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The celebration of Nordic education in South Korea functions as a discursive performance of transnational whiteness through strategies of Other-making, demonstrating that whiteness can operate in non-white contexts without relying on white bodies or physical presence. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine how South Korean educational discourse constructs and maintains the celebration of Nordic education through the dynamics of transnational whiteness.

September 5, 2026Whiteness and Education

The Nordic myth in education: performing transnational whiteness through purification and distinction as forms of other-making

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WJW.H. Jeong DKDugyum Kim YHYounkyung Hong

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Narrative inquiry reveals how South Korean literature constructs a Nordic educational myth through other-making, highlighting how transnational whiteness operates outside Western contexts.

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To examine how South Korean educational discourse constructs and maintains the celebration of Nordic education through the dynamics of transnational whiteness.
Conducted narrative inquiry analyzing 24 books on Nordic education written by South Korean authors.
Identified other-making as the foundational mechanism sustaining the Nordic myth through the discursive purification of Nordic European countries by erasing internal marginalized populations.
Documented narrative strategies that explicitly distinguish Nordic education from Northeast Asian models and the Anglosphere while still upholding Western educational ideals.
Demonstrated that transnational whiteness functions discursively in non-white geographic settings without requiring direct physical presence or institutions.

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Jeong et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4606b95aff0620ec0a9 https://doi.org/10.1080/23793406.2026.2726837

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September 5, 2026Whiteness and Education

The Nordic myth in education: performing transnational whiteness through purification and distinction as forms of other-making

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Authors

WJW.H. Jeong DKDugyum Kim YHYounkyung Hong

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Overview

Narrative inquiry reveals how South Korean literature constructs a Nordic educational myth through other-making, highlighting how transnational whiteness operates outside Western contexts.

Key Points

To examine how South Korean educational discourse constructs and maintains the celebration of Nordic education through the dynamics of transnational whiteness.
Conducted narrative inquiry analyzing 24 books on Nordic education written by South Korean authors.
Identified other-making as the foundational mechanism sustaining the Nordic myth through the discursive purification of Nordic European countries by erasing internal marginalized populations.
Documented narrative strategies that explicitly distinguish Nordic education from Northeast Asian models and the Anglosphere while still upholding Western educational ideals.
Demonstrated that transnational whiteness functions discursively in non-white geographic settings without requiring direct physical presence or institutions.

Cite This Study

Jeong et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4606b95aff0620ec0a9 https://doi.org/10.1080/23793406.2026.2726837

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