När patriarkatet snöröjer : En studie om feministisk snöröjning utifrån nymateriell feministisk teori.

Sammanfattning

The purpose is to map the concept and phenomenon of feminist snow removal in Sweden and analyze it on the basis of new material feminism. The theoretical review is based on the new material feminism and the theory is operationalized into the factors: thingpower/agency, the distinction between non-human/nature and human/culture, and least rooms built from the standard body. The selected method is feminist discursive work which is based on discursive space in media, discourses/collective performances, and identity/positioning. The result consists of the mapping of feminist snow removal and the space that the concept gets in media. To study collective performances towns with feminist snow removal are compared with towns with traditional snow removal. Identity/positioning is applied by examining the positions of towns and political parties on the issue of feminist snow removal. The feminist snow removal is set to be about clearing snow of bicyclesand footpaths and public transport before car roads. Schools and preschools are given priority. Female-dominated workplaces are prioritized to the same extent as male-dominated workplaces. The conclusion is that when the result is applied from a new material feminist perspective can snow removal is interpreted to have a shift in the agency from snow and nature to human and structures. The feminist snow removal can from different reasoning be attributed to either a mixture of nature and culture or merely one of these distinctions. Traditional snow removal starts from the male body and can be interpreted as discriminatory.