Finland?s
SixDegrees
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JOURNEY OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
The art of
the image
page 21
rax
rinnekangas
A work in progress
page 18
immigrant
dining
A place to get
started eating
page 14
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Issue 01 2013
Top 5
2013
things on our
mind this month...
Shrove Tuesday beckoning
12 February is Shrove Tuesday. On that day you
can enjoy riding the pulk sled down a snowy
hill without losing face. In Finland?s cafés, you?ll
see the topical sweet buns cut at the top, with
the middle part dug out and filled with jam
and whipped cream. After a few of them, you?ll
welcome Lent with open buttons.
the road ahead
What?s on around the
country this year?
Finnish delirium tremens on screen
Some people shun at the idea of showing how
life so simple can be made quite complex
through substance abuse, but the fact that the
film Juoppohullun päiväkirja (?Diary of a Dude
with the DTs?, for a rough equivalent in English)
has already attracted viewers in six figures can
be taken to show that ugly reality can be more
fascinating than pretty day-dreams ? and in a
way more aesthetic in its utter ugliness.
AKK Sports Ltd. Pasi Mäenpää
Live Nation
School massacre is no public laughing
matter
Finland?s National Bureau of Investigation
tracked down the poster of online communication
indicating hints of another act of violence in a
Finnish school. The 19-year-old guy said his
posting was meant to be a läppä (colloquially
?a joke? in Finnish). The police, who had to
investigate it, were not laughing, and neither are
we, after all the tragic events that have taken
place in past years, most recently in America.
Inherit the wind
This name of an oldie film fits another goodie,
Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén, the Finnish windsurfer who
won silver at the Summer Olympics in London
and was chosen the Athlete of the Year in
Finland. Some sources referred to her selection
as ?bewildering?. It?s great to see newer sports
get recognised? this way.
Sleepy, grumpy NHL fans
Forget the 7 dwarfs, bring us the Original Six!
The National Hockey League season finally got
started, with a compact schedule. For many
grumpy European fans, there will be ?no sleep
?til Stanley?.
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How
best keep warm
during freezing
February?
One must either consider alcoholism or
suspended animation via cryo-stasis.
Tomas Whitehouse, photographer
Cross-country skiing and sauna. If it ain?t
broke, don?t fix it!
Gavan Titley, lecturer
Wear layers and keep your woollen
socks on!
Annika Rautakoura, journalist
Rockers Bon Jovi return for their umpteenth visit to Finland in May.
James O?Sullivan
W
ELL, once again we find ourselves staring down the
start of a year. Some of us may have already watched
helplessly as our New Year?s resolutions have faded
from view, the snow is taunting newcomers to the
country as it piles up nicely around the country and preparation
of summer plans for many are in full swing.
Yep, believe it or not, the snow will eventually melt and the
arrival of Vappu on a Wednesday this year signals that the
end is nigh. While the warmer months are beckoning in the
distance, what else lies ahead this year?
For those seeking a dash of cheese with their plans this year,
be on the lookout for the 58th annual Eurovision Song Contest,
which will be held across the pond in May in Malmö, Sweden.
Back on these shores, rock concerts are plentiful once again,
with crusty hair metallers Bon Jovi making their umpteenth
appearance on these shores with a gig in Tampere on 26 May.
Meanwhile, British alt-trio Muse (27 July) bring their space
rock oddities to Helsinki?s Olympic Stadium. For those in
need of something more subdued then keep an eye out for the
likes of Mark Knopfler on 9 June at Hartwall Areena. Also,
the festival season sees many, many opportunities around
Neste Oil Rally ? World Rally Championships come to Jväskylä in August.
the country to catch world-class acts conveniently bunched
together under the same bill.
In sports, May sees the staging of IIHF 2013 World
Championships, as Helsinki shares the hosting duties with
Stockholm. Proving once again that Finns can really let them
fly around the corners, the Neste Oil Rally ? World Rally
Championships are coming once again to Jyväskylä this year
between 1 and 3 August.
