Suchergebnisse

Before the crash -- The trickster in the North : in the world of colonizers and colonized -- The colonial exhibition in Tivoli : racism and colonial others -- The desire to become modern : forging of Icelandic subject -- The big bite : the economic miracle in Iceland -- Warehouse of cultural scenarios : creating the new Icelandic character -- Probably the best in the world? : engaging with Iceland's colonial past -- After the crash -- The fall from the top of the world : the economic crash in 2008 -- Even mcdonalds has left us : the hierarchies of nations -- The iceberg drifting in the sea : creating a sense of national identity during times of crisis -- The exceptional island in a world of crisis : reimaging iceland as exceptional -- All's well that ends well : the aftermath of the crash -- List of references -- Index

"This book offers a concise mapping of the concept exceptionalism, interconnecting uses of exceptionalism typically studied in isolation from each other. Associated with narratives of nationhood that understand the country in terms of uniqueness, it is a term that has been utilised by leaders and pundits eager to confirm the preparedness of the nation to face challenges. This volume crucially provides an analytical and comparative approach, investigating the meaning and uses of the concept of exceptionalism, while demonstrating the ways in which it manifests itself in different historical and geographical settings. Exceptionalism offers comparative case studies from different parts of the world, showcasing the way in which exceptionalism has come to occupy an important narrative position in relation to different nation states, including the US, the UK, the Nordic countries, various European nations and countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. An introduction to and overview of a term that has come to define the past and present identity of many nations, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, geography, cultural studies and politics"--

1. Colonial discourse and ambivalence : Norwegian participants on the colonial arena in South Africa / Erlend Eidsvik -- 2. Colonialism, racism, and exceptionalism / Christina Petterson -- 3. "Words that wound" : Swedish whiteness and its inability to accommodate minority e-experiences / Tobias Hubinette -- 4. Belonging and the Icelandic others : situating Icelandic identity in a postcolonial context / Kristin Loftsdottir -- 5. Transnational influences, gender equality, and violence in muslim families / Suvi Keskinen -- 6. Reading history through Finnish exceptionalism / Anna Rastas -- 7. Danishness as whiteness in crisis : emerging post-imperial and development aid anxieties / Lars Jensen -- 8. Bodies and boundaries / Kirsten Hvenegard-Lassen and Serena Maurer -- 9. Intimacy with the Danish nation-state : my partner, the Danish state and I : a case study of family reunification policy in Denmark / Linda Lund Pedersen -- 10. Aesthetics and ethnicity : the role of boundary-marking in contemporary Sami and Tornedalian art / Anne Heith.

With discourses of 'crisis' and 'disaster' featuring strongly in contemporary discourses on contemporary society, this book brings together critical perspectives from across the humanities and social sciences to explore the idea of 'crisis' as inherently related to power dynamics and the formation of different subjectivities and identities within the Nordic countries and globally. With chapters on media representations of crisis and the global context of crisis discourses, the crisis of national identities and their mobilization in response, and environmental crisis, as well as the interrelati.

Crisis and Coloniality at Europe's Margins: Creating Exotic Iceland provides a fresh look at the current politics of identity in Europe, using a crisis at the margins of Europe to shed light on the continued embeddedness of coloniality in everyday aspirations and identities. Examining Iceland's response to its collapse into bankruptcy in 2008, the author explores the way in which the country sought to brand itself as an exotic tourist destination. With attention to the nation's aspirations, rooted in the late 19th century, of belonging as part of Europe, rather than being classified with colonized countries, the book examines the engagement with ideas of otherness across and within Europe, as European discourses continue to be based on racialized ideas of 'civilized' people. With its focus on coloniality at a time of crisis, this volume contributes to our understanding of how racism endures in the present and the significance of nationalistic sentiments in a world of precariousness. Anchored in part in personal narrative, this critical analysis of coloniality, racism, whiteness and national identities will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in national identity-making, European politics and race in a world characterised by crisis.

Kanaríeyjar hafa sögulega séð verið áfangastaður fjöldaferðamennsku, sem hefur mótað eyjarnar verulega. Þessi grein spyr af hverju fólk frá Íslandi ferðast til Kanaríeyja og hvernig það lítur á sig í því þverþjóðlega samfélagi sem fyrirfinnst á Kanaríeyjum. Að hvaða leyti skiptir íslenskt þjóðerni máli fyrir þá sem þangað sækja og við hverja samsamar fólk frá Íslandi sig? Greinin byggir á viðtölum sem tekin voru á Íslandi og á Kanaríeyjum við fólk sem hefur búsetu á Gran Canaria og Tenerife, sem og við fólk sem ferðast til eyjanna frá Íslandi til að dveljast í styttri tíma. Sýnt er fram á að langflestir frá Íslandi hafa áhuga á að dveljast á suðurhluta eyjanna tveggja þar sem innviðir miða fyrst og fremst að því að þjónusta og mæta þörfum fólks frá Norður-Evrópu sem eru lífstílsfarendur eða ferðafólk. Bent er á að þrátt fyrir að á yfirborðinu sé fólk frá Íslandi að sækja í svipaða hluti – sól og strönd sem og oft nálægð við aðra Íslendinga – eru aðstæður þó ólíkar sem tengist m.a. efnahag, heilsu og ólíkum aðstæðum og sjálfsmynd einstaklinga. Í víðara samhengi dregur greinin athygli að ferðum Íslendinga út frá ferðaþjónustu sem hnattræns fyrirbæris sem mótar á margflókin hátt staði, sjálfsmynd, sögu og líf fólks sem
þar býr.

With the rise of populist movements of various kinds, racism has become one of the key issues debated in the present. This piece stresses the need to recognise racism as a part of the wider social and cultural contexts that populist movements operate within in Nordic countries and beyond. Populist movements' claims of not being racist gain legitimacy through discourses of race and difference that are generally not recognised as racist but seen as constituting common-sense knowledge that creates an alternative world where racist claims seem to make sense. The article discusses this through three points of emphasis: everyday racism and racist exceptionalism; the idea of prior immobility; and the continued existence of structural racism. Finally, the discussion focuses on this alternative world from the perspective of debates about migration revolving essentially around future anticipation, which become particularly salient during times of crisis.

Greinin fjallar um brjóstmyndasafn El Museo Canario á Kanaríeyjum. Mannfræðingurinn Jeffrey David Feldman hefur bent á hvernig ákveðnir safngripir verða til vegna snertingar þeirra við líkama einstaklinga og hvernig þessi tilurð gripanna er oft gerð ósýnileg í samtímanum. Greining á sögu safnkosts El Museo Canario og tilurð brjóstmyndanna varpar ljósi á sögu Evrópu sem samofna sögu annarra heimshluta í langan tíma, auk þess að vekja upp spurningar um hvað eigi að gera við muni í samtímanum sem urðu til í samhengi kynþáttafordóma eða nýlendustefnu.

People migrating to Europe in search for a new life have become increasingly visible in various ways for the last few years. The article stresses some of the weaknesses in discussions on migration to Europe, where it is often assumed that migration from the outside world has only recently been affecting Europe. The article emphasizes how classifications of people into categories such as "refugee" and "immigrant" and the naturalization of these categories, can lead to dehumanization and stark simplifications. The article approaches this through stories of three men in Brussels, Belgium who have fled difficult circumstances in their home country Niger. It also explores these issues from some Icelandic discussions.