Everyday resistance in the welfare state

Everyday resistance is a concept developed to investigate how disadvantaged people in subtle and discreet ways resist injustices, power abuse or acquire resources. In the context of the welfare state, this can be when users of various services navigate the system in creative ways to resist the dominance of those in more powerful positions, such as school teachers, child protection officers or prison guards.

In this lecture Stellan Vinthagen will present the theoretical framework for analysing everyday resistance he developed together with Anna Johansson in the book “Conceptualizing ‘everyday resistance’: A transdisciplinary approach” (2020). The framework consists of four dimensions (repertoires, relations, space and time) and Stellan Vinthagen will discuss what this can mean in the Nordic welfare state context.

Stellan Vinthagen is professor of sociology at the Univeristy of Gothenburg and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. He does research in the areas of resistance, activism, theory of power as well as social movements.

The lecture will be in English. Everyone is welcome, no registration necessary. For more information, please contact lisa.lindqvist@kau.se

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Stellan Vinthagen, är professor i sociologi vid Göteborgs universitet samt Massachussets University. Till de områden han forskar om hör motstånd, aktivism, maktteori och sociala rörelser samt ickevåldsliga förändringsstrategier (civilt motstånd). Han kommer att föreläsa om vardagsmotstånd i välfärdsstaten.

Föreläsningen är på engelska, öppen för alla som är intresserade och ingen anmälan behövs.

För mer information kontakta lisa.lindqvist@kau.se