DET SUNDHEDSVIDENSKABELIGE FAKULTET
KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
Date: Monday the 23rd of March 2015 from 14-16.30
Place: Centre for Health and Society, Øster Farimagsgade 5,
Copenhagen, room 1.1.02
Seminar:
Race and Discrimination in relation to Health and
Wellbeing
Program
14.00-14.10
Welcome by Professor Allan Krasnik, Danish Research Centre for
Migration, Ethnicity and Health
14.10-14.40
“Race, whiteness and racism in the Nordic context” by Associated
Professor Kathrine Vitus, Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity
and Health
14.40-15.10
“Race, Discrimination and Stigma: Immigrants Negotiation of Identity,
Health and Well-Being“ by Associate Professor Anne Sigfrid Grønseth,
Lillehammer University College, Norway
15.10-15.30
Coffee break
15.30-16.00
“Racialising prenatal technology: exploring ethnic minority engagement with
fetal ultrasound and MRI” by Senior Lecturer Dr. Kate Reed, University of
Sheffield, United Kingdom
16.00-16.30
Discussion
The seminar is organized by the research project “Towards Sustainable Healthy Lifestyle Interventions for
Migrants” (SULIM). SULIM is carried out in collaboration between:
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The Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health, University of Copenhagen
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Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen
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Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen,
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The National Institute of Public health, University of Southern Denmark
SULIM is financed by The Danish Council for Strategic Research. For more information about SULIM
www.sulim.ku.dk or contact Janne Sørensen [email protected]
DET SUNDHEDSVIDENSKABELIGE FAKULTET
KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
Date: Monday the 23rd of March 2015 from 14-16.30
Place: Centre for Health and Society, Øster Farimagsgade 5,
Copenhagen, room 1.1.02
Race and Discrimination in relation to Health and
Wellbeing
1) Kathrine Vitus: Race, whiteness and racism in the Nordic context
In her presentation, Kathrine will discuss the status of the concepts of race, racism and whiteness in the
Nordic context and how this affects research into, as well as social perceptions and institutional practices
dealing with people of non-Danish (i.e. non-Western) descent. Thus, the Danish eviction of the concept
of race tends to make social processes of racialization, dominating norms of whiteness and practices
and experiences of discrimination and racism – also in relation to health, wellbeing and health care
services - invisible.
Bio: Kathrine Vitus is a sociologist (PhD) and Associate Professor at the Danish Research Center for
Migration, Ethnicity and Health (MESU), University of Copenhagen. Her primary research interests are
the sociology of childhood and youth; ethnicity, race and intersectionality; social exclusion, health and
wellbeing; intersectiorality between the social and health care system; social theory and qualitative
methodologies.
2) Anne Sigfrid Grønseth: Race, Discrimination and Stigma: Immigrants Negotiation of Identity, Health
and Well-Being
Based on fieldwork among Tamil refugees in Norway concerning illness and well-being Anne Sigfrid will
discuss experiences of discrimination and stigma in everyday life and meetings with health care
personnel with a focus on negotiations of identity and personhood.
Bio: Dr. Anne Sigfrid Grønseth is Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at Lillehammer University
College, Norway, where she directs the Research Unit of Culture, Health and Identity, and is affiliated
with the Research Center for Child and Youth Competence Development. Her research has focused on
Tamil refugees in Norway with a particular emphasis on health and well-being.
3) Kate Reed: Racialising prenatal technology: exploring ethnic minority engagement with fetal
ultrasound and MRI
In her paper, Kate will talk about issues relating to race, ethnicity and healthcare in the context of her
own work on reproductive technology. The paper explores ethnic and racial discrimination in terms both
of access to technology but also relating to the ways in which the technology itself is designed according
to the needs of certain ethnic groups. Kate situates this in the context of theoretical debates in medical
sociology on the racialisation of health.
Bio: Dr. Kate Reed is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Sociology (BA, MA, PhD) at Department of
Sociological Studies at University of Sheffield. Her research interests are sociology of health and illness,
gender, social theory, race and ethnicity. Her research focuses on two areas: the social and ethical
implications of genetic screening and the impact of novel technological application in medicine.