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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
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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

CritTed - Critical perspectives on Teacher Education and Education 

 

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). 

In addition, Ramirez is programme leader of MA Diversity Competence. Here, Ramirez is coordinator of: Professional development in diversity school (PED6040) and Intercultural education and inclusive practices (PED6041). 

 

Research proyects 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
  • Intersectionality
  • New materialism
  • Othering
  • Posthumanism
  • Postqualitative methods
  • 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
  • QeD Qualities in Education

Publications

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Kronikk Adressavisen 2022
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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

2022

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Kan jeg kalle meg norsk? Kronikk Adressavisen. 17.02.2022. Adressavisen.
    Feature article
  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Den fargeblinde skolen. Kronikk.28.09.2022. Adressavisen.
    Feature article
  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Fargeblindhet i norsk skole. Rasisme : Fenomenet, forskningen, erfaringene.
    Chapter

2021

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Epistemic Disobedience and Grief in Academia. Education Sciences. volum 11 (9).
    Academic article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Hvordan skapes utenforskap i skolen? ikke-vestlig minoritetsungdom forteller sine historier. Barndomsstudier i norsk kontekst : Tverrfaglige tilnærminger.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Kvalitet for transnasjonale elever. Et mangfold av kvaliteter i videregående utdanning.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Å lære studentene om kritisk refleksivitet gjennom lærerens pedagogiske sensitivitet i undervisningen. Læring om læring. volum 5 (1).
    Academic article

2018

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2018) Om å være farget - Betydning av hudfarge for ungdom med ikke-vestlig minoritetsbakgrunn. Ungdom, danning og fellesskap. Samfunns- og kulturpedagogiske perspektiv.
    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?. Å falle mellom to stoler. Samarbeid til barnets beste i barnehage og skole..
    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. volum 49 (2-3).
    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. 2015. ISBN 978-82-326-0989-5.
    Doctoral dissertation

2014

  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla; Solhaug, Trond. (2014) Jeg er annerledes. En diskusjon av erfaringer med å være annerledes i den norske skolen. Kompetanse for mangfold: Om utdanningens rolle og skolens utfordringer i det flerkulturelle Norge.
    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
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Kan jeg kalle meg norsk? Kronikk Adressavisen. 17.02.2022. Adressavisen.
    Feature article
  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Den fargeblinde skolen. Kronikk.28.09.2022. Adressavisen.
    Feature article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Epistemic Disobedience and Grief in Academia. Education Sciences. volum 11 (9).
    Academic article
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Å lære studentene om kritisk refleksivitet gjennom lærerens pedagogiske sensitivitet i undervisningen. Læring om læring. volum 5 (1).
    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. volum 49 (2-3).
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Fargeblindhet i norsk skole. Rasisme : Fenomenet, forskningen, erfaringene.
    Chapter
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2021) Hvordan skapes utenforskap i skolen? ikke-vestlig minoritetsungdom forteller sine historier. Barndomsstudier i norsk kontekst : Tverrfaglige tilnærminger.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2020) Kvalitet for transnasjonale elever. Et mangfold av kvaliteter i videregående utdanning.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2018) Om å være farget - Betydning av hudfarge for ungdom med ikke-vestlig minoritetsbakgrunn. Ungdom, danning og fellesskap. Samfunns- og kulturpedagogiske perspektiv.
    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?. Å falle mellom to stoler. Samarbeid til barnets beste i barnehage og skole..
    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. Kompetanse for mangfold: Om utdanningens rolle og skolens utfordringer i det flerkulturelle Norge.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • 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. 2015. ISBN 978-82-326-0989-5.
    Doctoral dissertation

Teaching

Courses

  • PED6113 - Project Development
  • 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 [Internett]. 2023-03-23.

2022

  • Lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Minority women in Norwegian academia. Nordic Educational Research Association - NERA pre-conference . Post Approaches in Education - NERA; Reykjavik. 2022-05-30 - 2022-05-31.
  • Interview
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Nav Trøndelag Unge i arbeid. Adressavisen [Avis]. 2022-02-01.
  • Academic lecture
    Chinga-Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Pedagogy of discomfort in precarious times. Nordic Educational Research Association - NERA . 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. ECER 2020: Educational Research (Re)connecting Communities . EERA – European Educational Research Association; Glasgow, Scotland. 2020-08-24 - 2020-08-28.

2019

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

2018

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

2017

  • 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 [Internett]. 2017-10-12.
  • 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 [Internett]. 2017-10-12.

2016

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

2011

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