Strategic Essentialism and Ethnification Hand in Glove

摘要: The present article sets out to explore certain aspects of how individuals with an ethnic minority background experience the journalistic media. It is derived from a project based on in-depth interviews aimed at mapping media experiences and strategies background. Many tell their being ethnified or subject culturalization by reporters � thereby ascribed lesser Norwegian identity even if they happen be born raised in Norway. In several cases, interviewees demonstrate have had emphasize ethnicity order gain better access regard issues causes that nothing do These continuing intersecting processes may inspire (strategic) essentialism among groups as necessary albeit disputed way obtaining attention recognition. Anthropologists� approaches essentialism, ethnification are discussed, conclusion, discusses Gayatri Spivak�s �strategic essentialism�, its advantages, pitfalls limitations.