About the project
Examples of counter publics that politicize new forms of personal life in Norway are the monthly gay interest magazine Blikk and the feminist magazine Fett, and blogs and web-communities like BarnIMagen. The project will investigate a sample of these counter-publics as well as dominant strands of debates on the legitimacy of changing intimacies and sexualities in the main national newspapers. In addition, a sample of advisory columns about intimacy and sexuality from the national newspapers will indicate contemporary hegemonic understandings of personal life.
Financing
Norwegian Research Council. Period: 2009-2013.