Lene Bull Christiansen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3589484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lene Bull Christiansen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lene Bull |
| FAMILY NAME | Christiansen |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTIANSEN L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Roskilde University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6019-9670 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Introduction: Fat Studies across Europe
Digital activism and participation: Affect, feelings and politics
When we shine, we shine together: A carnivalesque reading of affective solidarity among Danish fat-accepting Instagrammers
Taking its point of departure in a photoshoot organized by Danish fat activists, this article explores the relationship between activism, social media, and affect. Through a carnivalesque lens (Bahktin, 1984a), the article illustrates how the Fat Photoshoot as a joyful and festive celebration of fat embodiment challenges prevailing social body norms and understandings of the fat body in society. By including the social media aftermath of the even…
Afropolitanism, celebrity politics, and iconic imaginations of North–South relations
‘Afropolitanism’ has become a disputed term referring to diverse engagements by Africans who are typically members of the cultural elite and participate in diaspora politics, online activism, fashion and literature debates. Simultaneously, in discussions of development aid, celebrity has become a way of mediating between proximity and distance in imagining relationships between South and North. Afropolitanism can be usefully considered as an Afri…
Are you Married to a Maasai?' Gendered Cultural Encounters Between Tanzanians and Danes in 'Global Citizenship' Training
The article analyses the dynamics of ‘cultural difference’. It is based on the fieldwork among a group of Danish seniors at a three-week adult education course entitled ‘Global Citizenship’ in Tanzania with the Danish NGO Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke. The article analyses encounters between the Danes and their Tanzanian teachers. The article explores the training centre Danish, which hosted the course, as a chronotope in which ‘being Danish’ holds sp…
Organised Cultural Encounters: Interculturality and Transformative Practices
The article introduces the special issue by presenting the concept of organised cultural encounters that are encounters organised to manage and/or transform problems perceived to originate in or include cultural differences. Inspired by Pratt’s conceptualisation of the contact zone, a critical perspective on the particular historical and spatial context of any encounter and how this context frames and mediates what takes place during an encounter…
Basim Mouhajid's (non)immigrant celebrity: Flying the flag 'as a Dane
In March 2014 Danes were in a festive mood. The previous year Denmark had won the European Song Contest (Eurovision), and national pride was at a high as the next Danish contestant was being electe
Celebrity witnessing: Shifting the emotional address in narratives of development aid
This article deals with emotional address in the narrative modality of celebrity witnessing in the marketing of development aid. We analyse Danish celebrity narratives of global caring, drawing on Luc Boltanski’s work on a ‘politics of pity’, Lilie Chouliaraki’s notion of the ‘aspirational discourse’ and Sara Ahmed’s engagement with the concept of ‘orientation’. We argue that while criticising the dominant narrative modality is highly relevant, t…
Celebrity-black: The meanings of race and performances of aid celebrity outside the mainstream Hollywood/UK circuit
This article studies the intersection between race, culture and celebrity in the context of Danish ‘aid celebrities’ by analysing the radicalised ‘celebrity persona’ of the Gambian-Danish A-list actress, singer, director and comedian Hella Joof. The analysis pays particular attention to her performances as Fairtrade Ambassador and as host in an annual aid telethon Danmarks Indsamling. These performances of the ‘aid celebrity’ position are read ag…
Kærlig hilsen fra Danmark»: Kendisser og forestillinger om udviklingshjælp i Danmarks Indsamling
Vendinger mod følelser og affekt
Respectable Women' versus 'Small Houses: Feminist Negotiations of Sexual Morality, Marriage and the Challenge of HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe
This article investigates the gendered cultural politics around HIV prevention in Zimbabwe through an analysis of feminist narratives of sexuality, marriage and HIV/AIDS. The analysis employs a cross-reading of three texts, including two novels: Whose Daughter, My Child? by Grace Mutandwa (2006) and The Uncertainty of Hope by Valerie Tagwira (2006), and a regular newspaper column ‘Let's Talk About AIDS’ by Beatrice Tonhodzai in the Herald. Writte…
Versions of violence: Zimbabwe's domestic violence law and symbolic politics of protection
This article argues that political uses of violence and discursive representations of violence are part of a political discourse of legitimacy in Zimbabwean politics, and that this discourse relies on a gendered power matrix in which acts of violence are depicted either as legitimate protection or as illegitimate aggression or terror. The analysis is based on public debates about domestic violence legislation and media representations of politica…
