Contents: Introduction: postcolonialism and the Nordic models of welfare and gender, Diana Mulina... more Contents: Introduction: postcolonialism and the Nordic models of welfare and gender, Diana Mulinari, Suvi Keskinen, Sari Irni and Salla Tuori Part I Postcolonial Histories/Postcolonial Presents: Colonial complicity: the 'postcolonial' in a Nordic context, Ulla Vuorela The Nordic colonial mind, Mai Palmberg The flipside of my passport: myths of origin and genealogy of white supremacy in the mediated social genetic imaginary, Bolette B. Blaagaard The promise of the 'Nordic' and its reality in the South: the experiences of Mexican workers as members of the 'Volvo family', Diana Mulinari and Nora RAthzel Stranger or family member? Reproducing postcolonial power relations, Johanna Latvala Historical legacies and neo-colonial forms of power? A postcolonial reading of the Bosnian diaspora, Laura Huttunen. Part II Welfare State and Its 'Others': When racism becomes individualised: experiences of racialisation among adult adoptees and adoptive parents of Sweden, Tobias HA binette and Carina Tigervall Contradicting the 'prostitution stigma': narratives of Russian migrant women living in Norway, Jana Sverdljuk Postcolonial and queer readings of 'migrant families' in the context of multicultural work, Salla Tuori 'Experience is a national asset' a postcolonial reading of ageing in the labour market, Sari Irni Licorice boys and female coffee beans: representations of colonial complicity in Finnish visual culture, Leena-Maija Rossi. Part III Doing Nation and Gender: the Civilising Mission 'At Home': Guiding migrants to the realm of gender equality, Jaana Vuori Institutional nationalism and orientalized others in parental education, Nanna Brink Larsen Whose feminism? Whose emancipation?, Chia-Ling Yang 'Honour'-related violence and Nordic nation-building, Suvi Keskinen Index.
Bookreview of The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts: Bolette Blaagaard and Iris va... more Bookreview of The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts: Bolette Blaagaard and Iris van der Tuin (Eds) London and New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014, ISBN 978-1-47257-335-3 (hbk) (276 pp.)
This article argues that the definition of the political and its role in on- and offline public s... more This article argues that the definition of the political and its role in on- and offline public spheres calls for a conceptualization that takes into account the networked connections established between lay and professional political actors, mass media and mobile media. While acknowledging the importance of popular and mass media’s impact on participatory and democratic processes, this article focuses on the cultural citizen and proposes that a rethinking of publics affords a new understanding of the idea of networks as a series of connection points fostering a dynamic and relational view on the political. We illustrate this conceptualization through a case study mapping the agonistic and antagonistic frontiers in communication in a variety of publics and counter-publics in the context of Danish minority culture and politics.
This article tells the story of how the journalistic practices of David Hamilton Jackson (1884–19... more This article tells the story of how the journalistic practices of David Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), a local of St. Croix, in the newspaper The Herald (1915–1925) produced cultural and cosmopolitan bridges in (post)colonial times and how these connections were built on cultural and journalistic practices rather than on technological advancements. Based on a critical, discursive reading of The Herald, the article argues that despite the dominant narrative of the telegraph’s cosmopolitan qualities, which is supported by its perceived neutral transmission of news between peoples and cultures, the telegraph’s neutrality, like journalism’s own ambition of objectivity, is contestable. Rather, when looking for cosmopolitan connections – understood as worldwide, cultural citizenship – and citizen journalism, the reader is urged to consider the embodied, political acts and engagements of subjects struggling to gain rights and political voice through the medium of journalism.
This article discusses the relationship between theories of photography and mobile phone footage.... more This article discusses the relationship between theories of photography and mobile phone footage. In doing so, it asks if theories of photography still apply in a technologically saturated world of imagery. Technology is an increasingly important part of viewing imagery today and enables imagery to become part of a global cultural flow, thus calling into question the physical connection between viewer and image. This article analyses what happens to that connection when not only the image but also the physical body is mediated and challenged in post-human relations, and examines the ensuing ethical implications. The author takes photojournalism and, in particular, mobile phone footage as a starting point for an exploration of the (post-human) body as evidence and sign of authenticity in the modern age of digital communications and journalism.
This article examines the relationship between citizen journalism and professional journalism by ... more This article examines the relationship between citizen journalism and professional journalism by means of a theoretical discussion combined with empirical data gathered through focus group interviews with students of international journalism. The article discusses the process and ongoing struggle within journalistic practice of keeping up the idea as well as the practice of journalistic objectivity. Working on from Schudson (2003), Schudson and Anderson (2009) and Tumber and Prentoulis’ (2003) analyses of journalistic professionalism, the article develops the idea of journalistic objectivity as it is faced with the technological advances that support citizen journalism. The interviews focus on the ways in which the students understand the tension of the changing relationship between professional journalism and citizens, brought about by citizen journalism or User Generated Content (UGC), and focus further on the question of how the students address and react to this paradigmatic shift.
