Likestillingslandets skygge: utenlandske studenter og universitetets (dis)integrerende rolle i Norge
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Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning, 37(2013)1: 3-5Abstract
Kvinners suksess i høyere utdanning siden 70-tallet har omformet det norske samfunnet
nedenfra, like fullt som det har forandret synet på hva kvinner duger til. Kjønnsrevolusjonen på universitetet er slik blitt en selvsagt tematikk i fortellingene om universitetet i det likestilte Norge. Leser man studentaviser og dokumenter fra UiO i dette sagnomsuste tiåret og det påfølgende, dannes derimot et annet bilde av likestillingslandet: For også utenlandske studenter krevde likestilling og inkludering i et universitetssystem som i økende grad skilte mellom ”vesten” og ”resten”, ”hvite” og ”fargede”. Dette utfordrer veletablerte forestillinger om universitetets samfunnsintegrerende funksjon i det moderne Norge.
The mass entry of women into Norwegian higher education has been viewed by historians as a key arena for social and national integration. Apart from supporting near universal labor-market participation among women, the university formed a central sphere for feminist mobilization “from below” against systemic prejudice and practice in both the university and society. However, female students were not alone in challenging discrimination in this decade. Foreign students also mobilized, demanding equal treatment with Norwegian students in the wake of the “immigration stop” in 1975, which targeted unskilled immigrants from Asia and Africa. While Norwegian authorities later made some exceptions for non-Western students, the leading higher education institution, the University of Oslo, continued with discriminatory practices against foreigners. In 1981, for instance, the University introduced a quota system for applicants from non-Western countries in order to give room for students from “countries with systems and cultures of education more similar to our own”. This made the University a leading “producer” of racial discourses in late modern Norway even as it complied with most of the demands from “white” feminists. This practice contributed significantly to impeding the integration of non-Western immigrants into Norwegian society and reinforced the notion that women’s issues in Norway are detached and separate from the fight against racism and ethnic discrimination.
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