Racism at Workplace
Researching and Developing Swedkid: A Swedish Case Study at the Intersection of the Web, Racism and Education
Camilla Hällgren
Doktorsavhandlingar i Pedagogiskt arbete Nr 5
© Camilla Hällgren 2006 Cover illustration: Helena Johansson ISSN 1650-8858 ISBN 91-7264-031-6 Printed in Sweden by Arkitektkopia AB, Umeå. Distribution: Institutionen för matematik, teknik och naturvetenskap [Department of Mathematics Technology and Science Education] Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. Tel. +46(0)90-786 50 00 Camilla.Hallgren@educ.umu.se
Abstract
This thesis seeks to provide an insight into three phenomena: the condition of racism in Sweden, the complexity of identity, and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in classroom settings. It also offers an analysis of how such phenomena combined in the development of a specific educational resource, the Swedkid project (2001-3) which aimed to develop an anti-racist website (www.swedkid.nu) for students and teachers in Swedish schools. A case study approach was used for the analysis in the thesis, in which the Swedkid project was viewed as an instance of web-based, anti-racist educational resource development. This instance (or case) provided a prism of opportunity for learning about ‘race’, ethnicity and the role of ICT in the classroom. The case study embraces a number of sub-studies (Papers I-V and Appendix 1) which explore independently and in combination, how the website was developed and received, the Swedish national context, intercultural and anti-racist work in education, racist experiences of young people, and ICT as part of anti-racist work in the classroom. Three sets of findings (or themes) emerged from the study: namely, the existence of racism in Sweden, that young people’s conception of identity is complex and that the Swedkid website constitutes a significant anti-racist intervention. The overall aims of the research were to: - utilise the Swedkid project as a learning
Camilla Hällgren
Doktorsavhandlingar i Pedagogiskt arbete Nr 5
© Camilla Hällgren 2006 Cover illustration: Helena Johansson ISSN 1650-8858 ISBN 91-7264-031-6 Printed in Sweden by Arkitektkopia AB, Umeå. Distribution: Institutionen för matematik, teknik och naturvetenskap [Department of Mathematics Technology and Science Education] Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. Tel. +46(0)90-786 50 00 Camilla.Hallgren@educ.umu.se
Abstract
This thesis seeks to provide an insight into three phenomena: the condition of racism in Sweden, the complexity of identity, and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in classroom settings. It also offers an analysis of how such phenomena combined in the development of a specific educational resource, the Swedkid project (2001-3) which aimed to develop an anti-racist website (www.swedkid.nu) for students and teachers in Swedish schools. A case study approach was used for the analysis in the thesis, in which the Swedkid project was viewed as an instance of web-based, anti-racist educational resource development. This instance (or case) provided a prism of opportunity for learning about ‘race’, ethnicity and the role of ICT in the classroom. The case study embraces a number of sub-studies (Papers I-V and Appendix 1) which explore independently and in combination, how the website was developed and received, the Swedish national context, intercultural and anti-racist work in education, racist experiences of young people, and ICT as part of anti-racist work in the classroom. Three sets of findings (or themes) emerged from the study: namely, the existence of racism in Sweden, that young people’s conception of identity is complex and that the Swedkid website constitutes a significant anti-racist intervention. The overall aims of the research were to: - utilise the Swedkid project as a learning
References: 48 de los Reyes, Paulina & Mulinari, Diana (2005) 51 Lindström, Anders (2002)