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Research Article

From blind spot to hotspot: representations of the ‘immigrant others’ in Norwegian curriculum/schoolbooks (1905-2013)

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Figure 1. Graphic representation of the total word count over time in textbooks: 1905–1950 (9 textbooks), 1951–1970 (11 textbooks), 1971–1985 (10 textbooks), 1986–2000 (13 textbooks), 2001–2015 (11 textbooks). Trends indicate an increase in terms related to immigration, particularly after 1980s, with a noticeable decrease in more distant terminology ‘foreigner(s)/‘strangers’

Figure 1. Graphic representation of the total word count over time in textbooks: 1905–1950 (9 textbooks), 1951–1970 (11 textbooks), 1971–1985 (10 textbooks), 1986–2000 (13 textbooks), 2001–2015 (11 textbooks). Trends indicate an increase in terms related to immigration, particularly after 1980s, with a noticeable decrease in more distant terminology ‘foreigner(s)/‘strangers’

Figure 2. Graphic representation of total word count of specific terms in textbooks (same as above) over time. The figure shows an overall increase in the use of the terms ‘immigrant(s)’, ‘refugee(s)’ and asylum-seeker(s)’ from 1905 onwards, particularly after the mid-1980s

Figure 2. Graphic representation of total word count of specific terms in textbooks (same as above) over time. The figure shows an overall increase in the use of the terms ‘immigrant(s)’, ‘refugee(s)’ and asylum-seeker(s)’ from 1905 onwards, particularly after the mid-1980s