Randi Elin Gressgård

Homepage: https://uib.academia.edu/RandiGressg%C3%A5rd

Title: Associate Professor

Phone: +47 55 58 89 98

Cellphone: +47 900 98 679 SMS

E-mail: Randi.Gressgard@skok.uib.no

Visiting address: Allegt. 34

Gressgård holds a PhD in sociology, and is Associate Professor of gender studies in the social sciences at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Research (SKOK). She is also affiliated with the research unit International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), University of Bergen (http://imer.b.uib.no/). Her research interests include migration & minority studies, gender & sexuality studies and urban studies. Among her publications is Multicultural Dialogue: Dilemmas, Paradoxes, Conflicts (Berghahn Books, 2010/2012), which was debated in Dialogues in Human Geography’s book forum, summer 2012. 

 

Publications in Cristin

A. Monographs and edited books

Multicultural Dialogue: Dilemmas, Paradoxes, Conflicts. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books 2010, paperback 2012 (192 pages). http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=gressgardmulticultural

Kjønnsteori (Gender Theory) (co-authored and -edited with E. Mortensen, C. Egeland, C. Holst, K. Jegerstedt, S. Rosland and K. Sampson). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008 (349 pages). http://www.gyldendal.no/Gyldendal-Akademisk/Humanistiske-fag/Historie/Kjoennsteori 

Fra identitet til forskjell (From Identity to Difference). Oslo: Scandinavian Academic Press / Spartacus, 2005 (215 pages). http://www.spartacus.no/index.php?ID=Bok&counter=309

Dilemmaet mellom likeverdighet og særegenhet som ramme for flerkulturell dialog (The Dilemma between Equal Dignity and Distinctiveness as Constitutive Framework for Multicultural Dialogue). Doctoral dissertation in sociology, University of Bergen, 2003 (245 pages).

Fanden går i kloster. Elleve tekster om det andre (The Devil Joins the Convent: Eleven Texts on the Other) (co-editor with Siri Meyer). Oslo: Spartacus, 2002 (287 pages). http://www.spartacus.no/index.php?ID=Bok&counter=185

Det sosiale bymiljøet som visuelt felt: Et grunnlagsteoretisk fokus på forholdet mellom språk, estetikk, moral og sosiabilitet. MPhil thesis in sociology. University of Bergen 1997 (193 pages).

B. Journal articles and book chapters

“Å stang hodet i veggen: Mikroaggresjon i akademia” (Banging your head against the wall: Microaggression in academic institutional life). Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 31(1): 17–29. http://www.idunn.no/ts/nnt/2014/01/aa_stange_hodet_i_veggen_mikroaggresjoniakademia?highlight=#highlight

“Asexuality: From Pathology to Identity and Beyond”. Psychology& Sexuality (special issue on asexuality) 2(2) 2013: 179–192. http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpse20/4/2. Also published in Carrigan, M., K. Gupta and T.G. Morrison (eds): Asexuality and Sexual Normativity: An Anthology. London: Routledge, 2014. http://www.psypress.com/books/details/9780415731324/

“Author Response”, in Dialogues in Human Geography. Book Review Forum. (Multicultural Dialogue debated by Marco Antonsich, Sophie Bond, Nancy Ettlinger and Helen Wilson) 2(2) 2012: 227–231. http://dhg.sagepub.com/search/results?fulltext=Gressg%C3%A5rd&submit=yes&journal_set=spdhg&src=selected&andorexactfulltext=and&x=0&y=0

“The Will to Empower: Die Komplexität der ‘Anderen’ Managen”(co-authored with Cathrine Egeland), German translation in Castro Varela, M. and N. Dhawan (eds): Soziale (Un)Gerechtigkeit: Kritische Perspektiven auf Diversity, Intersektionalität und Antidiskriminierung. Berlin: LIT, 2011: 99–117. http://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/3-8258-1192-1

