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KULT2207 Fall 2019 –– Gender and Norwegian Culture (7.5 credits) –– course brochure
Lectures: Monday 12:15–15:00, Room D13, Dragvoll Campus
Lecturers: Sofia Moratti (course leader and main contact) (email)[SM], Mari Haugaa Engh (email)[MHE], France R. Hartline(email)[FRH].
Language: lectures are in English; coursework and exam questions are in English but you can reply in any Nordic language.
Compulsory assignments: forum participation (two posts of 200–250 words each) + short home essay (500 words).
Final exam: digital school exam on Inspera on Tuesday 26 November 15:00–19:00.
Exam admission: To be eligible to sit the final exam, you need to have completed all the compulsory assignments.
Course readings: follow the links in the course schedule below. Not working? Install the Cisco VPN. For help, contact orakel@ntnu.no.
Course slides: will be uploaded on BlackBoard after each lecture.
Course objectives:
In this course we introduce you to social and cultural analyses of selected issues concerning gender and equality in Norwegiansociety. Some questions we will address in the lectures are:
- How is gender understood in various contexts in Norway?
- What are regarded as culturally significant similarities and differences between genders, and between Norwegians andothers?
- What are the challenges to equality in contemporary Norway, and how gender-equal is Norwegian society?
- Why can we say that there are “paradoxes of equality” in Norway?
Specific goals are:
- To introduce you to the concept of equality in its historical context in Norway- To expose you to meanings of gender that underpin gender equality policies in the Norwegian welfare state- To give you an insight into main trends in feminist and gender studies theory- To explore contemporary Norwegian working, domestic, sexual-reproductive and political life from a gender perspective- To help you to recognize the importance of critical reflection from a gender-theoretical perspective.

Course schedule
LectureTopic#1
Week 34
19 August

Understanding
gender[SM]#2
Week 35
26 AugustGender in motionin Norway:
Historical timeline[SM]

Read before lecture (ranked in order of importance)
Richardson, D. (2015). Conceptualizing gender. In D. Richardson & V. Robinson (Eds.),
Introducing gender and women’s studies, 2nd ed (pp. 3–22). New York, NY:
Palgrave-Macmillan.
1. [Read pages 209 to 213] Borchorst, A., & Siim, B. (2008). Woman-friendly policies andstate feminism: Theorizing Scandinavian gender equality. Feminist Theory, 9(2),207–224.
2. Kristensen, G. K. (2016). Paid migrant domestic labour in gender-equal Norway: A
win-win arrangement? In B. Gullikstad, G. K. Kristensen & P. Ringrose (Eds.), Paidmigrant domestic labour in a changing Europe (pp. 245–257). London: Palgrave.
3. Melby, K. (1989). The housewife Ideology in Norway between the two World Wars.
Scandinavian Journal of History, 14, 181–193.

Compulsory assignment: reply to Discussion Forum 1 on BlackBoard (200–250 words).
We open the thread on Tuesday 27 August at noon, you post a reply before Friday 30 August at noon.
Your reply is not graded.

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#3Week 36
2 September

Gender Equality
and Diversity inWorking Life[SM]1. Foss-Heggem, G., & Kvande, E. (2017). Nordic work-family regulations exported to aliberal context. In B. Brandth, S. Halrynjo & E. Kvande (Eds.), Work-family dynamics:
Competing logics of regulation, economy and morals (pp. 156–171). New York, NY:
Routledge.
2. Seierstad, C. (2015). Having it all? Women in high commitment careers and work-lifebalance in Norway. Gender Work and Organization, 22(4), 390–404.
3. Brandth, B., & Kvande, E. (2017). Fathers integrating work and childcare: reconcilingthe logics? In B. Brandth, S. Halrynjo & E. Kvande (Eds.), Work-family dynamics:
Competing logics of regulation, economy and morals (pp. 70–85). New York, NY:Routledge.

#4Week 37
9 September

Norwegiansexual politics[FRH]

1. [Read pages 361 to 365] Hartline, F. R. (2019). (Trans)gender outlaws? Tijdschrift voor
Genderstudies, 21(4), 361–380.
2. [Skip the paragraphs on Belgium] Van Der Ros, J., & Motmans, J. (2015). Transactivism and LGB movements: Odd bedfellows? In D. Paternotte & M. Tremblay (Eds.),
The Ashgate research companion to lesbian and gay activism (pp. 163–177). Farnham:Ashgate.
3. Røthing, Å., & Bang Svendsen, S. H. (2010). Homotolerance and heterosexuality asNorwegian values. Journal of LGBT Youth, 7(2), 147–166.

