J Olofsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 48333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Olofsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Olofsson |
| SIGNATURE | OLOFSSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9316-3372 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Leakage
This article employs the concept of risk to explore potential synergies and points of contact between gender studies and discard studies. In doing so, the focus is on the risk of leakage, such as pollution, toxic discharges, urine leakage and menstruation. Leakage is of interest to scholars, both within gender studies and discard studies as it concerns the (female) body as well as pollutants seeping into the environment. Applying the concept of r…
Gender, space and sound
This article draws on an ethnographic fieldwork in which I investigated, and partook in practices of recycling graveside candles in the north of Slovenia. The aim is to show that the personnel's listening techniques helped sustain the gendered division of labour. While the listening techniques of my male informants seemed to increase their spatial mobility in that it allowed them to occupy a wider area, the auditory skills of the women who worked…
Situated inconveniences and short-term temporalities
This article investigates people’s experiences of residing close to a municipal waste facility site. Its focus is on perceived dilemmas, including odors, noises, loose garbage, and stray animals, but also on how these dilemmas were overshadowed by other factors or largely framed to concern what I will refer to as situated inconveniences. The findings show that the participants’ framing of their perceived dilemmas as situated inconveniences did al…
It is all about getting the volumes down’. Organizational framings of risk in relation to waste, waste management and temporality
Drawing on an ethnographic fieldwork at a waste facility site in the northern parts of Sweden, this article investigates organizational framings of risk (Hutter and Power 2005) in relation to waste and practices of waste management, employing the concept of temporality. The suggestion is that organizational framings of risk, as it contributes to steering the risk perception of the employees, also cater to a particular temporal register. In relati…
Gender, class and altered soundscapes
This paper explores some of the ways in which gender and class emerge in relation to the altered soundscape that follows technological change. As such, it takes seriously not only practices of noisemaking and disruptive sounds, but also the implication of silence and different modes of listening. The findings call for an enhanced understanding of the ephemeral qualities of sound, as well as the subsequent listening practices, and how these factor…
Om fluiditet, läckage och kvinnors kroppar
Informed by previous works within gender studies, postmaterialist studies and environmental humanities, this article explores the connections – and potential reciprocities – between the term fluidity and the term leakage. Both terms can be said to depict movements of liquids, but whereas fluidity translates to the ability to flow and the state of being fluid leakage translates to (unwanted and/or accidental) loss and to exude, spill and secrete. …
Becoming-a-firefighter - on the intra-active relationship between firefighters and their tools
This article focuses on the relationship between the members of a local fire brigade in Sweden and their tools, as well as the organisational dynamics that forge this relation. Drawing on the work of Karen Barad [2007. Meeting the universe halfway. Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning. Durham: Duke University Press], and particularly her notion of intra-action, the intention is to unpick the strong material and symbolic rela…
Zombies ahead!’ A study of how hacked digital road signs destabilize the physical space of roadways
This article explores some of the ways in which hacked Changeable Message Signs (CMSs) destabilize the physical space of motor transport spaces and jeopardize the institutionalized function of travel. While CMSs draw attention to the correlation between motorists’ current positions, possible inconveniences ahead and their final destination, hacked CMSs and the subsequent projection of unsanctioned messages destabilize this correlation. Hence, the…
“Om du är rädd kan du få sitta bredvid mig /…/ och hålla /… / handen.”