“Revisiting Contingency, Hegemony and Universality”, in Castro Varela, Maria do Mar, Nikita Dhawan og Antke Engel (eds): Hegemony and Heteronormativity: Revisiting ’the Political’ in Queer Politics. Farnham: Ashgate 2011: 25–41. http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409403203

“When Trans Translates into Tolerance – Or Was It Monstrous?”, in Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society 13(5) 2010: 539–561. http://sexualities.sagepub.com/content/13/5/539

“Omsorgen for ‘andre’: Interseksjonalitet, forskjell og ansvarlighet”(The Care for ‘Others’: Intersectionality, Difference and Accountability) (co-authored with Cathrine Egeland), in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning(Journal of Gender Research) 32(4) 2008: 40-58. http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/publikasjon/vis.html?tid=57428

“Mind the Gap: Intersectionality, Complexity and ‘the Event’”, in Theory and Science 10(1) 2008. http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/content/vol10.1/Gressgard.html

“Krevende toleranse: Islam og homoseksualitet” (Demanding tolerance: Islam and homosexuality) (co-authored with Christine Jacobsen), in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research) 32(2) 2008: 22–39. http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c35640/artikkel/vis.html?tid=53711

“The Will to Empower: Managing the Complexity of the Others”(co-authored with Cathrine Egeland), in Nordic Journal of Women’s Studies(NORA) 15(4) 2007: 207–219. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/19646089-3837625/content~db=all~content=a787303764

“Det beste fra to kulturer: Frihet og fellesskap” (The Best of Two Worlds: Freedom and Community), in Fuglerund, Øivind and Thomas Hylland Eriksen (eds): Grenser for kultur. Perspektiver på minoritetsforskning(Cultural Limits: Perspectives on Minority Research). Oslo: Pax, 2007: 80–110. http://www.pax.no/index.php?ID=Bok&ID2=Vis&counter=1572

“Anerkjennelse: Hvilke forskjeller er relevante?” (Recognition: Which Differences Matter?), in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning (Norwegian Journal of Migration Research) 6(1) 2007: 10–26. “The Veiled Muslim, the Anorexics and the Transsexuals: What do They Have in Common?”, in European Journal of Women’s Studies 13(4) 2006: 325–341. http://www.google.no/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CCMQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fejw.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F325.pdf&rct=j&q=veiled+muslims+Gressg%C3%A5rd&ei=XaYYTOr5DdifONeGiJUL&usg=AFQjCNEoGUWggnKBWbfMSzbnXhAmmZFtrA

“Beyond Man: In Defence of Multiple Identities” (co-authored with Christine Jacobsen), in Sicakkan, Hakan and Yngve G. Lithman (eds): What Happens when Society is Diverse? Multidimentional Identities. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: The Edwin Mellem Press, 2006: 53–74.

“Muslimer med slør, anorektikere og transseksuelle: Hva har de til felles?” (Veiled Muslims, Anorexics and Transsexuals: What do They Have in Common?), in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research) 29(1) 2005: 21–34. http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c35640/artikkel/vis.html?tid=36649

“Opprør med stil. Forholdet mellom identitet, estetikk og subkulturell motstand” (Revolt with Style. The Relationship between Identity, Aesthetics and Sub-Cultural Resistance), in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning(Norwegian Journal of Migration Research) 4(1) 2005: 13–20.

“Hva mener regjeringen med flerkulturelt mangfold? ” (What Does the Government Mean by Multicultural Diversity?), in Nytt norsk tidsskrift (New Norwegian Journal) 22(1) 2005: 72–79. http://www.idunn.no/ts/nnt/2005/01/sideblikk_hva_mener_regjeringen_med_flerkulturelt_mangfold

“Den rettferdige rasismen” (The Just Racism), in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning (Norwegian Journal of Migration Research) 5(2) 2004: 140–146.

