Alma Persson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3581487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alma Persson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alma |
| FAMILY NAME | Persson |
| SIGNATURE | PERSSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7715-0478 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Making Room for Women. Gender and Space at Work in the Swedish Armed Forces
This article contributes new insights into the spatiality of gender relations in military work and organizations, focusing specifically on the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). It examines the unique and longstanding practice of gender‐mixed rooms, which have served as the standard way of lodging soldiers in Sweden for decades. Drawing on a combination of in‐depth interviews, archival research, and document analysis, the study follows the process of ma…
What's in a Gland? Sexuality, Reproduction and the Prostate in Early Twentieth‐Century Medicine
This article presents a case study about how norms relating to masculinity, sexuality and reproduction were produced in relation to the healthy, ailing, or aging prostate in early twentieth century medicine. It shows how the ailing prostate tied in with norms about healthy, abnormal or illicit sexual and reproductive practices. Engaging with insights from the history of medicine, feminist science studies, and men and masculinity studies, it highl…
Awkward ethnography: An Untapped Resource in Organizational Studies
PurposeThis article explores the analytical gains of what we refer to as "awkward ethnography." How might our understanding of organizational phenomena benefit from those unexpected moments when our observations are laughed at, when our questions cause discomfort, or when we feel like a failure? While such instances seem to be an inherent aspect of organizational ethnography, they are often silenced or camouflaged by claims of intentionality. Thi…
Understanding and preventing situations of abuse in health care - Navigation work in a Swedish palliative care setting
Conscripting women: Gender, soldiering, and military service in Sweden 1965-2018
This article explores how women, men, and gender equality in the military have been debated, made sense of, regulated, and dealt with in Swedish contemporary history. It takes its empirical point of departure in 1965, when the issue of military conscription for women was first raised in Sweden, and ends with the implementation of so called gender-neutral conscription in 2018. The study is based on a wide range of sources, collected through a comb…
LGBT in the Military: Policy Development in Sweden 1944–2014
This article contributes to the growing field of research on military LGBT policy development by exploring the case of Sweden, a non-NATO-member nation regarded as one of the most progressive in terms of the inclusion of LGBT personnel. Drawing on extensive archival work, the article shows that the story of LGBT policy development in the Swedish Armed Forces from 1944 to 2014 is one of long periods of status quo and relative silence, interrupted …
Gendered Military Divisions - Doing Peacekeeping as Part of the Postnational Defence
In the turn towards a postnationaldefence, military organizations arebecoming increasingly diverse.Based on an ethnographic study of aSwedish international service unit,this article highlights tensions in theseemingly homogenous soldiercollective and shows how demarcationsof gender as well as occupation areactive in shaping military work
An Unintended Side Effect of Pepper Spray: Gender Trouble and “Repair Work” in an Armed Forces Unit
This article tells the story of how pepper spray disrupted the everyday ways of being military men in a Swedish Armed Forces unit. It aims to show how military men are done and undone in the context of a highly strenuous military exercise. It is based on an ethnographic study carried out in a Swedish international service unit. The analysis shows how the exercise taught the soldiers how to behave as military men. Furthermore, it discusses the int…
"Framåt gubbar" - Genus och militär praktik i ett internationellt insatsförbund
Resolution 1325, ratified by the United Nations in 2000, calls for increased gender awareness as well as an increase in the number of women officers in international peacekeeping operations. This article explores gender relations and military practice in a Swedish military unit bound for such an operation. The article is based on an ethnographic study and draws on feminist theories of organization. The purpose is to discuss ordering practices in …
An Unintended Side Effect of Pepper Spray: Gender Trouble and “Repair Work” in an Armed Forces Unit
This article tells the story of how pepper spray disrupted the everyday ways of being military men in a Swedish Armed Forces unit. It aims to show how military men are done and undone in the context of a highly strenuous military exercise. It is based on an ethnographic study carried out in a Swedish international service unit. The analysis shows how the exercise taught the soldiers how to behave as military men. Furthermore, it discusses the int…
Conscripting women: Gender, soldiering, and military service in Sweden 1965-2018
This article explores how women, men, and gender equality in the military have been debated, made sense of, regulated, and dealt with in Swedish contemporary history. It takes its empirical point of departure in 1965, when the issue of military conscription for women was first raised in Sweden, and ends with the implementation of so called gender-neutral conscription in 2018. The study is based on a wide range of sources, collected through a comb…
LGBT in the Military: Policy Development in Sweden 1944–2014
This article contributes to the growing field of research on military LGBT policy development by exploring the case of Sweden, a non-NATO-member nation regarded as one of the most progressive in terms of the inclusion of LGBT personnel. Drawing on extensive archival work, the article shows that the story of LGBT policy development in the Swedish Armed Forces from 1944 to 2014 is one of long periods of status quo and relative silence, interrupted …
