Lena Martinsson
About Lena Martinsson
General
Professor in Gender Studies and Associate Professor in Ethnology, at the Department of Cultural Sciences.
Research
A recurrent theme in my work as a researcher is what gender equality norms, diversity, and work for ”good values”do. Which understandings of difference do they produce? What is constructed as normal, correct or proper within these norms? What and who are excluded in these processes? And what is made possible?
My theoretical interest is wide-ranging and embraces queer theory, perspectives on intersectionality, and postcolonial studies. At present I try to develop theoretical perspectives on class by using post-structuralist gender theories and new feminist materialism.
Finished Projects
I have worked with several research projects. I have analysed heterosexual couples’ narratives about their joint lives and scrutinized parliamentarian politicians’ understandings of equality, gender and sexuality. Diversity and interpretations of economy and market in business and industrial life have also been focused, as well as constructions of heteronormativity, class, and ageism in schools. Rhetoric about the important leader has also been of special interest.
Current Research Projects
I have worked, and I am still working, extensively with Professor Eva Reimers, Linköping University. At present we are conducting a study on Class in Neoliberal Education Discourses (Swedish Research Council). I am also working in a project called Imagining Change: Women and the making of civil societies in the Arctic region, Asia, Latin America and Europe (Swedish Research Council). Professor Diana Mulinari, Lund University, is the leader of that project.
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An
Epilogue
Erika Alm, Linda Berg, Anna Johansson, Pia Laskar, Mikela Lundahl, Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari, Cathrin Wasshede
Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and Coloniality. Challenging Swedish Exceptionalism. Alm E. et al. (red.) - 2021-01-01 -
Contesting Secularism: Religious and Secular Binary Through Memory
Work
Linda Berg, Anna Johansson, Pia Laskar, Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari, Cathrin Wasshede
Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and Coloniality. Berg L., Johansson A., Laskar P., Martinsson L., Mulinari D., Wasshede C. (red.) - 2021-01-01 -
Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and Coloniality. Challenging Swedish
Exceptionalism
Erika Alm, Linda Berg, Mikela Lundahl, Anna Johansson, Pia Laskar, Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari, Cathrin Wasshede
- 2021-01-01 -
Introduction
(Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and
Coloniality)
Erika Alm, Linda Berg, Mikela Lundahl, Anna Johansson, Pia Laskar, Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari, Cathrin Wasshede
Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and Coloniality. Challenging Swedish Exceptionalism - 2021-01-01 -
Skola i
normer
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
- 2020-01-01 -
Inledning
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
Skola i normer / Lena Martinsson & Eva Reimers (red.) - 2020-01-01 -
Skola i normer, från ett annat
håll
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
Skola i normer / Lena Martinsson & Eva Reimers (red.). - 2020-01-01 -
Civil servants talk back - political subjectivity and (re)construction of the
nation
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
Critical Sociology - 2020-01-01 -
Värdegrunder - normeras till
frigörelse
Lena Martinsson
Skola i Normer / Lena Martinsson & Eva Reimers (red.). - 2020-01-01 -
”Visa i handling vad arbetet mot mäns våld är
värt”
Ninni Carlsson, Linnéa Bruno, Carin Holmberg, Monica Burman, Anneli Häyrén, Viveka Enander, Lena Martinsson, Lotten Sunna, Lo Kauppi, Anna Sise, Moa Gammel, Sara Zommorodi, Sofia Helin, Caisa Ankarsparre, Maria Larsson, Nina Rung, Jenny Westerstrand, Gita Rajan
Svenska Dagbladet - 2019-01-01 -
Judith Butler: Notes toward a performative Theory of
assembly
Lena Martinsson, Mona Lilja, Anna Johansson
Journal of resistance studies - 2018-01-01 -
Travelling Artefacts:
The Role of Recognition, (Dis)Belongings, and Acts of
Resistance
Mona Lilja, Lena Martinsson
Journal of Resistance Studies - 2018-01-01 -
Editorial
Anna Johansson, Mona Lilja, Lena Martinsson
Journal of Resistance Studies - 2018-01-01 -
Dreaming Global Change, Doing Local Feminisms. Visions of Feminism. Global North/Global South Encounters, Conversations and
Disagreements.
Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari
- 2018-01-01 -
Gender Equality and Beyond: At the Crossroads of Neoliberalism, Anti-Gender Movements, “European” Values, and Normative Reiterations in the Nordic
Model
Katarina Giritli Nygren, Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari
Social Inclusion - 2018-01-01 -
Transnational messiness, political subjectivity and feminism across borders: in conversation with three Pakistani
activists
Lena Martinsson
Dreaming Global Change, Doing Local Feminisms. Visions of Feminism. Global North/Global South Encounters, Conversations and Disagreements / edited by Lena Martinsson and Diana Mulinari. - 2018-01-01 -
Introduction - transnational feminism- a working
agenda
Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari
Dreaming global change, doing local feminisms : visions of feminism : global North/global South encounters, conversations and disagreements / edited by Lena Martinsson and Diana Mulinari. - 2018-01-01 -
Epilogue
Diana Mulinari, Lena Martinsson
Dreaming global change, doing local feminisms : visions of feminism : global North/global South encounters, conversations and disagreements / edited by Lena Martinsson and Diana Mulinari. - 2018-01-01 -
Classic book review. Judith Butler: Notes toward a performative theory of
assembly
Lena Martinsson, Mona Lilja, Anna Johansson
Journal of resistance studies - 2018-01-01 -
Vi genusforskare hotas till tystnad. Debattörerna: Antidemokratiska rörelser attackerar oss
systematiskt
Paulina de los Reyes, Mathias Ericson, Charlotte Holgersson, Lena Martinsson, Diana Mulinari
Aftonbladet - 2017-01-01 -
Political subjectivity and the experiment of democracy: a
conclusion
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
Education and political subjectivities in neoliberal times and places : emergences of norms and possibilities / edited by Eva Reimers and Lena Martinsson - 2017-01-01 -
Political subjectivity, political struggle and political education in times of
precarisation
Eva Reimers, Lena Martinsson
Education and political subjectivities in neoliberal times and places : emergences of norms and possibilities / edited by Eva Reimers and Lena Martinsson - 2017-01-01 -
Messy norms and desire for
education
Lena Martinsson
Education and political subjectivities in neoliberal times and places : emergences of norms and possibilities / edited by Eva Reimers and Lena Martinsson - 2017-01-01 -
Education and Political Subjectivity in Neoliberal Times and Places : Emergences of norms and
possibilities
Eva Reimers, Lena Martinsson
- 2017-01-01 -
Introduction. Making trouble with neoliberalism, education and political
subjectivity
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
Education and political Subjectivities in neoliberal Times and places - 2017-01-01 -
Education and Political Subjectivities in Neoliberal Times and Places. Emergences of norms and
possibilities
Eva Reimers, Lena Martinsson
- 2017-01-01 -
Sekularitet – förstahet genom religion och
kön
Linda Berg, Mikela Lundahl, Lena Martinsson
Kvinder, Køn og Forskning - 2016-01-01 -
Challenging the myth of gender equality in
Sweden
Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Girili Nygren
- 2016-01-01 -
Politics, subjectivity and education in neoliberal times: An interview with Gert
Biesta
Lena Martinsson, E. Reimers, G. Biesta
Education and Political Subjectivities in Neoliberal Times and Places: Emergences of Norms and Possibilities / edited by Eva Reimers and Lena Martinsson - 2016-01-01 -
The Rainbow Flag as Friction: Transnational, Imagined Communities of Belonging among Pakistani LGBTQ
Activists
Erika Alm, Lena Martinsson
Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research - 2016-01-01 -
Afterword: Rethinking gender
equality
Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griifin, Katarina Giritli Nygren
Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden / edited by Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren - 2016-01-01 -
Den aktiv/istiska
företagaren
Lena Martinsson
Ambivalenser och maktordningar : feministiska läsningar av nyliberalism / Siv Fahlgren, Diana Mulinari, Angelika Sjöstedt Landén (red.) - 2016-01-01 -
Introduction: Challenging the myth of gender equality in
Sweden
Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren
Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden / edited by Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren - 2016-01-01 -
Frictions and figurations: Gender equality norms meet
activism
Lena Martinsson
Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden / edited by Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren - 2016-01-01 -
Nya rasisminstitutet alltför styrt av politiska
agendan
Chloé Avril, Zahra Bayati, Andrea Castro, Yael Feiler, Mia Eriksson, Zlatan Filipovic, Sandra Grehn, Adrián Groglopo, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Patricia Lorenzoni, Mikela Lundahl, Lena Martinsson, Lena S. Sawyer, Therese Svensson, Veronica Svärd, Juan Velasquez, Hanna Wikström
Dagens Nyheter - 2015-01-01 -
Nytt centrum mot rasism får fel vetenskaplig
inriktning
Zahra Bayati, Lena S. Sawyer, Therese Svensson, Lena Martinsson, Chloé Avril, Andrea Castro, Mia Eriksson, Yael Feiler, Zlatan Filipovic, Sandra Grehn, Adrián Groglopo, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Patricia Lorenzoni, Mikela Lundahl, Veronica Svärd, Juan Velasquez, Hanna Wikström
Göteborgs Posten - 2015-01-01 -
Intersektionell normkritik - om jämställdhet arbetsliv och omvandlingar av
makt
Lena Martinsson
SOU 2014:34 Inte bara jämställdhet: Intersektionella perspektiv på hinder och möjligheter i arbetslivet - 2014-01-01 -
Skola i normer, från ett annat
håll
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
Skola i normer / Lena Martinsson & Eva Reimers (red.) - 2014-01-01 -
Skola i
normer
Lena Martinsson, Reimers Eva
- 2014-01-01 -
Värdegrunder - normeras till
frigörelse
Lena Martinsson
Skola i normer 2 upplagan - 2014-01-01 -
Globala klasser. Om mikrokrediter och ekonomisk
subjektivitet
Lena Martinsson
Fronesis - 2012-01-01 -
Stökiga platser, utbildning, ekonomi och politik i globala diskurser om
förändring
Lena Martinsson
Kulturella perspektiv - Svensk etnologisk tidsskrift - 2012-01-01 -
Översättningar i
rörelse
Lena Martinsson, Annica Karlsson Rixon
Kulturella perspektiv - Svensk etnologisk tidsskrift - 2011-01-01 -
Fronesis
Lena Martinsson
Tidskrift för genusvetenskap - 2009-01-01 -
Vid sidan av - Om besök, ovänskap och postkolonialistisk
kritik
Lena Martinsson
Friendship in feminist conversation red. Mia Liinason m.fl - 2009-01-01 -
Naturalisation of
Class?
