For the past year, we – Leonardo Custódio and Minna Seikkula – have discussed the next steps of RASTER.FI. In this post, we (a) review RASTER.FI’s history, (b) explain our administrative roles, and (c) invite you to contribute to international and interdisciplinary anti-racist dialogue.
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Ukrainian farm workers and Finland’s regular army of labour
Daria Krivonos Covid-19 pandemia and closing borders prompt questions about food production in Finland. As many countries in Europe have … Lisää
Racism and colonial legacies in multicultural Nordic societies
Suvi Keskinen In 2017, several activities were organised in both Denmark and the US Virgin Islands to commemorate the centenary … Lisää
The Sycamore Tree: The right way to anti-racist work
Albina Hipp As a panelist in an antiracist seminar in Abo Akademi University in Finland recently, with participants from the … Lisää
Universities need to take racism seriously and develop anti-racist practices
Several students and researchers who are racialised as non-white have raised critical questions about racism in the Finnish academia and … Lisää
On the use of “zero tolerance”: Institutional responses to discrimination based on gender and race in Finnish universities
Anaïs Duong-Pedica Under the Act on Equality between Women and Men, Finnish universities must aim to “prevent discrimination based on … Lisää
Worthy Lives and Building Homes
Grace I-An Gao Taiwanese architect Hsieh’s installation during Helsinki Design Week 2017 changed my views about the racism debate and … Lisää
It’s time to challenge white saviour mentality
The antiracist research network RASTER supports the criticism and demands raised by SahWira Africa International towards the recent award-winning PLAN … Lisää
Why inequality should matter
Njoki Githieya “Ladies and Gentlemen, good afternoon, let me begin by a disclaimer: I am an Angry black woman in … Lisää
The Silencing Force of Whiteness
Leonardo Custódio In the first week of June, I participated in the workshop “Racism and Anti-racism in the Nordic Societies”[1], … Lisää