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Offer, osynliga eller orosmoment? En kritisk diskursanalys av svenska politikers framställningar av migranter

Falk, Linnéa LU (2022) FKVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This essay analyzes the different representations of migrants that were expressed by
the Swedish government between November 2015 and January 2019 using the theory of coloniality. This was done in order to critically examine the statements about migrants made by the politicians in the government, and thus potentially discuss the racist and colonialist images of the non-European “other” that underlie these statements. It was also investigated whether these representations changed over time and between contexts. The analysis was conducted through analyzing speeches, statements and press releases from the politicians of the Swedish government in the time period November 2014- January 2019 using critical discourse analysis, as outlined by van... (More)
This essay analyzes the different representations of migrants that were expressed by
the Swedish government between November 2015 and January 2019 using the theory of coloniality. This was done in order to critically examine the statements about migrants made by the politicians in the government, and thus potentially discuss the racist and colonialist images of the non-European “other” that underlie these statements. It was also investigated whether these representations changed over time and between contexts. The analysis was conducted through analyzing speeches, statements and press releases from the politicians of the Swedish government in the time period November 2014- January 2019 using critical discourse analysis, as outlined by van Leeuwen. The theory of coloniality was used to deconstruct and critically examine the different representations of the migrants, and their potential origins in racist and colonialist ideas and images. The results of the study show that
the politicians expressed several different representations of migrants, that to different degrees can be connected to racist and colonialist images of the non-European “other”. However, examples of representations that challenges these images were also identified in the discourse. (Less)
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author
Falk, Linnéa LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Kolonialitet, migranter, kritisk diskursanalys, Sverige, elitdiskurs, flyktingkrisen, Theo van Leeuwen
language
Swedish
id
9080366
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 09:11:24
date last changed
2022-07-03 09:11:24
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  abstract     = {{This essay analyzes the different representations of migrants that were expressed by
the Swedish government between November 2015 and January 2019 using the theory of coloniality. This was done in order to critically examine the statements about migrants made by the politicians in the government, and thus potentially discuss the racist and colonialist images of the non-European “other” that underlie these statements. It was also investigated whether these representations changed over time and between contexts. The analysis was conducted through analyzing speeches, statements and press releases from the politicians of the Swedish government in the time period November 2014- January 2019 using critical discourse analysis, as outlined by van Leeuwen. The theory of coloniality was used to deconstruct and critically examine the different representations of the migrants, and their potential origins in racist and colonialist ideas and images. The results of the study show that
the politicians expressed several different representations of migrants, that to different degrees can be connected to racist and colonialist images of the non-European “other”. However, examples of representations that challenges these images were also identified in the discourse.}},
  author       = {{Falk, Linnéa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Offer, osynliga eller orosmoment? En kritisk diskursanalys av svenska politikers framställningar av migranter}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}