Multikulturalismernes kønsblinde øje. Mangfoldighedsudfordringer og kønsligestilling

Mørck, Yvonne

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“…Man mener åbenbart, at forskningen og debatten var bedre stillet uden begrebet kultur, fordi man nemt kan komme til at tillaegge kulturelle forskelle for stor vaegt og derved forstaerke kulturfundamentalistiske tendenser (Hannerz 1999). Andetsteds har jeg diskuteret "skraekken" for at italesaette kulturelle forskelle (Necef 2009b), hvor jeg argumenterede for, at man i forskningen er blevet bange for at blive beskyldt for at vaere essentialist og determinist og derfor er begyndt at benaegte, at kultur kan vaere en faktor i forklaringen af et bestemt faenomen (se også Kurkiala 2005;Mørck 2002Mørck , 2005.…”

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Larmende Tavshed

Necef¹

2012

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Der er en del felter i forbindelse med etniske minoriteter i Danmark, som en række forskere og debattører ønsker at forbigå i tavshed. Man mener tilsyneladende, at videnskabelige undersøgelser og teoretisering samt en åben, offentlig debat om kontroversielle emner risikerer at sætte nydanskere i dårligt lys. I denne artikel diskuterer jeg kun to af disse områder, overkriminalitet og æresdrab. Artiklen bygger på en kritisk læsning af de pågældende forskeres og debattørers argumenter og synspunkter, som fremkommer enten i en videnskabelig form eller som artikler eller udtalelser i pressen. Yderligere inddrager jeg en del data fra Danmarks Statistik. Med hensyn til den eventuelle overkriminalitet blandt nydanskere handler tavsheden dels om at ignorere den videnskabelige debat om forskellige måder at korrigere rå data på, dels om at undgå at forholde sig til spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt den eventuelle overkriminalitet har at gøre med de etniske gruppers kulturelle baggrund. I denne sammenhæng ses der ofte bort fra de store forskelle mellem etniske minoritetsgrupper. Angående æresdrab fremfører man, at forklaringer, som inddrager kulturen som et hovedelement, er essentialistisk og kulturalistisk, og i stedet præsenterer man enten psykologiserende og partikularistiske eller generaliserende og universalistiske fortolkninger. I debatten om æresdrab har man eksempelvis flere gange påstået, at der ikke er væsentlige forskelle mellem æresdrab og jalousidrab. Jeg præsenterer til sidst en række mulige forklaringer på, hvorfor man prøver på at undgå kultur som en forklaringsfaktor, og argumenterer for, at man ikke nødvendigvis bliver kulturfundamentalist eller -determinist, blot fordi man bruger kultur som forklaringsfaktor i forbindelse med et negativt fæno- men. Man kan nemlig have en procesorienteret tilgang, der har blik både for kontinuiteten og forandringen. Søgeord: tavshed, kriminalitet, æresdrab, kultur, essentialisme, indvandrer- forskning There are certain issues concerning ethnic minorities in Denmark, which a number of scholars and public figures wish to pass over in silence. They appear to believe that scientific investigations, and open public debate on controversial topics risk throwing a negative light on ethnic minorities. In this article, I take up two of these topics: the overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in criminal statistics, and so-called honour killing among some ethnic communities. The article builds on a critical reading of the arguments and views of the researchers and public figures in question, which are put forward in scientific articles and in the media. In presenting my critique, I also draw on data from official Danish statistics. Regarding the possible overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in criminality, the silence is about ignoring the scientific debate about the different methods of statistical adjustment of data, and about avoiding the question of whether the overrepresentation in criminality has to do with the cultural backgrounds of ethnic groups. In this context, the major differences among ethnic groups are overlooked. With regard to the phenomenon of honour killing, the scholars and public figures in question claim that explanations which include culture as a main element are essentialising and culturalising; instead, they present psychologising and particularistic or generalising and universalistic interpretations. For instance, it has been claimed that there are no fundamental differences between honour killings and “crimes of passion”. Finally, I present some possible explanations why the concept of culture is avoided as an explanatory factor, and argue that a scholar does not become a cultural fundamentalist or determinist, merely because s/he uses culture as an explanatory element in relation to a social and cultural phenomenon. Rather, culture as an explanatory concept permits a process-orientated approach, which encompasses both continuity and change. Keywords: Silence, criminality, honor killing, culture, essentialism, immigrant research

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Necef¹

2012

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“…In host countries minorities' traditionalisations of the regulation of daughters' lives may be co-determined by marginalisation, and acquire diverse meanings (Goodenow and Espin 1993;Mørck 2002;Yuval-Davis 1992). In host countries like Denmark men may experience discrimination as disempowering and emasculating.…”

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Violence against Women and Ethnicity: Commonalities and Differences across Europe

2011

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Putting together this Reader took us more than three years and the project would not have been successful without the intensive work and support of many people.First of all we would like to thank the authors of this book for their stimulating and elaborate contributions and for their patience during the production process of the book, somewhat lengthened by the finalisation of the English versions of the chapters written in French or German.The dedication and hard work of Renate Klein and Carol Hagemann-White in building up and organizing European research networks on VAW were central in the international cooperation that led to this Reader. Without their network activities, bringing the three of us together and giving us the opportunity to discuss the theme of gender, violence and ethnicity/discrimination, this project would never have launched.We would also like to thank our publisher, Barbara Budrich, and her team for their support during this project and for their patience whilst awaiting the full manuscript, never placing pressure on us nor losing faith that one day the Reader would be completed.WAVE was another important European partner for this Reader, as Rosa Logar, Maria Rösslhumer and Felice Drott helped us in searching for funding for translations and in preparing a framework for the dissemination of the contents of this book during the annual WAVE conference in October 2011. Our colleague and friend Nancy Gage-Lindner gave us important ideas for possible funders and for the realisation of the project, in addition to revision work on the German to English translations.Without the generous support given by INED (the French National Demographic Studies Institute) toward our meetings in Paris over the past four years and its contribution to funding the translation of the Frenchlanguage chapters, the Reader would still be awaiting completion. INED has supported research on VAW since becoming a partner in the first French sur-Contents

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Multikulturalismernes kønsblinde øje. Mangfoldighedsudfordringer og kønsligestilling

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Violence against Women and Ethnicity: Commonalities and Differences across Europe

Narratives of the intersections of masculinities and ethnicities in a Danish high school class

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