Earlier this spring, our research group met in Malmö to work collaboratively on manuscripts-in-progress, but also to look at transcripts of interviews with data that we had not analysed before. One of these stood out for us, because it differed … Continued
Why is Shuri, the little sister of T’Challa in the Black Panther movie not perceived as a ‘new’ tech geek? That was one of the things discussed at a research seminar at the Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University, where … Continued
In a previous post on this blog, Eva Silfver discusses her ‘intellectual journey’ around ‘race’. In this post, Andreas Ottemo reflects further on what terminology to use in discussing race and racism in a Swedish context. As Eva points out, … Continued
Gender still seems to be the main focus in Swedish equality research and policies. This was also the case when, many years ago and as a ’young’ PhD-student, Eva Silfver worked at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria … Continued
Our research about contemporary geeks focuses on gender and race. Sweden has an international reputation as an anti-racist country. Yet, in contrast to their focus on gender inequality, racism, while much discussed, is seen as confined to people in Sweden’s … Continued