After a bumper year in 2012 that saw both municipal elections and presidential elections being held, politics in Finland
will once again focus on plugging the eurozone crisis and
whatever lude, crude and quotable comments will emerge
from The Finns.
National holidays are scattered around the year, offering
many an excuse to overindulge on the night before, aka the
local phenomenon of aatto. Also, keep an eye out for midsummer, which falls on Friday 21 June, offering an excuse to light
fires at midnight to mark the occasion of excessive amounts
of daylight.
But, for the time being, the snow is with us and with it comes
an excuse to try out the many and varied snow sports on offer ? a
novelty for many of us who may never have experienced such
temperatures before. Get out there and see what you can discover!
Finnish After Dark
Learning the Finnish they don?t teach in school
David Brown and Mimmu Takalo
Finnish: Itis
English: Itäkeskus shopping centre
Far to the east of the bright city lights lies a shopping centre apparently dropped in from another planet. Or possibly another time
zone. Impressively multi-cultural Itis may be, but it is very much New Jersey to Helsinki?s New York ? or Essex to London if you
prefer. When the Alkos (note plural) are open the main shopping area looks like a casting call for a reality TV weight loss show....or
a Vanilla Ice lookalike contest.
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Mihin mentäis? Ei ainakaan Kamppiin. Siellä vartijat tulee ajaan heti ulos, jos ei osta mitään.
Joo. Ja mulla ei oo ees rahaa. Lähetään Itikseen!
No, okei. Vaik siellä pyörii välillä aika outoo sakkia. Ja Itäkeskukseen täytyy mennä metrolla.
Where are we heading? Hopefully not Kamppi ? the guards always throw people out if they don?t buy anything. Let?s go to Itis!
Yeah, ok. But the crowd who hngs out there is pretty weird, and we have to take the Metro.
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Katrina Hahling
Equality
is a crime
James O'Sullivan
OCCUPYING a place in society much further elevated than in
many other countries around the world, Finnish women have
long enjoyed the same access to society?s opportunities than
their male counterparts. So, it comes as little surprise that their
numbers are also swelling in the criminal department also.
Figures released by Statistics Finland showed that women
made up 22 per cent of all people sentenced in the country, a
leap from 9 per cent in 1980. Given such rapid advances locally
in recent times, should we then anticipate a similar rise on the
global scene?
Opening
up the
system
E-service to guide foreigners
to important authority services
when starting employment in
Finland.
KMJ
Lights Out
R.I.P Mr. Incandescent
Light Bulb
Beth Morton
BORN in the 1800s to Thomas Edison, Mr Incandescent Light
Bulb has sadly passed away following an extremely long and
happy life serving households world wide. Used in a broad range
of appliances, he was able to heat his filament at the flick of a
switch in order to provide his warm glow which we all came to
take for granted.
There has been much speculation as to who his real father
actually was, with the likes of Joseph Swan and Hiram Stevens
Maxim being amongst those laying claim to his existence.
However, there is no doubt that, no matter how collaborative the
progression of his creation, he changed the face of technology of
his time. In his younger days he was thought to be a pioneer and
enjoyed this success for many years, but sadly I. Light Bulb suffered much criticism towards the end of his life, being accused
of inefficiency and a waste of energy. In fact, the discovery that
over 90 per cent of his energy was emitted as heat, rather than
his primary function of light, was the truth that ultimately led
to his downfall in 2012.
Being banned from use last year he is no longer available for
purchase, paving the way for his more resourceful and energy
efficient relatives such as LED?s (light emitting diodes) and high
intensity discharge lamps. As we move towards the end of this
era, let us never forget Mr. Incandescent and all that he has made
possible; without him we would have been left in the dark.
Incandescent Light Bulb, 1800s ? 2012. You served us well; may
you now rest in peace.
