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  • The experiences I chose to acknowledge, the stories I chose to tell: Whiteness researched through para-fiction
    (2019) Forss, Alexandra
     School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
    What impact can para-fictional writing have as a research method? Can one, through para-fictive writing, create a deeper sense or knowledge of one’s own biases? Will this knowledge lead to behavioral changes? This thesis explores these questions. Whiteness and biases are examined/analyzed through para-fiction. The thesis consists of a theoretical part, an artistic part and a reflective part. The theory is based on research on whiteness from a Nordic perspective. Arts-based research, au- to-ethnography and para-fictional writing serves as methods. Main topics within the theory are racism, white privilege, colorblindness and biases. These topics are processed through self-written texts that are partly auto-ethnographic and partly fictive. Whiteness and biases are the themes that are exam- ined while para-fictive writing functions as research method.