Marian Tumanyan

MA
Project Manager and Doctoral Researcher
Arts-based research, psychology, pedagogy, children, wellbeing, forced migration

Values, Ideologies and Social Contexts of Education
Faculty of Education and Psychology

Global education and gender studies
Faculty of Education and Psychology

Marian Tumanyan

My educational background is in pedagogy and psychology, and I have always had an interest in arts. My doctoral research explores how arts-based methods can be used when working with children on sensitive topics. Many times, it’s difficult to express traumatic events through words or talk about taboo issues. I am exploring how arts come in the place where words are insufficient, and how each component in the artmaking process matters. I use participatory arts-based activities to collect data with children. I have done arts-based projects with children in Finland and in Armenia.
Education and arts are my passions, so I aim to impact children’s and education specialists’ lives by my research.

Research interests

  • Arts-based research
  • Education
  • Psychology
  • Sensitive topics
  • Children
  • Forced migration

Researcher information

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Contact information

E-mail

marian.tumanyan@oulu.fi

Phone number

+358 45 6647888