Knowledge on the Nordics
Listen to researchers talk about the history, society and culture of the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the autonomous territories, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland). Mainly interviews and panel discussions, but also synopses of particular historical events and topics within the humanities and social sciences written by researchers and read out in one of the Nordic languages as well as English.
Knowledge on the Nordics
Norway: Uncovering Gender and Branding in the Nordics with Eirinn Larsen
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nordics.info
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Season 3
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Episode 9
Listen to this podcast if you are interested in:
- Women’s role in business from around 1900 to today.
- The Norwegian gender quota system on business boards.
- Why we should question our love of ‘quick fix’ global indexes which often place the Nordics at the top.
- The fact that there is usually a host of other political reasons for gender-positive action that have nothing to do with equality.
Eirinn Larsen, Professor in History at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo, and editor of Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region , helps editor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe understand why and how gender is used as a tool for branding the Nordics.
This is the ninth virtual visit around the Nordic countries in the podcast series ’The Nordics Uncovered: Critical Voices from the Region’ and was recorded in May 2021.
Find out more on nordics.info.