Category: Øyvind Holen

+ American Studies Association of Norway, Øyvind Holen, «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din», bergen, Norway, donald trump, Edvard Grieg, fulbright, henrik ibsen, immigration, karpe, karpe diem, norway, peer gynt

“Is this what my tax money is going to?”: Complicating the Trump Administration’s Fascination with Norway

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Before I left Norway last June, Brianne Jaquette and I worked on a piece that looked at the administration’s numerous references to Norway over the past few years. Just this past week, Mike Pompeo stated, “We just want Iran to behave more like a normal country, to be like Norway.” In this piece, Brianne and I argue that using Norway is a referent is much more … Read More “Is this what my tax money is going to?”: Complicating the Trump Administration’s Fascination with Norway

+ Øyvind Holen, «Hvit menn som push 50», «Hvor jeg kommer fra», «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din», «Vestkantsvartinga», chirag, heisann montebello, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, pumba, rap

Language and “Heisann Montebello” in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

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Over the past few posts, I have been looking at songs on Karpe Diem’s Heisann Montebello. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at «Hvite menn som pusher 50» (“White men pushing 50”). This is the second song on the album, following «Au pair», a song that sets up the ways that the album will interrogate whiteness, white privilege, and wealth. This … Read More Language and “Heisann Montebello” in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

+ Øyvind Holen, «Attitudeproblem», chirag, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, OnklP, rap, Ståle Stiil

Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part II

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Last post, I started looking at Karpe Diem’s «Attitudeproblem» and teasing out the tensions within the song between art and entertainment. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at Chirag’s verse. Along with looking at art and entertainment, I also want to explore how Chirag’s verse comments on complaceny and material comforts, much in the same he questions at the end of … Read More Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part II

+ Øyvind Holen, «Attitudeproblem», chirag, Elaina Hercz, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, mona abdel-fadil, norway

Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part I

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Over the past two posts, I have started looking at Karpe’s Heisann Montebello (2016). I have discussed «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» (“Easy to be a rebel in your basement light”) and the ways that the song addresses xenophobic, Islamophobic, and racist rhetoric. Today, I want to continue some of that same discussion by looking at another song on the album, «Attitudeproblem» … Read More Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part I

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Rhetoric of Infestation in Karpe Diem’s «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» Part I

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My research into Norwegian hip hop is ever evolving. I keep finding new artists and songs everyday, but the one group that has really caught my attention is Karpe Diem, a group that consists of Magdi (Egyptian/Norwegian) and Chirag (Indian/Norwegian). Their 2015-2016 project Heisann Montebello (Hello Montebello) exists as a political statement on behalf of individuals who ask, as Pumba puts it, «Hvor faen … Read More Rhetoric of Infestation in Karpe Diem’s «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» Part I

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