Compulsory assignment: reply to Discussion Forum 2 on BlackBoard (200–250 words).
We open the thread on Tuesday 10 September at noon, you post a reply before Friday 13 September at noon.
Your reply is not graded.
#5
Week 38
16 September

Reproductionand Fertility[SM]

1. Ellingsæter, A. L., & Pedersen, E. (2016). Institutional trust: Family policy and fertility inNorway. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 23(1),119–141.
2. Melhuus, M. (2017). Bringing it all back home: Cross- border procreative practices.
Examples from Norway. In M. Lie & N. Lykke (Eds.), Assisted reproduction acrossborders. Feminist perspectives on normalisations, disruptions and transmissions (pp.
68–73). London: Routledge.
3. Van Hoof, W., Pennings, G., & De Sutter, P. (2016). Cross-border reproductive care forlaw evasion: Should physicians be allowed to help infertility patients evade the law of
their own country? European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and ReproductiveBiology, 202, 101–105.

Compulsory assignment: short home essay (500–550 words not counting bibliography).
We announce the topic on BlackBoard on Tuesday 17 September at noon.
You deliver the essay on BlackBoard before Tuesday 1 October at midnight.
Grading: pass or fail. The results will come directly to you in your personal BlackBoard account on 20 October.
#6Week 39
23 September
Jubilee Week

Norway’s
GenderedBorders[MHE]

1. Muhleisen, W., Rothing, A., & Svendsen, S. H. B. (2012). Norwegian sexualities:
Assimilation and exclusion in Norwegian immigration policy. Sexualities, 15(2),139–155.
2. Muller Myrdahl, E. (2010). Legislating love: Norwegian family reunification law as aracial project. Social & Cultural Geography, 11(2), 103–116.
3. Engh, M. H., Agergaard, S. & Settler, F. G. (2017). “The ball and the rhythm in herblood”: racialised imaginaries and football migration from Nigeria to Scandinavia.
Ethnicities, 17(1), 66–84.

#7
Week 40
30 September

Multiculturalconfigurations ofequality[MHE]

1. Svendsen, S. H. (2014). Learning racism in the absence of ‘race’. EJWS, 21(1), 9–24.
2. Anderson, M. (2012). The debate about multicultural Norway before and after 22 July
2011. Identities, 19(4), 418–427.
3. Kuokkanen, R. (2015). Gendered violence and politics in indigenous communities.

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KULT2207 Fall 2019 - Google DocsInternational Feminist Journal of Politics, 17(2), 271–288.

👋🍄🍁 No lecture on Monday 7 October. Week 41 = Fall Break 🍁🍄👋#8Week 42
14 October

Gender, sportand diversity[MHE]#921 October
Week 43

Wrap-up class[SM]

1. Skogvang, B. O. & Fasting, K. (2013). Football and sexualities in Norway. Soccer &Society, 14(6), 872–886.
2. Massao, P. B. & Fasting, K. (2010). Race and Racism: Experiences of black Norwegianathletes. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 45(2), 147–162.
3. Fahlén, J. & Skille, E. (2017). State sport policy for indigenous sport: inclusive ambitions
and exclusive coalitions. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 9(1),173–187.
Wrap-up class, students’ questions and information about the exam

Digital school exam on Inspera on Tuesday 26 November 15:00–19:00
The exam venue will be published on StudentWeb the day before the exam.
Grading: A to F scale. The results will come directly to you in your personal StudentWeb account within three weeks.

All compulsory assignments must be submitted by the deadline.
Extensions on the essay deadline or exam rescheduling are only allowed if you present a medical certificate,signed by your doctor.

We encourage classroom debate and active participation, and we want every student to feel welcome!
Students and lecturers in KULT2207 all have responsibility for maintaining a respectful and civil
learning environment. Because the core themes of this course relate to differences such as
ethnicity, gender and gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, religion,
disability, and age, your behaviour and choice of words play an important role in keeping
interactions respectful.
The students in this course come from a very diverse range of national, cultural and linguistic
backgrounds. Let us look at this diversity as an opportunity and work together, with an attitude ofkindness and civility towards one another at all times, refraining from marginalisation,
misrepresentation and the perpetuation of stereotypes.
Exposure to alternative points of view enhances our intellectual development. Debate and dialogue
should however challenge the ideas, and not the individuals who hold different views.

Are you experiencing issues with the Blackboard and StudentWeb platforms, the Cisco VPN, or technicaldifficulties in downloading articles or accessing the compendium? Please, do not write the lecturers!
Contact Orakel Support by email at orakel@ntnu.no or phone at 73591500 (weekdays 8AM-4PM).
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