-08-25
  • Lecture
    Ramirez, Carla. (2023) Dekolonial feminisme og dens relevans for norsk forskning. Worldviews forskergruppe Åpent seminar for SU-fakultetet, NTNU , Trondheim 2023-09-01 - 2023-09-01

2022

  • Interview
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Nav Trøndelag Unge i arbeid. Adressavisen Adressavisen [Newspaper] 2022-02-01
  • Lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Minority women in Norwegian academia. Post Approaches in Education - NERA Nordic Educational Research Association - NERA pre-conference , Reykjavik 2022-05-30 - 2022-05-31
  • Academic lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Pedagogy of discomfort in precarious times. NERA Nordic Educational Research Association - NERA , Reykjavik 2022-05-30 - 2022-06-03

2020

  • Lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Lower Expectations, Fragmentation and Misinterpretations. Ethnic Minority Women in the Norwegian Academia. EERA – European Educational Research Association ECER 2020: Educational Research (Re)connecting Communities , Glasgow, Scotland 2020-08-24 - 2020-08-28

2019

  • Lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2019) Ethnic minority women in the Norwegian academia. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Academic seminar, Center for Educational Justice , Santiago 2019-04-08 - 2019-04-12
  • Academic lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2019) Transnationalism as social belonging. AIAE - International Assosiation for Intercultural Education Another Brick in the Wall: Transforming Education , Amsterdam 2019-11-11 - 2019-11-15

2018

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Ursin, Marit; Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2018) Skoleliv og ungdomsliv: En presentasjon av elevenes tanker og opplevelser, skole 2. IPL, NTNU Erfaringskonferanse på vgs skole 2 , Trøndelag 2018-04-21 - 2018-04-21
  • Academic lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2018) Fra fokus på kulturforskjeller til blikk for mangfold og kompleksitet. Statped Midt norge Fagtorg for PP-rådgivere Midt-Norge, 2018 , Trondhim 2018-08-28 - 2019-08-29
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Ursin, Marit; Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2018) Skoleliv og ungdomsliv: En presentasjon av elevenes tanker og opplevelser, skole 1. IPL, NTNU Erfaringskonferanse på vgs skole 1 , Trøndelag 2018-04-21 - 2018-04-21

2017

  • Programme management
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2017) SEVU-PPT Nett. Nettbasert læringsressurs for PP-tjenesten. Modul/film: Interkulturell kommunikasjon. https://www.sevuppt.no/modul-1-radgivning-og-veiledning/modu https://www.sevuppt.no/modul-1-radgivning-og-veiledning/modu [Internet] 2017-10-12
  • Programme management
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2017) SEVU-PPT Nett. Nettbasert læringsressurs for PP-tjenesten. Modul/film: Etnisk mangfold i skolen . https://www.sevuppt.no/modul-1-radgivning-og-veiledning/modu https://www.sevuppt.no/modul-1-radgivning-og-veiledning/modu [Internet] 2017-10-12

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2016) “Impossible bodies” and the creation of minority students’ subjectivities in Norwegian upper secondary schools. Nordic Migration research The 18th Nordic Migration Conference, Oslo, August 11-12, 2016 , Oslo 2016-08-11 - 2016-08-12

2011

  • Academic lecture
    Chinga, Carla Macarena. (2011) Kulturmøter: Hvordan endres identiteten? Et sosiokonstruktivistisk perspektiv. Master i Samfunssfagsdidaktikk, PLU, NTNU Forelesning , NTNU, Trondheim 2011-11-09 - 2011-11-09
  • Academic lecture
    Chinga, Carla Macarena. (2011) Immigrant youth in transition: How do Skandinavian teachers reflect upon immigrant students in upper secondary school?. 7th International Citizenship conference International conference , Emory University, Atlanta 2011-05-12 - 2011-05-14
  • Academic lecture
    Chinga, Carla Macarena. (2011) Immigrant youth in transition: Collectivistic orientations in an individualistic school culture. Results from a pilot study. NERA NERA's 39th Congress - Rights and Education , Jyväskylä, Finland 2011-03-09 - 2011-03-12
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