SixDegrees
SO, you have just arrived to Finland and are asking yourself
all manner of questions as to how to find some momentum
and get yourself into the system. Do I need a Finnish
identity number when I start my job? Should I register my
home address somewhere? A new eService ?ROAD MAP
for employers and foreign employees? offers guidance for
newcomers when it comes to important authority services that a foreigner should be aware of when commencing
employment in Finland.
Here you can find info on entry permits to Finland, registration for identity number and home municipality at the local
register office, ordering of a tax card in the tax office, and
applying for social insurance coverage from the social insurance
institution KELA.
The ROAD MAP eService guides the user through a series
of simple questions. Both employer and employee receive
simple ?step by step? guidance on authority services, and
links to authorities? webpages. So, no need to go through
many websites where information might be difficult to find ?
ROAD MAP is a one stop service with both a general view of
the process and detailed information for each step!
The required authority services in the employment process
are all equally important, and the purpose of the E-service
is that both foreign employees and employers are being
informed of the whole process. ROAD MAP eService will
hopefully reach a large foreign audience and help foreigners
to learn about necessary authority services when starting
employment in Finland!
http://komia.blautdigital.com/
How well do you know
winter activities in Finnish?
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Skating
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Downhill skiing
?Hole in the ice?
Test your knowledge of Finnish vocabulary by using the local equivalent.
Puzzle by Ville Koski. Solutions on page 23
My town, birthplace of Wikileaks
Editor-in-chief Julian Assange, shares
its name with the home of the
Powerpuff Girls and is synonymous
with humidity. I get odd looks when I mention Townsville ? it?s like
naming a place Citytown. Don?t fret! Reason prevails as the port
on Australia?s north-east coast was named after founder Robert
Towns: Towns? ville ? Townsville.
As a resident I never understood why people would holiday
in Townsville. There are far more exotic places to visit. Since
relocating six years ago Townsville becomes ever more enticing
with each return. Ocean, beach, palm trees by the seaside. Rivers,
bushland, gum trees inland and infamous sunshine wherever you
are. There?s plenty of space and animals abound; kangaroos in
your backyard, birdsong your morning alarm.
A 20-minute ferry trip finds you on Magnetic Island, fondly known
as ?Maggie? by the locals. The small island set Captain Cook?s
compasses haywire in 1770. A magnetic effect ? hence, Magnetic
Island. There?s been no further evidence to support the claims but
it?s a beautiful place. A tropical getaway on a quiet island where
you can swim in blue ocean, go hiking, visit forts from World War
II, see Koala?s in the wild and generally relax. Some 2,000 lucky
locals live on the island and those who work or attend school
?commute? the 20 minute ferry trip to work daily.
With its fingers in numerous industrial pies, Townsville continued
to grow despite the global financial crises. Thanks to solid growth
in mining, defence, university, construction and tourism sectors the population is expected to nearly double by 2016 to 230,000.
The growth and influx of people and funds is visible to the naked
eye.
The town?s once slumping CBD has seen a turn around with the
re-opening of the mall allowing traffic through and restructuring/
landscaping to the primary beach ?The Strand?. Slowly but surely
the area has seen an upgrade: renovations, refurbishments and
people kicking the suburban dream and relocating to inner-city
apartments. The two main restaurant and club strips are busy
most nights of the week, with new cafés and restaurants cropping
up as demand from hipsters rises.
Sitting on a deck in good company gazing back at the city and its
iconic Castle Hill I can see why people holiday here now. Especially
from the water?s edge ? locally brewed Townsville Bitter in hand,
palm trees silhouetted on the fading blue sky ? it looks pretty.
We Met
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Issue 01 2013
the
multicultural
perspective
Dividing his time
between Helsinki
and Dublin,
Gavan Titley
shares his views
on multicultural
Finland.