Lena Martinsson
7th European Feminist Conference, Utrecht NL - 2009-01-01 -
Social mångfald? Om förutsägbar bildning och om demeokrati som sätter värden på
spel
Lena Martinsson
Tidskrift för genusvetenskap - 2009-01-01 -
Sorg och
samhällsanalys
Lena Martinsson
RIG - 2009-01-01 -
Underteoretiserad
klassforskning
Lena Martinsson
RIG - 2008-01-01 -
Towards a Disharmonius
Pluralism
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
Problematizing Identity. Everyday Struggles in Language, Culture, and Education. Angel M. Y. Lin (Ed.) - 2008-01-01 -
Skola i
normer
Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers
- 2008-01-01 -
Normeras till
frigörelse
Lena Martinsson
Skola i normer - 2008-01-01 -
Queera bondesamhällen. Vetenskapliga berättelser och andra sagor om kön, sexualitet och arbetsdelning på
landsbygden
Lena Martinsson
Moderniteter: text, bild, kön - 2008-01-01 -
Utbrända eldsjälar- Om intersektionalitet och den (o)möjliga
kritiken
Lena Martinsson
Framtidens feminismer. Intersektionella interventioner i den feministiska debatten - 2007-01-01 -
What is now made into the
norm?
Lena Martinsson
Norms at work. Challenging homophobia and heteronormativity in School and Workinglife - 2007-01-01 -
Syftet som
arbetsredskap
Lena Martinsson
Att baka en katedral – genusperspektiv i avhandlingsskrivande - 2007-01-01 -
Norms at
work
Lena Martinsson
Challenging homophobia and heteronormativity in School and Workinglife - 2007-01-01 -
Is Class a Category Among
Others
Lena Martinsson
Intersectionality, Identity and Power, Vadstena 11-15 okt 2006. Anordnad av Linköpings universitet i samarbete med European Science Foundation (ESF) - 2006-01-01 -
Intersektionalitet och underteoretisering av
klass
Lena Martinsson
Metamorfoser. 30:e Nordiska etnolog och folkloristkongressen, Stockholms universitet 14-17 - 2006-01-01 -
In the interest of the nation? – Intersectional analysis of two strategies to overcome segregation of
gender
Lena Martinsson
Hetero Factory: Challenging Normativity in School and Working Life. Conference in Norrköping 13-15 june 2006 - 2006-01-01 -
Ledare och ledda – ett
naturfenomen?
Lena Martinsson
Dom – och vi. Humanistdagboken - 2006-01-01 -
Den nödvändiga
ledaren
Lena Martinsson
Vardagslivets fronter - 2006-01-01 -
Hetero-, metero- och andra
normativiteter
Lena Martinsson
Kors och tvärs: Intersektionalitet och makt i storstadens arbetsliv - 2006-01-01 -
Strategisamhälle. Om värdegrund och diskriminerande
frigörelse
Lena Martinsson
Arbetslivets (o)synliga murar. SOU 2006:59 - 2006-01-01 -
Jakten på konsensus. Intersektionalitet och marknadsekonomisk
vardag
Lena Martinsson
- 2006-01-01 -
Bråkiga maskiner - och förhindrade
klassupprepningar
Lena Martinsson
Konferensrapport från ACSIS nationella forskarkonferens för kulturstudier Norrköping 13-15 juni - 2005-01-01 -
Olikhetens paradigm. Intersektionella perspektiv på
ojämlikhetsskapande
Paulina de los Reyes, Lena Martinsson
- 2005-01-01 -
Är lesbiska snåla? Queerperspektiv på ekonomiska
beteenden
Lena Martinsson
Kulick, D. (red). Queersverige - 2005-01-01 -
Inledning
Lena Martinsson
Olikhetens paradigm. Intersektionella perspektiv på ojämlikhetsskapande - 2005-01-01 -
Är klass en kategori bland
andra?
Lena Martinsson
Olikhetens paradigm. Intersektionella perspektiv på ojämlikhetsskapande - 2005-01-01 -
Vem ska skriva
under?
Lena Martinsson
Ljusgården. Meddelanden från Etnologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet - 2004-01-01