In this blog Eva Silfver explores the recent drag queen debate in Sweden – in Swedish television (e.g. SVT Kulturnyheterna), various newspapers (e.g. Dagens Nyheter), and magazines (e.g. Amnesty Press), and asks what we can learn from it. Drag Queen … 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