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Lögdberg, U., Öhlander, M., Lindgren, E.-C. & Nilsson, B. (2024). Social, spatial and material conditions for mattering: newly arrived young migrants’ possibilities to matter in everyday life in a Swedish school. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Social, spatial and material conditions for mattering: newly arrived young migrants’ possibilities to matter in everyday life in a Swedish school
2024 (English)In: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, ISSN 1103-3088, E-ISSN 1741-3222Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Mattering as a central part of well-being has not been studied in the context of newly arrived young migrants in Swedish schools. Neither have studies on mattering included material and spatial conditions. This article draws on data collected from ethnographic fieldwork to address this. The theoretical contribution is based on the combination of the concept of mattering with Ahmed's feminist and postcolonial theory of orientation and a critical view of lived experience as social and bodily orientation devices. Combining these theoretical frameworks, we explore social, spatial and material conditions for mattering in newly arrived youths' everyday school lives. The overall outcome of our analysis illustrates that mattering is not only a question of social relations but also related to spatial and material dimensions. A conclusion is that Swedishness as an unspoken norm of whiteness is ‘built into the walls’ of Swedish schools and that (in)directly discriminates newly arrived young migrants.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2024
Keywords
Ethnography, mattering, materiality, orientation, spatiality, well-being, young migrants
National Category
International Migration and Ethnic Relations Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-219708 (URN)10.1177/11033088231220233 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-01-17 Created: 2024-01-17 Last updated: 2024-01-17
Lögdberg, U., Öhlander, M. & Nilsson, B. (2023). Everyday navigation between adaptation and resistance: how young people negotiate their well-being in relation to assigned migrant positions in school. PLOS ONE, 18(2), Article ID e0279762.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Everyday navigation between adaptation and resistance: how young people negotiate their well-being in relation to assigned migrant positions in school
2023 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 18, no 2, article id e0279762Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Concerning the so-called "refugee crisis" in 2015 and how it affected the position of young migrants in society, researchers have underscored the value of studies challenging one-sided images of migrant youth. This study examines how migrant positions are constituted, negotiated, and related to young people's well-being. The study was undertaken using an ethnographic approach combined with the theoretical concept of translocational positionality to acknowledge how positions are created through historical and political processes and, at the same time, are context-dependent over time and space and thus contain incongruities. Our findings show how the newly arrived youth used multiple ways to navigate the school's everyday life and ascribed migrant positions to achieve well-being as illustrated through the distancing, adapting, defense, and the contradictory positions. Based on our findings, we understand the negotiations that occur in forming migrant positions within the school as asymmetric. At the same time, the youths' diverse and often contradictory positionality showed in various ways the striving for increased agency and well-being.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023
National Category
Ethnology Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Research subject
Public health
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-206137 (URN)10.1371/journal.pone.0279762 (DOI)36795672 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85148302386 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Halmstad University
Available from: 2023-03-29 Created: 2023-03-29 Last updated: 2023-04-03Bibliographically approved
Lundgren, A. S. & Nilsson, B. (2023). "For the good of the village": volunteer initiatives and rural resilience. Journal of Rural Studies, 102, Article ID 103104.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"For the good of the village": volunteer initiatives and rural resilience
2023 (English)In: Journal of Rural Studies, ISSN 0743-0167, E-ISSN 1873-1392, Vol. 102, article id 103104Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

As a consequence of cutbacks in the welfare sector, rural populations have reacted to their situation by taking over and operating activities that are threatened by closures, such as schools, grocery stores and health centres, for themselves. Such initiatives are often referred to as examples of rural resilience. Drawing on interviews, this paper explores participants' narratives about rural initiatives aiming to retain and develop local welfare and community services. It pays specific heed to how notions of resilience reside within the narratives – the ideological convictions and challenges they entail, and the practices they make (im)possible. The study shows that participants’ narratives about resilient villages and initiatives indirectly support the neoliberal rural policy focus on regional responsibility to create growth. It argues that, in order to understand the appeal of the neoliberal positions and practices that resilience thinking proved to entail, it is important to recognise the intersections of space and identity, and to explore the local spatial experiences and imageries in relation to which resilience practices appear desirable and necessary, as well as the specific rural identities that resilience discourse supports.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2023
