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Flyktpodden: Migrant and Minority Voices that Matter?
Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2492-3905
2023 (English)In: European journal of life writing, E-ISSN 2211-243X, Vol. 12, p. RT100-124Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In recent years, podcasting has frequently functioned as a tool ‘to tell stories emanating from routinely marginalized lived experiences’ (Vrikki and Malik, 274). Flyktpodden is a podcast aiming to facilitate intergenerational dialogue about escape, persecution, and migration, thereby challenging mainstream stereotypes and generating understanding of different people’s lives. This article examines the podcast through the theoretical concepts of voice (Couldry) and listening (Bassel), addressing how the podcast uses life stories to broaden the cultural awareness of escape, persecution, and migration. This article further asks whether migrant and minority voices are ascribed agency and allowed to matter. Based on a qualitative content analysis, this article concludes that the podcast offers an eclectic collection of life stories on migration and persecution through which migrants and minorities are allowed to be both vulnerable and agentive. The podcast’s intergenerational and dialogic format gives their voices legitimacy and recognition, thus challenging the hierarchy of value and attention. Moreover, it enables marginalized groups to formulate counter-narratives (Vrikki and Malik) on the historic and present-day situation in Sweden rarely heard in the public sphere.

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University of Groningen Press , 2023. Vol. 12, p. RT100-124
Keywords [en]
migrant media, voice, listening, podcasting
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Media and Communication Studies
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Baltic and East European studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-60364DOI: 10.21827/ejlw.12.41232OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-60364DiVA, id: diva2:2073273
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Post-migrant voices in the Baltic Sea region (Sweden, Germany, Estonia), The Foundation for Baltic and East European StudiesAvailable from: 2026-06-16 Created: 2026-06-16 Last updated: 2026-06-16Bibliographically approved

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