Ásta Jóhannsdóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 247011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ásta Jóhannsdóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ásta |
| FAMILY NAME | Jóhannsdóttir |
| SIGNATURE | JÓHANNSDÓTTIR Á |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3753-5952 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Complaining while disabled
Within critical disability research, little attention has been paid to the concept of complaint in relation to disabled people. While the demand for thankfulness has been studied to some extent, it is interesting to investigate how and if the complaints of disabled people are heard. This paper explored disabled people's experiences of expressing complaints within the context of sexuality, and the reaction such complaints stirred. The experiences …
Implications of internalised ableism for the health and wellbeing of disabled young people
When conceptualising health and wellbeing among disabled people, the experience of internalised ableism must be considered. In this article, we argue that internalised ableism is indeed a health and wellbeing issue that materialises in numerous complex psychological, social and physical consequences. For theoretical grounding, we utilise critical disability studies, feminist theorising about solidarity and disability activists' concept of 'disabi…
Life Quality and Participation of Disabled Children and Young People
The LIFE-DCY research project has two aims. First, to evaluate disabled children's quality of life (QoL) as reported by themselves and their parents, and second, to locate commonalities, differences, and conflicting issues in the processes that may influence disabled children's life quality and participation. This paper describes the study design, methodology, and methods along with lessons learned. In addition various methodological and ethical …
What’s shame got to do with it? The importance of affect in critical disability studies
Affect theories have become widespread in feminist research and other critical social sciences but have just recently entered critical disability studies. This paper is an attempt to connect the two. We argue that it is important to ground theoretical discussion in empirical data and discuss how affective practices can offer a deeper, more nuanced analysis to unfold shame and other negative affects. In order to shed light on how shame may unfold,…
Body hair and its entanglement
Iceland's performance on the Gender Gap Index has been outstanding in the last nine years. It now has a reputation for being one of the most gender equal countries in the world. However, local feminist activists argue that challenges to full gender equality remain. Underlying both the dominant gender equality rhetoric and feminist activism is a neoliberal, postfeminist sensibility that all are free to choose their most preferred body practices an…
Fuck patriarchy! An analysis of digital mainstream media discussion of the #freethenipple activities in Iceland in March 2015
This article contributes to recent research on young women’s emerging feminist movements or feminist counter-publics in the digital age. The focus is on the #freethenipple protests in Iceland in 2015 organised by young women and the ensuing debates in mainstream digital news media and popular ezines. A feminist, post-structuralist perspective is adopted to analyse the discursive context in which the debates and discussions about the protest are e…
Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities
Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welc…
Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities
Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welc…
Fuck patriarchy! An analysis of digital mainstream media discussion of the #freethenipple activities in Iceland in March 2015
This article contributes to recent research on young women’s emerging feminist movements or feminist counter-publics in the digital age. The focus is on the #freethenipple protests in Iceland in 2015 organised by young women and the ensuing debates in mainstream digital news media and popular ezines. A feminist, post-structuralist perspective is adopted to analyse the discursive context in which the debates and discussions about the protest are e…
What’s shame got to do with it? The importance of affect in critical disability studies
Affect theories have become widespread in feminist research and other critical social sciences but have just recently entered critical disability studies. This paper is an attempt to connect the two. We argue that it is important to ground theoretical discussion in empirical data and discuss how affective practices can offer a deeper, more nuanced analysis to unfold shame and other negative affects. In order to shed light on how shame may unfold,…
Implications of internalised ableism for the health and wellbeing of disabled young people
When conceptualising health and wellbeing among disabled people, the experience of internalised ableism must be considered. In this article, we argue that internalised ableism is indeed a health and wellbeing issue that materialises in numerous complex psychological, social and physical consequences. For theoretical grounding, we utilise critical disability studies, feminist theorising about solidarity and disability activists' concept of 'disabi…
Life Quality and Participation of Disabled Children and Young People
The LIFE-DCY research project has two aims. First, to evaluate disabled children's quality of life (QoL) as reported by themselves and their parents, and second, to locate commonalities, differences, and conflicting issues in the processes that may influence disabled children's life quality and participation. This paper describes the study design, methodology, and methods along with lessons learned. In addition various methodological and ethical …
Complaining while disabled
Within critical disability research, little attention has been paid to the concept of complaint in relation to disabled people. While the demand for thankfulness has been studied to some extent, it is interesting to investigate how and if the complaints of disabled people are heard. This paper explored disabled people's experiences of expressing complaints within the context of sexuality, and the reaction such complaints stirred. The experiences …
Body hair and its entanglement
Iceland's performance on the Gender Gap Index has been outstanding in the last nine years. It now has a reputation for being one of the most gender equal countries in the world. However, local feminist activists argue that challenges to full gender equality remain. Underlying both the dominant gender equality rhetoric and feminist activism is a neoliberal, postfeminist sensibility that all are free to choose their most preferred body practices an…
Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities
Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welc…
Fuck patriarchy! An analysis of digital mainstream media discussion of the #freethenipple activities in Iceland in March 2015
This article contributes to recent research on young women’s emerging feminist movements or feminist counter-publics in the digital age. The focus is on the #freethenipple protests in Iceland in 2015 organised by young women and the ensuing debates in mainstream digital news media and popular ezines. A feminist, post-structuralist perspective is adopted to analyse the discursive context in which the debates and discussions about the protest are e…
Body hair and its entanglement
Iceland's performance on the Gender Gap Index has been outstanding in the last nine years. It now has a reputation for being one of the most gender equal countries in the world. However, local feminist activists argue that challenges to full gender equality remain. Underlying both the dominant gender equality rhetoric and feminist activism is a neoliberal, postfeminist sensibility that all are free to choose their most preferred body practices an…
What’s shame got to do with it? The importance of affect in critical disability studies
Affect theories have become widespread in feminist research and other critical social sciences but have just recently entered critical disability studies. This paper is an attempt to connect the two. We argue that it is important to ground theoretical discussion in empirical data and discuss how affective practices can offer a deeper, more nuanced analysis to unfold shame and other negative affects. In order to shed light on how shame may unfold,…
Life Quality and Participation of Disabled Children and Young People
The LIFE-DCY research project has two aims. First, to evaluate disabled children's quality of life (QoL) as reported by themselves and their parents, and second, to locate commonalities, differences, and conflicting issues in the processes that may influence disabled children's life quality and participation. This paper describes the study design, methodology, and methods along with lessons learned. In addition various methodological and ethical …
Implications of internalised ableism for the health and wellbeing of disabled young people
When conceptualising health and wellbeing among disabled people, the experience of internalised ableism must be considered. In this article, we argue that internalised ableism is indeed a health and wellbeing issue that materialises in numerous complex psychological, social and physical consequences. For theoretical grounding, we utilise critical disability studies, feminist theorising about solidarity and disability activists' concept of 'disabi…
Complaining while disabled
Within critical disability research, little attention has been paid to the concept of complaint in relation to disabled people. While the demand for thankfulness has been studied to some extent, it is interesting to investigate how and if the complaints of disabled people are heard. This paper explored disabled people's experiences of expressing complaints within the context of sexuality, and the reaction such complaints stirred. The experiences …
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Shame (4 works)