Contemporary racism i Norway: Exposing the invisble in plain sight

This event invites you to step beyond the comfort zone and join the panelists in a thought-provoking and much needed conversation that will address the following questions:

– What enables the continued existence of racism in Norway?
– What are the effects of racism remaining “invisible in plain sight”?
– How to face what we are too uncomfortable to name and move towards genuine equality for all?

Racism is elusive to those who are not directly affected by it. The speakers will illuminate its hidden systemic mechanisms and far-reaching repercussions through a range of perspectives: how the notion of “race,” even if discredited, is still shaping contemporary society; the key role of the media in producing and re-producing the standards of “normality,” including its discriminatory bias; the effects that racism has on the life, health and well-being of those affected by it; what measures can be adopted in education to overcome the internalized racism we are not even aware of.

Speakers:

Cristina Archetti and Banafsheh Ranji
Racism in the media: Deconstructing “normality”

Michelle A. Tisdel
Heritage, archives, and knowledge production: A social justice approach?

Jon Røyne Kyllingstad
The absence of race in Norway?

Kristin Gregers Eriksen
Discomforting presence in the classroom: The sanctioned ignorance of coloniality and racism

Patji Alnæs-Katjavi
What is unconscious bias?
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Language: English
Room: Nedjma
Free and open to public