What's in a Gland? Sexuality, Reproduction and the Prostate in Early Twentieth‐Century Medicine
This article presents a case study about how norms relating to masculinity, sexuality and reproduction were produced in relation to the healthy, ailing, or aging prostate in early twentieth century medicine. It shows how the ailing prostate tied in with norms about healthy, abnormal or illicit sexual and reproductive practices. Engaging with insights from the history of medicine, feminist science studies, and men and masculinity studies, it highl…
Understanding and preventing situations of abuse in health care - Navigation work in a Swedish palliative care setting
Awkward ethnography: An Untapped Resource in Organizational Studies
PurposeThis article explores the analytical gains of what we refer to as "awkward ethnography." How might our understanding of organizational phenomena benefit from those unexpected moments when our observations are laughed at, when our questions cause discomfort, or when we feel like a failure? While such instances seem to be an inherent aspect of organizational ethnography, they are often silenced or camouflaged by claims of intentionality. Thi…
"Framåt gubbar" - Genus och militär praktik i ett internationellt insatsförbund
Resolution 1325, ratified by the United Nations in 2000, calls for increased gender awareness as well as an increase in the number of women officers in international peacekeeping operations. This article explores gender relations and military practice in a Swedish military unit bound for such an operation. The article is based on an ethnographic study and draws on feminist theories of organization. The purpose is to discuss ordering practices in …
"Framåt gubbar" - Genus och militär praktik i ett internationellt insatsförbund
Resolution 1325, ratified by the United Nations in 2000, calls for increased gender awareness as well as an increase in the number of women officers in international peacekeeping operations. This article explores gender relations and military practice in a Swedish military unit bound for such an operation. The article is based on an ethnographic study and draws on feminist theories of organization. The purpose is to discuss ordering practices in …
An Unintended Side Effect of Pepper Spray: Gender Trouble and “Repair Work” in an Armed Forces Unit
This article tells the story of how pepper spray disrupted the everyday ways of being military men in a Swedish Armed Forces unit. It aims to show how military men are done and undone in the context of a highly strenuous military exercise. It is based on an ethnographic study carried out in a Swedish international service unit. The analysis shows how the exercise taught the soldiers how to behave as military men. Furthermore, it discusses the int…
Gendered Military Divisions - Doing Peacekeeping as Part of the Postnational Defence
In the turn towards a postnationaldefence, military organizations arebecoming increasingly diverse.Based on an ethnographic study of aSwedish international service unit,this article highlights tensions in theseemingly homogenous soldiercollective and shows how demarcationsof gender as well as occupation areactive in shaping military work
LGBT in the Military: Policy Development in Sweden 1944–2014
This article contributes to the growing field of research on military LGBT policy development by exploring the case of Sweden, a non-NATO-member nation regarded as one of the most progressive in terms of the inclusion of LGBT personnel. Drawing on extensive archival work, the article shows that the story of LGBT policy development in the Swedish Armed Forces from 1944 to 2014 is one of long periods of status quo and relative silence, interrupted …
Understanding and preventing situations of abuse in health care - Navigation work in a Swedish palliative care setting
Conscripting women: Gender, soldiering, and military service in Sweden 1965-2018
This article explores how women, men, and gender equality in the military have been debated, made sense of, regulated, and dealt with in Swedish contemporary history. It takes its empirical point of departure in 1965, when the issue of military conscription for women was first raised in Sweden, and ends with the implementation of so called gender-neutral conscription in 2018. The study is based on a wide range of sources, collected through a comb…
What's in a Gland? Sexuality, Reproduction and the Prostate in Early Twentieth‐Century Medicine
This article presents a case study about how norms relating to masculinity, sexuality and reproduction were produced in relation to the healthy, ailing, or aging prostate in early twentieth century medicine. It shows how the ailing prostate tied in with norms about healthy, abnormal or illicit sexual and reproductive practices. Engaging with insights from the history of medicine, feminist science studies, and men and masculinity studies, it highl…
Awkward ethnography: An Untapped Resource in Organizational Studies
PurposeThis article explores the analytical gains of what we refer to as "awkward ethnography." How might our understanding of organizational phenomena benefit from those unexpected moments when our observations are laughed at, when our questions cause discomfort, or when we feel like a failure? While such instances seem to be an inherent aspect of organizational ethnography, they are often silenced or camouflaged by claims of intentionality. Thi…
Making Room for Women. Gender and Space at Work in the Swedish Armed Forces
This article contributes new insights into the spatiality of gender relations in military work and organizations, focusing specifically on the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). It examines the unique and longstanding practice of gender‐mixed rooms, which have served as the standard way of lodging soldiers in Sweden for decades. Drawing on a combination of in‐depth interviews, archival research, and document analysis, the study follows the process of ma…
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works)