Mapping the Shift: From Anti-Immigration to Anti-Islam Discourse

Isa Thulin

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Through layers of legislation, political movements, wars, key events, and shifting migration patterns, my map uncovers how ‘the immigrant’ became synonymous with ‘the Muslim’ in Danish politics starting from the 1960s—tracing the contours of exclusion as they were drawn, redrawn, and hardened over time. To the right, it is traced how the anti-Muslim discourse paved the way for the legitimisation of demolishing multiple racialised neighbourhoods across Denmark and thereby displacing large groups of racialised individuals. The cartoons work to show questions, discomforts, and realisations that emerged as I confronted urban racism in Denmark through a white lens.

type	research exposition
date	06/04/2025
published	24/04/2025
last modified	24/04/2025
status	published
copyright	Birk Thulin
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3555465/3562890
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.3555465
published in	Research Catalogue

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