Inhalt: This PhD dissertation investigates the reproduction of sexist and racist harassment and
discrimination in workplaces at Danish universities. It contributes to feminist organization
studies by exploring: (1) How does the dis/organization of Danish universities enable the
reproduction of inequalities, specifically in form of sexist and racist harassment and
discrimination? (2) What allows sexist and racist workplace harassment and discrimination to be
reproduced both on an institutional-structural and an interactional-individual level? (3) How are
sexist and racist harassment and discrimination reproduced intersectionally, and what is distinct
in how they are reproduced?
Data from the Danish university context provides the empirical basis for the study. The author
conducted in-depth interviews with academic faculty at all eight Danish universities. Interviewees
were not required to have personal experiences with harassment and discrimination. An
approach of anti-narrative research operationalized through embodied queer listening was
developed and used in both data generation and analysis to methodologically acknowledge and
engage with the interviewees’ vulnerabilities as well as autonomy in relation to organizational
norms and power structures. It further allowed engaging with both discursive and affective
aspects of data generation and analysis.
The findings of the study are structured in six analytical chapters. These outline (I) contextual
mechanisms within the Danish academic system that facilitate harassment and discrimination,
(II) the unspeakability of racism when speaking of harassment and discrimination, (III) the
imperceptibility of harassment, that is, how harassment often becomes affectively noticed before
becoming named as such, (IV) ten (de)legitimization strategies that allow harassment and
discrimination to persist, (V) expectations in how to speak up about harassment experiences, and
finally (VI) insights on the reporting process and its challenges.
Schlagwörter:academia; Denmark; discrimination; harassment; intersectional; race discrimination; sexism
CEWS Kategorie:Diversity, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Hochschulschrift