Keywords
Rural resilience, Rural identity, Volunteering, Entrepreneurialism, Neoliberalism
National Category
Ethnology
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-213833 (URN)10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103104 (DOI)2-s2.0-85168850942 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2023-08-30 Created: 2023-08-30 Last updated: 2023-09-06Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, B. & Carlsson, E. (2023). "Man vrider och vänder på vad museerna ska vara": Den nya museologin och reflexiva museer i postsanningens tidevarv. RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift (1), 14-29
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"Man vrider och vänder på vad museerna ska vara": Den nya museologin och reflexiva museer i postsanningens tidevarv
2023 (Swedish)In: RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, ISSN 0035-5267, E-ISSN 2002-3863, no 1, p. 14-29Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

”You twist and turn the meanings of museums” - The New Museology and Refl xive Museumsin the Era of Post-truth

With the ‘new museology’ in the 1990s, a paradigmshift took place, and more critical and reflexivemuseology emerged. Characteristic of this wasan increased focus on the museum activities themselves,their conditions, practices and ideologicalconsequences. This paper examines the effects thatthe new museology has had on Swedish museums,especially in the light of the era of post-truth thathas led to a questioning of traditional authorities,including museums. What forms of ideal ofknowledge, ambitions and reflexivity characterizemuseums of today? What does the new museologymean in relation to the era of post-truth? The study is based on qualitative interviews withSwedish museum directors, and the findings showthat they apply different forms of reflexivity todescribe the museums’ activities (epistemological,ontological and critical reflexivity). The findingsalso illustrate that the reflexive museology is problematicin relation to the era of post-truth, becauseit can reinforce the tendencies that it claimsto counteract.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien, 2023
Keywords
postsanning, reflexivitet, kunskapsideal, normkritik
National Category
Cultural Studies
Research subject
museology; Ethnology; media and communication studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-206740 (URN)
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2023-04-17 Created: 2023-04-17 Last updated: 2023-04-17
Carlsson, E., Carbin, M. & Nilsson, B. (2023). Restoring trust? Public communication from Swedish universities about the post-truth crisis. Critical Studies in Education, 64(5), 497-514
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Restoring trust? Public communication from Swedish universities about the post-truth crisis
2023 (English)In: Critical Studies in Education, ISSN 1750-8487, E-ISSN 1750-8495, Vol. 64, no 5, p. 497-514Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this paper, we engage with five Swedish universities’ discursive articulation of, and responses to, an alleged post-truth crisis in communication, aimed at the public. Taking discourse theory as our point of departure, the aim is to analyse how universities are trying to maintain or restore trustworthiness against a backdrop of problems with fact resistance, fake news, and mistrust in academic institutions. The dilemma for universities is how to counteract post-truth without falling into the trap of returning to a realist paradigm, with its strict notions of truth and objectivity. The paper shows how public events are characterised by a crisis rhetoric, a dislocation, together with imaginaries of both external and internal threats of disorder, which convey a narrow and simplified understanding of scientific knowledge as objective and neutral. ‘Defenders of truth’ seem to foreclose any discussion by deeming knowledge relativism an irrational and dangerous position that fuels arguments claiming a truth crisis. A conclusion is that universities risk increasing polarisation, rather than trying to tackle problems of trustworthiness. The authors argue that, instead, universities need to be attentive to matters of democracy, power, and privilege, as well as a plurality of epistemological ideals, when discussing the so-called post-truth crisis.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2023
Keywords
post-truth, fact resistance, higher education, trustworthiness, truth crisis
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
media and communication studies; education
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-206892 (URN)10.1080/17508487.2023.2203405 (DOI)000970871400001 ()2-s2.0-85153363984 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2018-01339
Available from: 2023-04-20 Created: 2023-04-20 Last updated: 2024-01-08Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, B. (2022). An ideology-critical examination of the cultural heritage policies of the Sweden Democrats. International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS), 28(5), 622-634
Open this publication in new window or tab >>An ideology-critical examination of the cultural heritage policies of the Sweden Democrats
