How journalism forgets: On the journalistic representation of colonial biopower in Greenland

This article presents a postcolonial and feminist analysis of 44 newspaper articles published between 1965 and 2022 about “the coil campaign” in Greenland, which fitted Greenlandic Inuit women with the IUD in the 1960s and 1970s, at times without their knowledge or consent. Using a media archive sea...

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Published in:Feminist Media Studies
Main Authors: Blaagaard, Bolette, Adrian, Stine W., Norsted, Signe
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Biomedicine
coloniality
feminist theory
Greenland
journalism
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/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality
name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities
name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
greenlandic
inuit
Online Access:https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/06c128ee-7db1-43d5-89f9-395a79e58e2b
https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2024.2400462
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203278119&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary:This article presents a postcolonial and feminist analysis of 44 newspaper articles published between 1965 and 2022 about “the coil campaign” in Greenland, which fitted Greenlandic Inuit women with the IUD in the 1960s and 1970s, at times without their knowledge or consent. Using a media archive search and conducting a discursive analysis, we explore how journalistic reporting and debates enabled a discourse of colonial virtues and modernization processes deemed necessary, which in turn supported the medical practice. Moreover, the historical media archives show us that journalism not only uncovers these harsh truths and hold politicians accountable but also helps support postcolonial politics and discourses, such as the discourses underpinning the coil campaign to begin with.

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