Around 2007, several self-proclaimed norm-critical publishing companies were established in Sweden. This caused a long debate in the daily press, where some critics compared the ”norm-critical” books to propaganda. The debate indicates a conflict between an aesthetic and a didactic approach to children’s literature. Another lively debate with simil...
This study aims to examine high school teachers experiences with non-binary students in different aspects of social and cultural factors. The use of the pronoun they will have a central role in terms of how teachers perceive its signification and function in everyday meetings with non-binary students. From its origin, circa 1970, to todays modern s...
Fire and Hearth. To what extend can they light Paleolithic ways of lif
The aim of this study is to examine if pupils in the grades 4 - 6 in one school follow Swedish written language norms. The focus on this study is on the Swedish pronouns de, dem and dom. The English equivalent of de and dem is they and them. In the Swedish language we also have the pronoun dom, that is mostly used in colloquial language. This is in...
