Rikke Andreassen

Ph.D., Associate prof. Tele home: Skype: rikkeandreassen Tele work: +46 (0) 40 665 7338 Cellphone: +45 2671 7075 E-mail: Rikke.Andreassen@mah.se Alt. E-mail: rikke@rikkeandreassen.dk Web: www.rikkeandreassen.dk

I work as associate professor at Malmö University, affiliated with the Department of Media and Communication Studies. I hold a Ph.D. degree from the Department of History, University of Toronto, Canada (2005). Academically, I focus on media representations of minorities, and I work with representations of gender, race and sexuality. I am interested in how these representations play into constructions of identities and nationalities, as well as into constructions of normality, norms, and power. Theoretically, I draw upon intersectionality, post-colonial theory, queer theory, feminism, as well as media and cultural theories. I am teaching at the Communication for Development program at Malmö University. I am also participating in a large EU-funded project on immigration, gender, and veiling. Here I research representations of Muslim veils and veiling and investigate how these representations function as tools in the construction of European identities; I also look into how the representations function as mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion of minorities in Europe, especially in Denmark. I am one of the coordinators and founders of the Nordic network MigraNord; a network of scholars working with media and racial/ethnic minorities, funded by Nordforsk. Furthermore, I have the Copenhagen based consultant company Q & A (www.rikkeandreassen.dk), which works with questions of communication and discrimination. I aim at combining my academic work with an activist approach to the society I live in.

Selected publications

• Der er et yndigt land – Medier, minoriteter og danskhed, Tiderne Skifter 2007.
• The Mass Media’s Construction of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Nationality. An Analysis of the Danish News Media’s Communication about Visible Minorities, ph.d-dissertation, University of Toronto, 2005.
• De undertrykte og de frigjorte, Forum, December 2007.
• Oprindeligt var det nogle sure lebber, der hadede mænd, Tidsskriftet Politik, September 2007.
• Ali viole et Peter sait aimer: le rôle des médias danois et les constructions genrées de la sexualité, Migrance, Une revue consacrée à l’histoire de l’immigration en France et en Europe, L’association Génériques, May 2007.
• Reclaim the brand name, Glocal Times, # 6, 2006.
• Intersektionalitet i voldtægtsnarrativer, Kvinder, køn og forskning, December 2006 # 2-3/06.
• Whose skin does a skin colored plaster match? (pdf, 14 pp.), Speak up, Set Up Tolerance, # 1, 2006.
• Hvis hud passer hudfarvet plaster til?? (pdf, 14 pp.), Speak up, Set Up Tolerance, # 1, 2006.
• “Det islamistiske kvindesyn står i skærende kontrast til vores kvindesyn”. Nyhedsmediernes konstruktioner og intersektioner af køn, race, integration og ligestilling fra 1970’erne til 2000’erne, NordNytt, temanummer om integration, vinter 2005/2006.
• Til verdens største pride. Sammen med Rosa Juel Nordentoft, Panbladet, November 2005.
• Køn og etnicitet er noget man gør, Kontur, March 2005.
• From a Collective Women’s Project to Individualized Gender Identities: Feminism, women’s movements, and gender studies in Denmark, Atlantis. A Journal of Women’s Studies, November 2004.
• Samtale mellem Rikke Andreassen og Ellen Nyman, Udsigt. Feministiske strategier i dansk billedkunst, Informations forlag, 2004.
• Jeg vidste, jeg var en freak. Interview med Joan Nestle, sammen med Rosa Juel Nordentoft, Panbladet, august 2004.
• The ‘exotic’ as mass entertainment: Denmark 1878-1909, Race & Class 45, #2, 2003.
• Danske mænd voldtager da ikke, JP København 13 December 2003.
• I am your King, Panbladet, November 2003.
• Når kvinder leger mænd, Forum, Kvinfo,1 June 2002.
• Jeg håber selvfølgelig at I tager den bedste, Christina Leonora Skov (red.): De Røde Sko, Tiderne Skifter, 2002.
• Fra Sofadyr til TV-Producer, Kommunikationsforum, 04 February 2002.
• Budskabet er mediet, Samson. Nr. 2. 2001.
• Anatomisk Have, Ud & Se. Nr. 9. 1999.
• Kvinde Afmagt, Udvikling. Nr. 12. 1997.
• Fatalt seksuelt Sammenstød, Samvirke. Nr. 12. 1997.
• Springbræt til Ægteskabet, Samvirke. Nr. 11. 1996.

Selected interviews

• Expert interviews on headscarf debates, BBC World TV, BBC America and BBC4, June 6, 2008.
• Expert interviews on headscarf debates, Aftenshowet, DR1, May 28, 2007.
• Strejker handler også om ligeløn, interview to Orientering, DR P1, April 23, 2008.
• Feminisme er et fy-ord, men kampen er ikke slut, interview to Orientering, DR P1, March 7, 2008.
• Intimbarbering, interview to Feature, DR P1, Feb. 25, 2008.
• Debat in DR2’s Deadline, Danmark and fear of Islam-frygt, Jan. 23, 2008.
• Der er et yndigt land – medier, minoriteter og danskhed, interview to DR P1’s Mennesker og Medier Nov. 30, 2007.
• Der er et yndigt land – medier, minoriteter og danskhed, interview to DR’s P1 Morgen, Nov. 19, 2007.
• Minoritetskvinders oprør, interview to Orientering, DR P1, Nov. 16, 2007.
• Fördomsfulla danska medier, interview to Kulturnyheterna, SVT1, Nov. 9, 2007.
• Expert interviews on headscarf debates, DR1 TV-Avisen, May 5, 2007.
• Expert interviews on headscarf debates, DR2 Deadline, May 4, 2007.
• Nye toner i udlændingedebatten?, interview to Orientering DR P1, Oct. 25, 2006.
• Expert interviews on feminism and headscarf debates, TV-Avisen, April 5, 2006.
• Expert interviews on feminism and headscarf debates, Deadline, April 7, 2006.
• Tørklædedebat, interview DR’s P1 Morgen, April 4, 2006.
• Det heterosexistiske samfund, interview DR’s P1’s Klubværelset, Aug. 2005.
• Expert interviews on gender and identity constructions, TV2, TV2-Lorry, Dec. 6. 2004.
• Expert interviews on gender and globalization, CD-ROM-teaching material, Easy Film for Danida and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2004.