Malin Arvidsson
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View article: Nelly Thüring: Teosof, feminist, socialist
Nelly Thüring: Teosof, feminist, socialist Open
”All I have strived for during this school day – that an earthly life amounts to – has been to do my utmost to promote the realization of human brotherhood on our little Earth.” This is how Nelly Thüring (1875–1972), at the age of 94, summ…
View article: Forgotten responsibilities? Nordic truth commissions, Sámi history, and the difficulty of transnational perspectives on historical responsibility
Forgotten responsibilities? Nordic truth commissions, Sámi history, and the difficulty of transnational perspectives on historical responsibility Open
The article studies the Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish truth commissions dealing with state-Sámi (an indigenous population living in northern Scandinavia, Finland and north-western Russia) relations through the concept of transnational his…
View article: Public toilets for women: how female municipal councillors expanded the right to the city in Sweden, c. 1910–1925
Public toilets for women: how female municipal councillors expanded the right to the city in Sweden, c. 1910–1925 Open
This article shows that women’s formal political citizenship is intertwined with the right to the city. Using Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be’ approach, we study how female municipal councillors argued for more public …
View article: RETROACTIVE RESPONSIBILITY:
RETROACTIVE RESPONSIBILITY: Open
State redress for abuse and neglect in children’s homes has been debated in all Scandinavian countries since early 2000s. In Sweden, an official apology was issued in 2011, and a temporary law enabled Swedish care leavers to apply for comp…