Dissecting the iconic image of the male fire fighter this article offers an understanding of how masculine enactments and homosocial rituals within the Swedish fire service rest upon practices of care and infantilization. In doing so, it draws on an ethnographic fieldwork that was carried out during the year of 2011 in Bodö, a small town in northern Sweden. Previous research has shown that practices of care, although traditionally coded female, a…
Revisiting the TV Object
This article explores the site-specific location and objecthood of the Swedish television during its inception. It offers an understanding not only of how people in Sweden experienced the arrival of the television but also of the ways in which its material properties fashioned peoples’ use of space and how this worked in tandem with social stratifications, national discourses, and gendered ideals. Engaging in the historical and material actuality…
Cut out to handle a ladder? Age, experience and acts of commemoration
This article is based on an ethnographic account of an association of retired fire fighters in the northern parts of Sweden. The intention is to outline how acts of storytelling and commemoration a
Mass Movements in Computer-Mediated Environments
Human crowds and embodied densities assume important parts in everyday life. In as much as we constitute different formations – demonstrations, traffic jams and concerts – cinematic productions, computer games and other virtual settings invite us to observe mass movements. Unfortunately, the spatial implication of crowds has not been subjected to contemporary academic research. Critical accounts of digitalization techniques and computer-mediated …
A Momentary Lapse of Identity and Control
This article examines the tragic accidents that occurred in Montana and in Colorado where a total of 27 fire fighters lost their lives. While the encompassing interest concerns men operating in male dominated working sites and how homosociality is contingent on artifactual utility, the article specifically discloses the organizational dynamics found among the perished fire fighters and the homosocial practices that may have contributed to the tra…
Anja Hirdman
Man måste lära sig reglerna för att kunna bryta mot dem
This article focuses on artifacts and how they can be used to legitimate social positions and maintain hegemonic discourses. For about two months I was practicing in a garage outside Umeå and here I studied the use of artifacts and how these materialities worked as an expression for power. Using things for other purposes that they were meant for, and hereby changing their significance, shows how power is operating, and paradoxically that action c…
Gender, class and altered soundscapes
This paper explores some of the ways in which gender and class emerge in relation to the altered soundscape that follows technological change. As such, it takes seriously not only practices of noisemaking and disruptive sounds, but also the implication of silence and different modes of listening. The findings call for an enhanced understanding of the ephemeral qualities of sound, as well as the subsequent listening practices, and how these factor…
Gender, space and sound
This article draws on an ethnographic fieldwork in which I investigated, and partook in practices of recycling graveside candles in the north of Slovenia. The aim is to show that the personnel's listening techniques helped sustain the gendered division of labour. While the listening techniques of my male informants seemed to increase their spatial mobility in that it allowed them to occupy a wider area, the auditory skills of the women who worked…
It is all about getting the volumes down’. Organizational framings of risk in relation to waste, waste management and temporality
Drawing on an ethnographic fieldwork at a waste facility site in the northern parts of Sweden, this article investigates organizational framings of risk (Hutter and Power 2005) in relation to waste and practices of waste management, employing the concept of temporality. The suggestion is that organizational framings of risk, as it contributes to steering the risk perception of the employees, also cater to a particular temporal register. In relati…
Becoming-a-firefighter - on the intra-active relationship between firefighters and their tools
This article focuses on the relationship between the members of a local fire brigade in Sweden and their tools, as well as the organisational dynamics that forge this relation. Drawing on the work of Karen Barad [2007. Meeting the universe halfway. Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning. Durham: Duke University Press], and particularly her notion of intra-action, the intention is to unpick the strong material and symbolic rela…
Cut out to handle a ladder? Age, experience and acts of commemoration
This article is based on an ethnographic account of an association of retired fire fighters in the northern parts of Sweden. The intention is to outline how acts of storytelling and commemoration a
Man måste lära sig reglerna för att kunna bryta mot dem
This article focuses on artifacts and how they can be used to legitimate social positions and maintain hegemonic discourses. For about two months I was practicing in a garage outside Umeå and here I studied the use of artifacts and how these materialities worked as an expression for power. Using things for other purposes that they were meant for, and hereby changing their significance, shows how power is operating, and paradoxically that action c…
Anja Hirdman
A Momentary Lapse of Identity and Control
This article examines the tragic accidents that occurred in Montana and in Colorado where a total of 27 fire fighters lost their lives. While the encompassing interest concerns men operating in male dominated working sites and how homosociality is contingent on artifactual utility, the article specifically discloses the organizational dynamics found among the perished fire fighters and the homosocial practices that may have contributed to the tra…
Mass Movements in Computer-Mediated Environments
Human crowds and embodied densities assume important parts in everyday life. In as much as we constitute different formations – demonstrations, traffic jams and concerts – cinematic productions, computer games and other virtual settings invite us to observe mass movements. Unfortunately, the spatial implication of crowds has not been subjected to contemporary academic research. Critical accounts of digitalization techniques and computer-mediated …
Cut out to handle a ladder? Age, experience and acts of commemoration
This article is based on an ethnographic account of an association of retired fire fighters in the northern parts of Sweden. The intention is to outline how acts of storytelling and commemoration a
“Om du är rädd kan du få sitta bredvid mig /…/ och hålla /… / handen.”
