• The Costly and Demanding: Exploring Solution-based Othering of Non-European Immigrants in Norwegian Policy Recommendations 

      Andreasen, Søren Mosgaard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-11)
      This article examines the Norwegian scholarly report titled <i>NOU 2017:2—Integration and Trust: Long-Term Consequences of High Immigration</i> (English translation; chapter 1.1) to unpack how ‘non-European immigrants’ are constructed as an economic and social challenge for the welfare state. Principles from discourse theory (DT) and the conceptual framework of othering are applied to discuss how ...
    • Making Enemies: War(b)ordering in Norwegian Extreme Right Discourse 

      Andreasen, Søren Mosgaard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-15)
      This article examines discursive practices of (b)ordering in outputs circulated by a formerly state-funded, extreme-right civil society organization, the Human Rights Service (HRS). Focusing on how an antagonistic relational structure is systematically encouraged between “non-Western,” minoritized populations and Norwegian majorities, I assess the fundamental components of a semiotics of war. ...
    • The Typology of Foreignness. A Case Study of Othering & Belonging amongst Refugees in Northern Norway 

      Andreasen, Søren Mosgaard (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-05-15)
      In this thesis I examine the relationship between social boundaries and processes of othering and belonging amongst refugees in a Northern Norwegian community. I find that organizing concepts such as 'integration', 'culture' and 'second generation immigrant' permeate everyday talk on, and definitions of refugees amongst my Norwegian majority informants. In this context, I argue that dynamics of ...