Josefin Olsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josefin Olsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josefin |
| FAMILY NAME | Olsson |
| SIGNATURE | OLSSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Norm Critique Proper? The Norm Critical Turn and the Turn Away from Critique
This article offers a critical reading of the concept of norm critique through narratives of its historical development and theoretical framework, especially in relation to its claimed poststructural influence. In Sweden, norm critique has grown into a well-established perspective used within several different disciplines, organizations, and governmental agencies to counteract discrimination and inequality, and has come to be associated with femi…
Your everyday hero: Media Representations of Civic Safety Engagements
Male melancholy: Problematizations of Sustainability Through Norm Critique as a Discursive Practice
This article analyzes how social and ecological sustainability is problematized and given meaning through a norm-critical feminist perspective on masculinities. The study builds on qualitative interviews with both initiators and participants in a Swedish feminist initiative working norm critically with men and masculinity in relation to sustainability, as well as on the instructive materials guiding the initiatives norm-critical workshops. Drawin…
Masculine enjoyment problematizing subjectification through norm critique as a response to climate change
This article problematizes subjectification through the practice of norm critique. The study builds on interviews with some of the key initiators and participants in a project working norm critically with men and masculinity in relation to gender equality and climate change in Sweden. Through the psychoanalytical framework of enjoyment and fantasy, I develop a perspective on how and why a certain understanding of the norm-critical subject emerges…
The fantasy of the new man: Norm-Critique, Vulnerability and Victimhood
In this article, the Swedish gender-equality initiative Men and Gender Equality is analyzed. The goal is to empirically examine some of the affective dimensions at play in the ways in which a ‘norm-critical’ perspective on masculinity is articulated as a solution to gender equality. Our analysis reveals ambivalences operating within the initiative’s use of norm-critical perspectives. Despite the apparent intention to offer men the hope of emancip…
Det befriande ansvarets paradox. En studie av jämställdhetsinitiativet #killmiddag
Men’s responsibility is currently in focus in much of public debate on gender equality in Sweden and a number of initiatives display an ambition to include men in what has traditionally been regarded a women’s issue. One of these initiatives is called #killmiddag (#guytalk), a call out to men to get together and have intimate conversations in order to free themselves from destructive norms of masculinity. The empirical material consists of conver…
Male melancholy: Problematizations of Sustainability Through Norm Critique as a Discursive Practice
This article analyzes how social and ecological sustainability is problematized and given meaning through a norm-critical feminist perspective on masculinities. The study builds on qualitative interviews with both initiators and participants in a Swedish feminist initiative working norm critically with men and masculinity in relation to sustainability, as well as on the instructive materials guiding the initiatives norm-critical workshops. Drawin…
The fantasy of the new man: Norm-Critique, Vulnerability and Victimhood
In this article, the Swedish gender-equality initiative Men and Gender Equality is analyzed. The goal is to empirically examine some of the affective dimensions at play in the ways in which a ‘norm-critical’ perspective on masculinity is articulated as a solution to gender equality. Our analysis reveals ambivalences operating within the initiative’s use of norm-critical perspectives. Despite the apparent intention to offer men the hope of emancip…
Det befriande ansvarets paradox. En studie av jämställdhetsinitiativet #killmiddag
Men’s responsibility is currently in focus in much of public debate on gender equality in Sweden and a number of initiatives display an ambition to include men in what has traditionally been regarded a women’s issue. One of these initiatives is called #killmiddag (#guytalk), a call out to men to get together and have intimate conversations in order to free themselves from destructive norms of masculinity. The empirical material consists of conver…
Det befriande ansvarets paradox. En studie av jämställdhetsinitiativet #killmiddag
Men’s responsibility is currently in focus in much of public debate on gender equality in Sweden and a number of initiatives display an ambition to include men in what has traditionally been regarded a women’s issue. One of these initiatives is called #killmiddag (#guytalk), a call out to men to get together and have intimate conversations in order to free themselves from destructive norms of masculinity. The empirical material consists of conver…
The fantasy of the new man: Norm-Critique, Vulnerability and Victimhood
In this article, the Swedish gender-equality initiative Men and Gender Equality is analyzed. The goal is to empirically examine some of the affective dimensions at play in the ways in which a ‘norm-critical’ perspective on masculinity is articulated as a solution to gender equality. Our analysis reveals ambivalences operating within the initiative’s use of norm-critical perspectives. Despite the apparent intention to offer men the hope of emancip…
Masculine enjoyment problematizing subjectification through norm critique as a response to climate change
This article problematizes subjectification through the practice of norm critique. The study builds on interviews with some of the key initiators and participants in a project working norm critically with men and masculinity in relation to gender equality and climate change in Sweden. Through the psychoanalytical framework of enjoyment and fantasy, I develop a perspective on how and why a certain understanding of the norm-critical subject emerges…
Male melancholy: Problematizations of Sustainability Through Norm Critique as a Discursive Practice
This article analyzes how social and ecological sustainability is problematized and given meaning through a norm-critical feminist perspective on masculinities. The study builds on qualitative interviews with both initiators and participants in a Swedish feminist initiative working norm critically with men and masculinity in relation to sustainability, as well as on the instructive materials guiding the initiatives norm-critical workshops. Drawin…
Norm Critique Proper? The Norm Critical Turn and the Turn Away from Critique
This article offers a critical reading of the concept of norm critique through narratives of its historical development and theoretical framework, especially in relation to its claimed poststructural influence. In Sweden, norm critique has grown into a well-established perspective used within several different disciplines, organizations, and governmental agencies to counteract discrimination and inequality, and has come to be associated with femi…
Your everyday hero: Media Representations of Civic Safety Engagements
Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · Masculinity (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)