The Banning of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Florida’s Outcry and Considerations for the International Community  

In this blog post, Paige Livingston discusses the attack on Critical Race Theory, diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education in Florida and other US states. The attack is part of wider and long-term developments in higher education and knowledge production, Livingston argues, and has direct links and connections to what is happening in research and higher education in Europe. 

On the politics of deportations  

In this text, editors of the recently published anthology Suomesta poistetut Päivi Pirkkalainen and Eveliina Lyytinen discuss deportations, discourses normalizing deportations, the concept of deportability, and the politics of deportations in Finland.

Sodan uhreilla tehdään politiikkaa

Venäjän hyökkäyksen Ukrainaan aiheuttama shokki ja lamaannus vaihtui nopeasti avustustoiminnaksi. Meidän on tehtävä kaikkemme auttaaksemme sotien uhreja. Ukrainan pakolaisten auttaminen jatkuu, mutta samalla sodalla ja sen uhreilla on alettu tehdä politiikkaa. Nyt on korkea aika kyseenalaistaa Perussuomalaisten rasistinen viesti. Näin kirjoittaa Tuija Saresma.

Dismantling Antiblackness in Finnish Higher Education (Call to Action)

In this post, RASTER.FI publishes the call to action ”Dismantling Antiblackness in Finnish Universities”. The document, written collectively by members of the Finnish academic community, describes the problematic persistance of Antiblackness in Finland’s university system, indicates anti-racist actions to improve students’ experience in university, and recommends textual and audiovisual resources for further reading and learning.