Publications
Kontos, P. Bar, R.J., Grigorovich, A., Sethi, B., Changfoot, N., Skinner, M., Herron, R., Aleong, R., Norris, M., Colobong, R., Kosurko, A., Parr Vijinski, J., Dubroqua, S., Bhattacharya, N., Ng, Y., Iroanyah, N., Jabouin , E., Joseph, D. Implementing and evaluating culturally relevant dance opportunities for people living with dementia in historically excluded and racialized communities: A qualitative case study protocol. BMJ Open. (Submitted 2025, Oct 9).
Kosurko, A., Respecifying Social Inclusion in Practical Action: Mediating instructions in hybrid, online-face-to-face settings. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Helsinki, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/594415 https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/e4da8549-dd1b-49a9-8221-8e058622b3b1
Kosurko, A., Webb, J. A Touch of Companionship: Supporting Engagement in Dance Activities with People Living with Dementia. Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality. 2024; 7(3) https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v7i3.146570 https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/146570
Kosurko, A., Arminen, I. Facilitating participation in online dance class for people living with dementia. Journal of Interaction Research on Communication Disorders. 2023; 14(3): 357-385. https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.24520 https://utppublishing.com/doi/10.1558/jircd.24520
Kosurko, A., Digitaalinen tanssi ja sosiaalisen osallisuuden tukeminen dementiapotilaille ja heidän hoitajilleen: Rajat ylittävä tutkimus Kanadasta Suomeen: Finnish Pilot Phase Report. Helsinki, Finland.
Kosurko A, Stevanovic M. Beyond Utterances: Embodied Creativity and Compliance in Dance and Dementia. Social Sciences. 2023; 12(5):304. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050304
Kosurko, A., Arminen, I., & Stevanovic, M. Technological glitches and creative interactions in Sharing Dance. In Dance, Ageing and Collaborative Arts-Based Research. 2022; (pp. 110-125). Routledge.
Menec, V., Skinner, M., Kosurko, A., Herron, R., & Bar, R. (2022). 9 On the community dimensions and dynamics of Sharing Dance. Dance, Ageing and Collaborative Arts-Based Research, 126.
Kosurko, A., Herron, R. V., Grigorovich, A., Bar, R. J., Kontos, P., Menec, V., & Skinner, M. W. (2022). Dance Wherever You Are: The Evolution of Multimodal Delivery for Social Inclusion of Rural Older Adults. Innovation in Aging, 6(2), igab058.
Kosurko, A., Skinner, M.W., Herron, R., Bar, R.J., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., & Menec, V., (2021) Rural Gerontechnology. In Skinner, M.W., Winterton, R., and Walsh, K., (eds) (2021), Rural Gerontology: Towards Critical Perspectives on Rural Ageing, Routledge:
Kosurko, A., Herron, R. V., Skinner, M. W., Bar, R. J., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., & Menec, V. (2020). Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Delivery of Sharing Dance Seniors for Social Inclusion. Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 22(2), 23-37.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Kosurko, A., Bar, R.J., Herron, R.V., Menec, V., Skinner, M.W., (2020) Dancing with dementia: Exploring the embodied dimensions of creativity and social engagement. The Gerontologist.
Kosurko, A. Herron, R., Skinner, M., Kontos, P., Menec, V., & Bar, R. (2020) Improving social inclusion for Canadians with dementia and carers through Sharing Dance: Brandon Pilot Phase Reports P2, B2, B3. Trent University, Peterborough, ON.
Kosurko, A., Arminen, I., Herron, R., Skinner, M., & Stevanovic, M. (2021, July). Observing social connectedness in a digital dance program for older adults: an EMCA approach. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 393-404). Springer, Cham.