Contents: Introduction: postcolonialism and the Nordic models of welfare and gender, Diana Mulina... more Contents: Introduction: postcolonialism and the Nordic models of welfare and gender, Diana Mulinari, Suvi Keskinen, Sari Irni and Salla Tuori Part I Postcolonial Histories/Postcolonial Presents: Colonial complicity: the 'postcolonial' in a Nordic context, Ulla Vuorela The Nordic colonial mind, Mai Palmberg The flipside of my passport: myths of origin and genealogy of white supremacy in the mediated social genetic imaginary, Bolette B. Blaagaard The promise of the 'Nordic' and its reality in the South: the experiences of Mexican workers as members of the 'Volvo family', Diana Mulinari and Nora RAthzel Stranger or family member? Reproducing postcolonial power relations, Johanna Latvala Historical legacies and neo-colonial forms of power? A postcolonial reading of the Bosnian diaspora, Laura Huttunen. Part II Welfare State and Its 'Others': When racism becomes individualised: experiences of racialisation among adult adoptees and adoptive parents of Sweden, Tobias HA binette and Carina Tigervall Contradicting the 'prostitution stigma': narratives of Russian migrant women living in Norway, Jana Sverdljuk Postcolonial and queer readings of 'migrant families' in the context of multicultural work, Salla Tuori 'Experience is a national asset' a postcolonial reading of ageing in the labour market, Sari Irni Licorice boys and female coffee beans: representations of colonial complicity in Finnish visual culture, Leena-Maija Rossi. Part III Doing Nation and Gender: the Civilising Mission 'At Home': Guiding migrants to the realm of gender equality, Jaana Vuori Institutional nationalism and orientalized others in parental education, Nanna Brink Larsen Whose feminism? Whose emancipation?, Chia-Ling Yang 'Honour'-related violence and Nordic nation-building, Suvi Keskinen Index.
Bookreview of The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts: Bolette Blaagaard and Iris va... more Bookreview of The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts: Bolette Blaagaard and Iris van der Tuin (Eds) London and New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014, ISBN 978-1-47257-335-3 (hbk) (276 pp.)
This article argues that the definition of the political and its role in on- and offline public s... more This article argues that the definition of the political and its role in on- and offline public spheres calls for a conceptualization that takes into account the networked connections established between lay and professional political actors, mass media and mobile media. While acknowledging the importance of popular and mass media’s impact on participatory and democratic processes, this article focuses on the cultural citizen and proposes that a rethinking of publics affords a new understanding of the idea of networks as a series of connection points fostering a dynamic and relational view on the political. We illustrate this conceptualization through a case study mapping the agonistic and antagonistic frontiers in communication in a variety of publics and counter-publics in the context of Danish minority culture and politics.
This article tells the story of how the journalistic practices of David Hamilton Jackson (1884–19... more This article tells the story of how the journalistic practices of David Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), a local of St. Croix, in the newspaper The Herald (1915–1925) produced cultural and cosmopolitan bridges in (post)colonial times and how these connections were built on cultural and journalistic practices rather than on technological advancements. Based on a critical, discursive reading of The Herald, the article argues that despite the dominant narrative of the telegraph’s cosmopolitan qualities, which is supported by its perceived neutral transmission of news between peoples and cultures, the telegraph’s neutrality, like journalism’s own ambition of objectivity, is contestable. Rather, when looking for cosmopolitan connections – understood as worldwide, cultural citizenship – and citizen journalism, the reader is urged to consider the embodied, political acts and engagements of subjects struggling to gain rights and political voice through the medium of journalism.
This article discusses the relationship between theories of photography and mobile phone footage.... more This article discusses the relationship between theories of photography and mobile phone footage. In doing so, it asks if theories of photography still apply in a technologically saturated world of imagery. Technology is an increasingly important part of viewing imagery today and enables imagery to become part of a global cultural flow, thus calling into question the physical connection between viewer and image. This article analyses what happens to that connection when not only the image but also the physical body is mediated and challenged in post-human relations, and examines the ensuing ethical implications. The author takes photojournalism and, in particular, mobile phone footage as a starting point for an exploration of the (post-human) body as evidence and sign of authenticity in the modern age of digital communications and journalism.
This article examines the relationship between citizen journalism and professional journalism by ... more This article examines the relationship between citizen journalism and professional journalism by means of a theoretical discussion combined with empirical data gathered through focus group interviews with students of international journalism. The article discusses the process and ongoing struggle within journalistic practice of keeping up the idea as well as the practice of journalistic objectivity. Working on from Schudson (2003), Schudson and Anderson (2009) and Tumber and Prentoulis’ (2003) analyses of journalistic professionalism, the article develops the idea of journalistic objectivity as it is faced with the technological advances that support citizen journalism. The interviews focus on the ways in which the students understand the tension of the changing relationship between professional journalism and citizens, brought about by citizen journalism or User Generated Content (UGC), and focus further on the question of how the students address and react to this paradigmatic shift.
This chapter explores the particular embodied iconicity of digital imagery. The chapter analyses ... more This chapter explores the particular embodied iconicity of digital imagery. The chapter analyses and discusses imagery of the Black Lives Matter movement. The chapter is part of the book Visual political Communication, which is edited by Anastasia Veneti, Daniel Jackson, and Darren G. Lilleker.
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