In Our Culture”—How Debates about Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Law Became a “Culture Struggle”
This article analyses a debate about the political definition of “culture” and “tradition” in Zimbabwe, sparked by the introduction of domestic violence legislation in 2006. The debate is analysed against the back-drop of the Zimbabwean government's nationalist identity politics, rhetorically dubbed the “Third Chimurenga”, in which insiders and outsiders of the nation are depicted via a cultural and historical discourse of indigenous authenticity…
Organised Cultural Encounters: Interculturality and Transformative Practices
The article introduces the special issue by presenting the concept of organised cultural encounters that are encounters organised to manage and/or transform problems perceived to originate in or include cultural differences. Inspired by Pratt’s conceptualisation of the contact zone, a critical perspective on the particular historical and spatial context of any encounter and how this context frames and mediates what takes place during an encounter…
When we shine, we shine together: A carnivalesque reading of affective solidarity among Danish fat-accepting Instagrammers
Taking its point of departure in a photoshoot organized by Danish fat activists, this article explores the relationship between activism, social media, and affect. Through a carnivalesque lens (Bahktin, 1984a), the article illustrates how the Fat Photoshoot as a joyful and festive celebration of fat embodiment challenges prevailing social body norms and understandings of the fat body in society. By including the social media aftermath of the even…
Celebrity witnessing: Shifting the emotional address in narratives of development aid
This article deals with emotional address in the narrative modality of celebrity witnessing in the marketing of development aid. We analyse Danish celebrity narratives of global caring, drawing on Luc Boltanski’s work on a ‘politics of pity’, Lilie Chouliaraki’s notion of the ‘aspirational discourse’ and Sara Ahmed’s engagement with the concept of ‘orientation’. We argue that while criticising the dominant narrative modality is highly relevant, t…
Celebrity-black: The meanings of race and performances of aid celebrity outside the mainstream Hollywood/UK circuit
This article studies the intersection between race, culture and celebrity in the context of Danish ‘aid celebrities’ by analysing the radicalised ‘celebrity persona’ of the Gambian-Danish A-list actress, singer, director and comedian Hella Joof. The analysis pays particular attention to her performances as Fairtrade Ambassador and as host in an annual aid telethon Danmarks Indsamling. These performances of the ‘aid celebrity’ position are read ag…
In Our Culture”—How Debates about Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Law Became a “Culture Struggle”
This article analyses a debate about the political definition of “culture” and “tradition” in Zimbabwe, sparked by the introduction of domestic violence legislation in 2006. The debate is analysed against the back-drop of the Zimbabwean government's nationalist identity politics, rhetorically dubbed the “Third Chimurenga”, in which insiders and outsiders of the nation are depicted via a cultural and historical discourse of indigenous authenticity…
Afropolitanism, celebrity politics, and iconic imaginations of North–South relations
‘Afropolitanism’ has become a disputed term referring to diverse engagements by Africans who are typically members of the cultural elite and participate in diaspora politics, online activism, fashion and literature debates. Simultaneously, in discussions of development aid, celebrity has become a way of mediating between proximity and distance in imagining relationships between South and North. Afropolitanism can be usefully considered as an Afri…
Respectable Women' versus 'Small Houses: Feminist Negotiations of Sexual Morality, Marriage and the Challenge of HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe
This article investigates the gendered cultural politics around HIV prevention in Zimbabwe through an analysis of feminist narratives of sexuality, marriage and HIV/AIDS. The analysis employs a cross-reading of three texts, including two novels: Whose Daughter, My Child? by Grace Mutandwa (2006) and The Uncertainty of Hope by Valerie Tagwira (2006), and a regular newspaper column ‘Let's Talk About AIDS’ by Beatrice Tonhodzai in the Herald. Writte…
Versions of violence: Zimbabwe's domestic violence law and symbolic politics of protection
This article argues that political uses of violence and discursive representations of violence are part of a political discourse of legitimacy in Zimbabwean politics, and that this discourse relies on a gendered power matrix in which acts of violence are depicted either as legitimate protection or as illegitimate aggression or terror. The analysis is based on public debates about domestic violence legislation and media representations of politica…
Kærlig hilsen fra Danmark»: Kendisser og forestillinger om udviklingshjælp i Danmarks Indsamling
In Our Culture”—How Debates about Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Law Became a “Culture Struggle”