Dissecting the iconic image of the male fire fighter this article offers an understanding of how masculine enactments and homosocial rituals within the Swedish fire service rest upon practices of care and infantilization. In doing so, it draws on an ethnographic fieldwork that was carried out during the year of 2011 in Bodö, a small town in northern Sweden. Previous research has shown that practices of care, although traditionally coded female, a…
Revisiting the TV Object
This article explores the site-specific location and objecthood of the Swedish television during its inception. It offers an understanding not only of how people in Sweden experienced the arrival of the television but also of the ways in which its material properties fashioned peoples’ use of space and how this worked in tandem with social stratifications, national discourses, and gendered ideals. Engaging in the historical and material actuality…
Zombies ahead!’ A study of how hacked digital road signs destabilize the physical space of roadways
This article explores some of the ways in which hacked Changeable Message Signs (CMSs) destabilize the physical space of motor transport spaces and jeopardize the institutionalized function of travel. While CMSs draw attention to the correlation between motorists’ current positions, possible inconveniences ahead and their final destination, hacked CMSs and the subsequent projection of unsanctioned messages destabilize this correlation. Hence, the…
Om fluiditet, läckage och kvinnors kroppar
Informed by previous works within gender studies, postmaterialist studies and environmental humanities, this article explores the connections – and potential reciprocities – between the term fluidity and the term leakage. Both terms can be said to depict movements of liquids, but whereas fluidity translates to the ability to flow and the state of being fluid leakage translates to (unwanted and/or accidental) loss and to exude, spill and secrete. …
Becoming-a-firefighter - on the intra-active relationship between firefighters and their tools
This article focuses on the relationship between the members of a local fire brigade in Sweden and their tools, as well as the organisational dynamics that forge this relation. Drawing on the work of Karen Barad [2007. Meeting the universe halfway. Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning. Durham: Duke University Press], and particularly her notion of intra-action, the intention is to unpick the strong material and symbolic rela…
It is all about getting the volumes down’. Organizational framings of risk in relation to waste, waste management and temporality
Drawing on an ethnographic fieldwork at a waste facility site in the northern parts of Sweden, this article investigates organizational framings of risk (Hutter and Power 2005) in relation to waste and practices of waste management, employing the concept of temporality. The suggestion is that organizational framings of risk, as it contributes to steering the risk perception of the employees, also cater to a particular temporal register. In relati…
Gender, class and altered soundscapes
This paper explores some of the ways in which gender and class emerge in relation to the altered soundscape that follows technological change. As such, it takes seriously not only practices of noisemaking and disruptive sounds, but also the implication of silence and different modes of listening. The findings call for an enhanced understanding of the ephemeral qualities of sound, as well as the subsequent listening practices, and how these factor…
Situated inconveniences and short-term temporalities
This article investigates people’s experiences of residing close to a municipal waste facility site. Its focus is on perceived dilemmas, including odors, noises, loose garbage, and stray animals, but also on how these dilemmas were overshadowed by other factors or largely framed to concern what I will refer to as situated inconveniences. The findings show that the participants’ framing of their perceived dilemmas as situated inconveniences did al…
Leakage
This article employs the concept of risk to explore potential synergies and points of contact between gender studies and discard studies. In doing so, the focus is on the risk of leakage, such as pollution, toxic discharges, urine leakage and menstruation. Leakage is of interest to scholars, both within gender studies and discard studies as it concerns the (female) body as well as pollutants seeping into the environment. Applying the concept of r…
Gender, space and sound
This article draws on an ethnographic fieldwork in which I investigated, and partook in practices of recycling graveside candles in the north of Slovenia. The aim is to show that the personnel's listening techniques helped sustain the gendered division of labour. While the listening techniques of my male informants seemed to increase their spatial mobility in that it allowed them to occupy a wider area, the auditory skills of the women who worked…
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