The ETMU Award is granted annually in recognition of a major contribution to the promotion of or research on ethnic relations and international migration in Finland. The ETMU Award 2018 was granted to Koko Hubara and the Ruskeat Tytöt (Brown Girls) Collective at the ETMU Conference at Åbo Akademi University on November 16, 2018. Koko Hubara and the Ruskeat Tytöt Collective have provided a medium for racialized Finns to make their voice heard in...
Annika Forsander Memorial Fund: Call for Travel Grant Applications
The Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU) announces a call for travel grant applications, funded by the Annika Forsander Memorial Fund, to support the participation of PhD researchers in international research conferences. The applicants must be members of ETMU, and their research topic must be related to the field that ETMU represents, i.e. the study of ethnic relations and international migration. The...
ETMU supports SahWira Africa International
PLAN’s campaign reproduces the problematic imagery of a “white savior” The antiracist research network RASTER has challenged ETMU to take a stance towards the campaign of PLAN International Finland, where a 12-year old pregnant Zambian girl is featured in fashion photographs. The campaign has been criticized for spreading colonial representations (see, for example, the campaign by SahWira Africa International, the statements by RASTER and the...
Annika Forsander 1965–2018
Doctor of Social Sciences, Docent, and the Head of the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Annika Forsander (b. 1965) passed away suddenly in her home on Friday, April 20, 2018. She was appointed as the first director of immigration issues in the city of Helsinki in 2007. In addition, she worked as a Director of Development at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, playing...
ETMU Conference 2018: Vulnerability, Resilience & Resistance in Diverse Societies
15-16th November 2018 Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland We invite workshops proposals for the 15th ETMU Conference: Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance in Diverse Societies. Read more about the 15th ETMU Conference from the official site.
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👋🏼Friends of ETMU! ✨ We hope you are having a wonderful pre-holiday season, with the possibility to let work retreat to the background every now and then and focus on the (other) people and things that give you joy. ✨ In the spirit of giving, please consider paying your membership contributions to ETMU! ✨ We’d love to continue putting on all those events and providing all those resources and networks. 👉🏼 Your membership fee helps keep ETMU alive. 💸 Thank you! 🙏🏼
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Why? As member of ETMU, you can participate in the ETMU’s annual conference for a reduced price. You can join membership activities, such as visits ETMU organizes to ministries, NGOs, and other institutions working in the field of ethnic relations and international migration. Information about the...✨ETMU news✨
Good morning all! ☀️We wish you an excellent start into the new week with some ETMU-internal news. In our last meeting on Friday, Johanna Leinonen passed on the ETMU chairwoman-torch to Saara Pellander. We thank Johanna from our hearts, who has been a huge part of making ETMU the (self)critical and lively community that it is now. Best wishes to Saara for her new role! Since she has already been a productive and courageous board member in the past years, we have no doubt that this is the beginning of a beautiful friend- uh leadership. Warmest wishes to both of you! 💪🏼💕
(Left/top: Elina Turjanmaa thanks Johanna Leinonen on behalf of the ETMU board. Right/bottom: New chairwoman Saara Pellander and Johanna Leinonen.)
Saija Niemi esittelee blogissamme kehittämäänsä kontrolliteoriaa, joka kuvaa kontrollin keskeistä merkitystä osana muuttoliikkeitä ja muuttoliiketoimijoiden jokapäiväistä elämää.
In her PhD, Saija Niemi developed a Theory of Control Tuning which provides tools for better understanding how individuals and groups manage control in the migration process. In this blog post, Niemi demonstrates how control tuning can occur in a conflict situation.
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Control and migration – from states to individuals and groups | Liikkeessä yli rajojen
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The topic of control and migration has long been discussed from the angle of migration management. The perspective of nation-states and international alliances controlling their geographical areas and borders against migrants of different statuses is prevalent. However, there is also another way to....☎️Hello? It’s me (ETMU). I was wondering if ...
you would be interested in becoming a board member of ETMU. If you are (planning to be) an ETMU member, want to take an active role in shaping the work of ETMU, and are ready to collaborate with lots of inspiring people, the ETMU board might be just the place for you! Contact us if you are interested or if you know someone who might be. We look forward to your call (or tweet, or email, or PM, or letter, or smoke signal, or carrier pigeon ...). ☎️
😊Here is a beautiful moment to relive: Koko Hubara & the Ruskeat Tytöt Collective receive the ETMU award 2018. You can find Koko Hubara’s award acceptance speech at the bottom of the page. Congratulations again! Have an excellent weekend, everyone!
ETMU Award 2018 to Koko Hubara and the Ruskeat Tytöt (Brown Girls) Collective - ETMU
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The ETMU Award is granted annually in recognition of a major contribution to the promotion of or research on ethnic relations and international migration in Finland. The ETMU Award 2018 was granted to Koko Hubara and the Ruskeat Tytöt (Brown Girls) Collective at the ETMU Conference at Åbo Akademi ...Blog
