Raisa Foster is a multidisciplinary artist and scholar. Dr. Raisa Foster has focused on the questions of social and ecological justice and sustainable life orientation for the past several years. She holds the titles of associate professor in dance pedagogy (University of the Arts Helsinki) and in social pedagogy, especially artistic research and practice (University of Eastern Finland). Originally a dance practitioner, Foster combines her expertise in body and movement with the possibilities of digital media, creating accessible but sensuously, emotionally, and cognitively stimulating total works of art. Her performances, media works, installations, and drawings have been exhibited in Finland and abroad. She has written several academic articles on the topics of otherness, interdependence, recognition, imagination, care, and ecosocialization in the context of contemporary art, dance, and ecosocial education. raisafoster.com.