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS), ISSN 1352-7258, E-ISSN 1470-3610, Vol. 28, no 5, p. 622-634Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Cultural heritage is increasingly used as a political force to achieve societal goals. This is specifically noticeable in the rhetoric of right-wing nationalist parties in Europe. Cultural heritage and ‘politics of the past’ have become key tools in explicit nationalist agendas and right-wing politicians are using cultural heritage to attract disenchanted voters. But how is cultural heritage constructed through these processes? The aim of this paper is to explore the constructions and uses of cultural heritage within the Swedish nationalist party the Sweden Democrats (SD). With non-government bills formulated by the Sweden Democrats as a point of departure, the paper illustrates how an ideological fantasy is reproduced, which is based on establishing a direct connection between the party’s seemingly non-ideological ideology and ideas about an authentic Swedish cultural heritage. The latter reflects a ‘return’ to neorigorism, which refers to the belief in cultural heritage as an objective, given, and non-negotiable, phenomenon.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2022
Keywords
Cultural heritage, Ideological fantasy, Sweden Democrats, Dis-identification
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-192717 (URN)10.1080/13527258.2022.2042718 (DOI)000763245700001 ()2-s2.0-85126014556 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2018-01339
Available from: 2022-02-23 Created: 2022-02-23 Last updated: 2023-03-24Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, B., Lundgren, A. S. & Holst, S. (Eds.). (2022). Formbundet, formbart!: Vänbok till Alf Arvidsson. Umeå: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, Umeå universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Formbundet, formbart!: Vänbok till Alf Arvidsson
2022 (Swedish)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Umeå: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, Umeå universitet, 2022. p. 128
Series
Etnologiska skrifter, ISSN 1103-6516 ; 76
National Category
Ethnology
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-196224 (URN)9789178558292 (ISBN)9789178558308 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-06-09 Created: 2022-06-09 Last updated: 2022-06-13Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, B. & Arvidsson, A. (2022). Inledning. In: Bo Nilsson; Alf Arvidsson (Ed.), Teori som metod: (pp. 1-7). Umeå: Umeå universitet: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Inledning
2022 (Swedish)In: Teori som metod / [ed] Bo Nilsson; Alf Arvidsson, Umeå: Umeå universitet: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper , 2022, p. 1-7Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Umeå: Umeå universitet: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2022
Series
Etnologiska skrifter, ISSN 1103-6516 ; 70
Keywords
vetenskapsteori, metodologi
National Category
Ethnology Media and Communications
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-193140 (URN)978-91-7855-703-5 (ISBN)978-91-7855-704-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-03-16 Created: 2022-03-16 Last updated: 2022-03-16Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, B., Lundgren, A. S. & Holst, S. (2022). Inledning. In: Bo Nilsson; Anna Sofia Lundgren; Susanne Holst (Ed.), Formbundet, formbart!: Vänbok till Alf Arvidsson (pp. 5-11). Umeå: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, Umeå universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Inledning
2022 (Swedish)In: Formbundet, formbart!: Vänbok till Alf Arvidsson / [ed] Bo Nilsson; Anna Sofia Lundgren; Susanne Holst, Umeå: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, Umeå universitet , 2022, p. 5-11Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Umeå: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, Umeå universitet, 2022
Series
Etnologiska skrifter, ISSN 1103-6516 ; 76
National Category
Ethnology
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-196228 (URN)9789178558292 (ISBN)9789178558308 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-06-09 Created: 2022-06-09 Last updated: 2022-06-27Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, B. & Edin, K. (2022). "It has seldom been so difficult to try to dress up a sound experience in words": Technology and the Rhetoric of Sound and Music Reproduction in Hi-Fi Magazines. Puls: Journal for Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology, 7, 121-140
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"It has seldom been so difficult to try to dress up a sound experience in words": Technology and the Rhetoric of Sound and Music Reproduction in Hi-Fi Magazines
2022 (English)In: Puls: Journal for Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology, E-ISSN 2002-2972 , Vol. 7, p. 121-140Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of this paper is to explore the rhetoric of sound in high fidelity magazines, and how this rhetoric is linked to a technological discourse. Rhetoric of sound refers to the magazines’ efforts to describe sound and music experiencesin words. The aim is also to show how an identified technological discourse legitimizes a specific social order. The paper argues that the technological discourse naturalizes the link between technology and masculinity based on notions of gender differences, and that it reproduces a technological worldview in general by offering multiple positions of identification.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Svenskt visarkiv, 2022
Keywords
Technology, discourse theory, rhetoric, identification, articulation
National Category
Other Humanities
Research subject
Ethnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-192718 (URN)
Available from: 2022-02-23 Created: 2022-02-23 Last updated: 2023-02-03Bibliographically approved
Projects
Ideologiska perspektiv på en stad i omvandling. Maskulinitet, mångfald och klass i Kiruna/ Bo Nilsson [2009-00074_VR]; Umeå University
Organisations
Identifiers
ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-8206-204x

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