This article analyses a debate about the political definition of “culture” and “tradition” in Zimbabwe, sparked by the introduction of domestic violence legislation in 2006. The debate is analysed against the back-drop of the Zimbabwean government's nationalist identity politics, rhetorically dubbed the “Third Chimurenga”, in which insiders and outsiders of the nation are depicted via a cultural and historical discourse of indigenous authenticity…
Versions of violence: Zimbabwe's domestic violence law and symbolic politics of protection
This article argues that political uses of violence and discursive representations of violence are part of a political discourse of legitimacy in Zimbabwean politics, and that this discourse relies on a gendered power matrix in which acts of violence are depicted either as legitimate protection or as illegitimate aggression or terror. The analysis is based on public debates about domestic violence legislation and media representations of politica…
Kærlig hilsen fra Danmark»: Kendisser og forestillinger om udviklingshjælp i Danmarks Indsamling
Vendinger mod følelser og affekt
Respectable Women' versus 'Small Houses: Feminist Negotiations of Sexual Morality, Marriage and the Challenge of HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe
This article investigates the gendered cultural politics around HIV prevention in Zimbabwe through an analysis of feminist narratives of sexuality, marriage and HIV/AIDS. The analysis employs a cross-reading of three texts, including two novels: Whose Daughter, My Child? by Grace Mutandwa (2006) and The Uncertainty of Hope by Valerie Tagwira (2006), and a regular newspaper column ‘Let's Talk About AIDS’ by Beatrice Tonhodzai in the Herald. Writte…
Celebrity witnessing: Shifting the emotional address in narratives of development aid
This article deals with emotional address in the narrative modality of celebrity witnessing in the marketing of development aid. We analyse Danish celebrity narratives of global caring, drawing on Luc Boltanski’s work on a ‘politics of pity’, Lilie Chouliaraki’s notion of the ‘aspirational discourse’ and Sara Ahmed’s engagement with the concept of ‘orientation’. We argue that while criticising the dominant narrative modality is highly relevant, t…
Celebrity-black: The meanings of race and performances of aid celebrity outside the mainstream Hollywood/UK circuit
This article studies the intersection between race, culture and celebrity in the context of Danish ‘aid celebrities’ by analysing the radicalised ‘celebrity persona’ of the Gambian-Danish A-list actress, singer, director and comedian Hella Joof. The analysis pays particular attention to her performances as Fairtrade Ambassador and as host in an annual aid telethon Danmarks Indsamling. These performances of the ‘aid celebrity’ position are read ag…
Basim Mouhajid's (non)immigrant celebrity: Flying the flag 'as a Dane
In March 2014 Danes were in a festive mood. The previous year Denmark had won the European Song Contest (Eurovision), and national pride was at a high as the next Danish contestant was being electe
Are you Married to a Maasai?' Gendered Cultural Encounters Between Tanzanians and Danes in 'Global Citizenship' Training
The article analyses the dynamics of ‘cultural difference’. It is based on the fieldwork among a group of Danish seniors at a three-week adult education course entitled ‘Global Citizenship’ in Tanzania with the Danish NGO Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke. The article analyses encounters between the Danes and their Tanzanian teachers. The article explores the training centre Danish, which hosted the course, as a chronotope in which ‘being Danish’ holds sp…
Organised Cultural Encounters: Interculturality and Transformative Practices
The article introduces the special issue by presenting the concept of organised cultural encounters that are encounters organised to manage and/or transform problems perceived to originate in or include cultural differences. Inspired by Pratt’s conceptualisation of the contact zone, a critical perspective on the particular historical and spatial context of any encounter and how this context frames and mediates what takes place during an encounter…
Afropolitanism, celebrity politics, and iconic imaginations of North–South relations
‘Afropolitanism’ has become a disputed term referring to diverse engagements by Africans who are typically members of the cultural elite and participate in diaspora politics, online activism, fashion and literature debates. Simultaneously, in discussions of development aid, celebrity has become a way of mediating between proximity and distance in imagining relationships between South and North. Afropolitanism can be usefully considered as an Afri…
Digital activism and participation: Affect, feelings and politics
When we shine, we shine together: A carnivalesque reading of affective solidarity among Danish fat-accepting Instagrammers
Taking its point of departure in a photoshoot organized by Danish fat activists, this article explores the relationship between activism, social media, and affect. Through a carnivalesque lens (Bahktin, 1984a), the article illustrates how the Fat Photoshoot as a joyful and festive celebration of fat embodiment challenges prevailing social body norms and understandings of the fat body in society. By including the social media aftermath of the even…
Introduction: Fat Studies across Europe
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works)