“Questions of Gender in a Multicultural Society” (co-author with Christine Jacobsen), in Nordic Journal of Women’s Studies (NORA) 11(2) 2003: 69–77. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a713800883

“En kvinne er ikke bare en kvinne. Kjønnsproblematikk i et flerkulturelt samfunn” (A Woman is not Just a Woman. Questions of Gender in a Multicultural Society) (co-authored with Christine Jacobsen), in Holst, Cathrine (ed): Kjønnsrettferdighet: Utfordringer for feministisk politikk (Gender Justice: Challenges in Feminist Politics). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2002: 189–230. http://kjonn.maktutredningen.no/publikasjoner/326

“Lyotard og Bourdieu: Ontologisering av henholdsvis ‘striden’ og‘tvisten’” ("Lyotard and Bourdieu: Ontologization of the 'Differend' and the 'Litigation'"), in Sosiologisk tidsskrift (Journal of Sociology) 10(4) 2002: 283-307. http://www.idunn.no/ts/st/2002/04/lyotard_og_bourdieu_ontologisering_av_henholdsvis_striden_og_tvisten

“Fanden går i kloster” (The Devil Joins the Convent) (co-authored with Siri Meyer), in Gressgård, Randi and Siri Meyer (eds.): Fanden går i kloster. Elleve tekster om det andre (The Devil Joins the Convent. Eleven Texts about the Other). Oslo: Spartacus, 2002: 7–12. http://www.spartacus.no/index.php?ID=Bok&counter=185 

“Modernitetens konsekvenser”, in Frode Molven (red.): Talemøte: Samtalar i norsk tid. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1998: 150–158.

“Moral og estetikk i bymiljøet – om forholdet mellom nærhet og distanse i moralsk opptreden”, in Ann Nilsen 3(red.): Miljøsosiologi: Samfunn, miljø og natur. Oslo: Pax, 1997: 54–72.

“Den sosiale strukturen kommer til syne i språket”, in Sosiologisk Årbok 1(2) 1996: 153–183.

C. Book reviews/review essays and text book contributions

“Interseksjonalitet” (Intersectionality), in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research) 37(1) 2013: 64–67 http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c17264/artikkel/vis.html?tid=83978

“Sterk mur, svak suverenitet” (Solid wall, weak sovereignty). Book review of Wendy Brown: Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, in Agora: Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon 29(2–3) 2011: 338–348.

“Tid for kritikk” (Time for Critique). Book review of Wendy Brown: Edgework: Critical Essays on Knowledge and Politics, in Kvinder, Køn & Forskning (Women, Gender & Research) 18(2) 2009: 74–75.

“Feminist Theorizes the Political: The Political Philosophy of Wendy Brown”. Review essay in Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research (NORA) 16(4) 2008: 257–263. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a906422005

“Iris Marion Young”, in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori(Gender Theory). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008: 152–167. http://www.gyldendal.no/Gyldendal-Akademisk/Humanistiske-fag/Historie/Kjoennsteori

“Wendy Brown”, in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori (Gender Theory). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008: 161–167. http://www.gyldendal.no/Gyldendal-Akademisk/Humanistiske-fag/Historie/Kjoennsteori

“Henrietta L. Moore”, in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori (Gender Theory). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008: 224–230. http://www.gyldendal.no/Gyldendal-Akademisk/Humanistiske-fag/Historie/Kjoennsteori

“Henrietta L. Moore.Feministisk antropologi gjennom to tiår” (H. L. Mooore: Feminist Anthropology through Two Decades). Review essay in Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift (Norwegian Journal of Anthropology) 18(2) 2007: 162–171. http://www.idunn.no/ts/nat/2007/02/henrietta_l_moore_feministisk_antropologi_gjennom_to_tiar

“Etnisk mangfold i skolen” (Ethnic Diversity in School) (co-author with Sissel Lilletvedt). Book review of Joron Pihl: Etnisk mangfold i skolen: Det sakkyndige blikket, in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning (Norwegian Journal of Migration Research) 6(2) 2005: 71–75.

“Sammensatt (om) identitet” (Complex Identity). Book review of Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Røtter og føtter: Identitet i en omskiftelig tid, in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning (Norwegian Journal of Migration Resarch) 5(2) 2004: 147–150.

 

Gender studies