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Text Annika Rautakoura, Photos Tomas Whitehouse
UBLINER Gavan Titley works as a Lecturer in
Media Studies at the National University of Ireland,
Maynooth. He has also lectured at the University of
Helsinki, where he worked as a researcher for the
Renvall Institute (currently the Institute for World
Cultures). Having first lived in Helsinki in 2001, Titley
now divides his time between Dublin and Finland?s capital. Aside
from his academic pursuits at both institutions, He also writes for
a range of publications, including The Guardian.
Titley?s particular research interests focus on racism and
multiculturalism in Europe, and with Alana Lentin, he wrote
The Crises of Multiculturalism? Racism in a Neoliberal Age
(Zed Books 2011). The book examines the ways in which myths
of multiculturalism have been circulated in political debate
and rhetoric across Europe, and in particular how the idea of
multiculturalism?s failure has been used to legitimate racist logics
and harsh integration policies. He is currently working on a book
about racism and hate speech online.
What brought you to Finland and what was your first
impression?
This is a conversation that a lot of men like me end up having,
and it?s always a similar answer ? meeting a Finnish woman
abroad. In my case it was in Budapest in the late 1990s. When I
first moved here in May 2001, I was working on a PhD in Dublin,
and I was given a scholarship by CIMO to work as a researcher
in the Renvall institute. Moving to Helsinki then was a really
good experience, I enjoyed the university and benefitted a lot
from it, and I lived in Kallio and was immediately attracted to
the scene there, even if I didn?t understand a word at the time.
My positive impressions were all the banal things that are in the
end very important. I liked the size and scale of the city, I moved
at the start of a really beautiful summer, found a football team
that I still play with. It?s all very banal stuff but it was a great
introduction to the place.
What sparked your interest in your particular research area
of racism and multiculturalism?
As well as being a researcher, I worked for many years in
youth work and anti-racism education, which is where I
originally teamed up with Alana, who had a similar set of
interests. In working across these two areas we were exposed
to the impact of major political developments on anti-racist
politics, and to common issues across countries, as we worked
a lot at the European level. Since 9/11, everywhere we looked
politicians and high-profile commentators were arguing that
?Multiculturalism has failed? and that ?Multiculturalism is a
disaster?. The same idea has become commonplace in Finland
over the last years, but while this mantra is constantly
repeated it needs questioning. In the end, when we decided
to write about it, we asked a fairly straightforward question:
How can multiculturalism have failed when multiculturalism
hasn?t been tried anywhere? This might be straightforward,
but it isn?t easy to answer, in part because the idea of multicul-
We Met
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?A
relatively small group
of people has been
able to shape political
discourse about racism
so effectively over
the last few years.?
Date and place of birth
27 April 1974, Dublin.
Education PhD, Dublin
City University, Social
+ Cultural theory.
Family Wife Päivi. 2
boys, aged 8 and 5.
When I was young I wanted
to be? well, a pilot. That
would be handy now.
Racism is? a system of
power, violence and hierarchy
that shifts over time.
Finland is? a country like
any other, but different.
If I could change one thing about
Finland it would be? Silent
staring, I?ll never get used to it!
One thing I admire about
Finnish culture, which Ireland
has yet to have, is? a strong
historical sense of universal
entitlement and social provision
turalism brings together a description of society, a philosophy
of difference, and a policy framework. But across Europe, no
country adopted ?multiculturalism? as an official state policy,
and those policies that are called multicultural, in education,
community support, and so forth, have always been very limited and partial. So, how can such a weak and messy history
of ?multiculturalism? be held responsible for so much political
conflict and so many social problems?
