Modood, Tariq, Randall Hansen, Erik Bleich, Brendan O’Leary, and Joseph H. Carens. ‘The Danish Cartoon Affair: Free Speech, Racism, Islamism, and Integration’. International Migration, vol. 44, no. 5, Dec. 2006, pp. 3–62.
Tag: integration
Morita, Liang. ‘The Emphasis on Ethnic Homogeneity and Japanese and Danish Immigration Policy’. (2019) [PDF]
Morita, Liang. ‘The Emphasis on Ethnic Homogeneity and Japanese and Danish Immigration Policy’. World Journal of Social Science, vol. 6, no. 2, July 2019, p. 16.
This essay compares the Japanese emphasis on ethnic homogeneity in immigration policy with its counterpart in Denmark. Japan’s lack of integration policy stands out against the backdrop of Denmark’s elaborate civic integration policy. A key reason for this contrast is the criterion that Japan is for the Japanese, and one has to be ethnically and culturally Japanese to be Japanese. Nihonjinron, a discourse on Japanese cultural uniqueness, has provided ammunition for this. Denmark, on the other hand, is in principle open to those who adopt Danish values. Japan needs a strong integration policy as the number of immigrants increase. Until now, its emphasis on ethnic homogeneity has led Japan to see immigrants as outsiders and to exclude them. Denmark, on the other hand, is willing to include immigrants on equal terms, on the condition that they adopt Danish values.
doi:10.5430/wjss.v6n2p16.
Pedersen, Marianne Holm, and Mikkel Rytter. ‘Rituals of Migration: An Introduction’. (2018) [PDF]
Pedersen, Marianne Holm, and Mikkel Rytter. ‘Rituals of Migration: An Introduction’. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 44, no. 16, Dec. 2018, pp. 2603–2616.
This introduction presents a framework for the articles in the special issue Rituals of Migration. First, it provides an overview of studies of ritual and migration, highlighting the fruitfulness of exploring the two fields together and arguing for the use of ritual as a cultural prism on processes of continuity and change in migration. In light of these analytical approaches, the introduction continues by outlining and discussing the three major themes that crosscut the articles (the interrelations between change and continuity, processes of placemaking and lines of social differentiation), demonstrating how the articles can shed light on these issues.
doi:10.1080/1369183X.2017.1389024.
PDF: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1389024.
Rytter, Mikkel. ‘“The Family of Denmark” and “the Aliens”: Kinship Images in Danish Integration Politics’. (2010)
Rytter, Mikkel. ‘“The Family of Denmark” and “the Aliens”: Kinship Images in Danish Integration Politics’. Ethnos, vol. 75, no. 3, Routledge, Sept. 2010, pp. 301–322.
Applying insights from newer anthropological kinship studies, this article suggests that the current Danish immigration regime is based on and legitimized by a certain kind of ‘kinship images’ that are used and reproduced in Danish public and political discourses. Since 2002, every Danish citizen applying for family reunification with foreign spouses has been met with a ‘requirement of national attachment’, which basically distinguishes within the pool of citizens between the ‘real’ and the ‘not-quite-real’ Danes. The article discusses the possibilities of ‘integration’ in the current situation where Danish legislation and public discourses tend to distinguish between Danish citizens on the basis of their family history and national attachment. The article furthermore discusses different strategies of ‘kinning’ through which the ‘not-quite-real’ can aspire to become ‘real’ Danes.
Rytter, Mikkel. ‘Writing Against Integration: Danish Imaginaries of Culture, Race and Belonging’. (2018) [PDF]
Rytter, Mikkel. ‘Writing Against Integration: Danish Imaginaries of Culture, Race and Belonging’. Ethnos, vol. 84, no. 4, Apr. 2018, pp. 678–697.
The article addresses some of the problems related to the concept of integration, which has been used (and abused) in Denmark since the 1990s to discuss socio-economic, cultural and religious challenges related to the everyday life of ethnic minorities. The concept of integration is not innocent but promotes both a specific conceptualisation of Danish society and a problematisation of immigrant minorities and their relationship to the indigenous majority. Based on the ethnographic studies conducted in Denmark in recent decades, the article attempts to disentangle the dominant social imaginary by outlining three scenarios: ‘welfare reciprocity’, ‘host and guests’ and ‘the Danes as an indigenous people’. These scenarios consolidate an asymmetrical relationship between majorities and minorities because they simultaneously cast integration as desirable and impossible. Finally, inspired by Lila Abu-Lughod’s seminal article ‘writing against culture’, the article suggests strategies of ‘writing against integration’ in order to regain the critical potential of academic analysis.
Khawaja, Iram. ‘Forståelser Af Mangfoldighed i Pædagogiske Kontekster’. (2020)
Khawaja, Iram. ‘Forståelser Af Mangfoldighed i Pædagogiske Kontekster’. Køn, Seksualitet Og Mangfoldighed, Samfundslitteratur, 2020, pp. 69–90.
I dette kapitel rettes fokus på forskning og teori, som har at gøre med spørgsmålet om, hvordan man forstår, undersøger og arbejder med diversitet i pædagogiske sammenhænge. Centrale begreber, så som integration, inklusion og intersektionalitet, tages op og diskuteres i forhold til praksis. Der tages i denne forbindelse udgangspunkt i udfordringer knyttet til folkeskolen og svømmeundervisning som overordnet pædagogisk kontekst for forståelsen af, hvordan mangfoldighed kan komme til udtryk og hvordan det er muligt at arbejde med mangfoldighed i praksis. Centrale paradokser og udfordringer fremhæves i denne sammenhæng så som dilemmaet imellem diskurserne om lighed og mangfoldighed, imellem et fokus på forskellighed eller fællesskab samt en underkendende eller anerkendende andetgørelse. Feltet omkring mangfoldighed behandles bredt, både i forhold til kategorier som køn, seksualitet, etnicitet og kultur men også mere konkret i forhold til udvidelser af og redefinitioner af eksisterende køns- og etnicitetsforståelse
Andreassen, Rikke. ‘Muslim Women and Interracial Intimacies’. (2013) [PDF]
Andreassen, Rikke. ‘Muslim Women and Interracial Intimacies’. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 3, no. 3, Sept. 2013, p. 117.
This article focuses on media debates about interracial and interethnic marriage practices. In 2012, Danish immigrants and descendants, especially Muslim women, were accused of harming the integration processes as they were not marrying ethnically Danish men. Through analysis of newspaper articles and Internet debates the article shows how Muslim women became excluded from the national community in these debates. Drawing upon previous debates about interracial/ethnic relationships, the article illustrates how the contemporary criticism mirrors historical criticism of sexuality. Moreover, the 2012 debate provides new insights and reveals how we need to nuance previous understandings of interracial relations.
https://journal-njmr.org/articles/abstract/10.2478/njmr-2013-0002/
PDF: http://archive.sciendo.com/NJMR/njmr.2013.3.issue-3/njmr-2013-0002/njmr-2013-0002.pdf.