I can?t go into the whole story here, but one obvious reason is
that talking about multiculturalism had become a way of doing
racism. It become a way of singling out specific populations as
problematic but with the licence of saying, ?Look, we tried. We
tried to be generous and respect multicultural difference, and
it didn?t work. So it?s not our fault, it?s theirs, and now we need
to get back to basics; our way of life, our basic values, respect
for the nation, and so forth.? What?s interesting in Finland is
that a lot of these same arguments have been adapted very successfully by, for example, Hommafoorumi, Perussuomalaiset
or Kokoomusnuoret. We live in a world where ideas travel
transnationally, and these political actors are very politically
literate; they look at what?s happening in other countries and
they adapt the tactics to Finland. The big question in Finland,
I think, is examining how a relatively small group of people
has been able to shape political discourse about racism so
effectively over the last few years. All of the recent ideas
introduced, like ?immigration sceptic? and ?f lowery-hatted
ladies?, well, you can find versions of these cooked up in the
UK or France in the 1970s and ?80s.
Can you tell more about the discussion of racism in the book.
The book came out in 2011, and as I said, we ended up
exploring the very confident but historically inaccurate idea
that ?multiculturalism has failed?, and then looking to find
different ways of explaining this story, particularly in relation
to the legitimacy it provides for coded racism. One central
aspect of this was examining racism as an elite project. There
is often a strong impulse, and this is clear in Finland also, that
blames racism on individual ignorance, and the inability of
people to tolerate or value diversity. This is quite comforting,
because then it is assumed that, for example, ignorant working
class men are the main problem. Of course racist attitudes
exist in all sectors of society, but we often fail to appreciate
that in Europe racism is shaped at the highest level of politics,
and by highly inf luential journalists, public figures and
intellectuals. One of the things we tried to argue in the book
is that racist politics search for ways of being justified as a
good and necessary thing. This involves thought, energy and
strategy, and we will never understand or be able to combat
these strategies and arguments if we assume that racism only
exists in the minds of ignorant people and in the recognisably
violent extremes.
Racism is not just a question of morality, but of political
power; it isn?t mainly about good or bad intentions, but about
impacts and effects. It is a constant potential in nation-states
where some people belong with more legitimacy than others. In contemporary Europe, the impacts of globalisation,
defensive nationalism, competition over who deserves what as
the welfare state is reduced, the status of religious identities,
and many other issues, means that there?s a complex cocktail
feeding into the politics of racism right now.
Umayya Abu-Hanna mentioned in the interview for
the previous issue of SixDegrees that Finland?s
multiculturalism might be one of the fastest to grow and
on a big scale in a very short time, so it will be painful. Do
you agree?
Assessing multiculturalism is always in part a matter of
perception, and how perception is shaped in public discussion.
I wouldn?t ever romanticise everyday life, but very often it?s
left out of explosive debates and soaring rhetoric. In the places
where I have lived in Helsinki, and looking at the way, say, my
children integrate here and at the social, cultural and ethnic
mix they live in, I think everyday multiculturalism, if we want
to call it that, just is, and rubs along well. It shouldn?t come as
a surprise that people live their lives; lives that are different,
but that also have a lot in common, and frankly everyday
life occupies time and energies. It?s when you explicitly call
something multiculturalism and invite it to be evaluated and
debated in certain ways, that what she calls ?the pain? creeps
in, or is very deliberately introduced. Abu-Hanna?s contribution in Helsingin Sanomat and Wali Hashi?s subsequent blog
on the YLE website were very important. The debate that
followed was also important, because one thing that is needed
in the current Finnish political climate is space for people
who experience racism to describe it. The people targeted by
racism have the right to call it racism and to lead others in how
best to oppose it. I think that her contribution was crucial in
that regard, because so much energy is spent on denying the
existence of racism, and telling those targeted that they must
be mistaken, it must be something else. It was a very personal
interview, and I have no intention of criticizing her experience, but readers could be left with the general sense that
the Netherlands is a paradise in comparison to Finland. This
really isn?t the case. We wrote extensively in the book about
racism in the Netherlands, which has been central to the
political culture for many years prior to the current success of
Geert Wilders. Racism, and questions of power and anxiety
over who belongs in society, exist everywhere.
Do Ireland and Finland share similar problems with racism?
I think every society shares similar problems with racism
in the sense that racism is a structure of power. In a global
economy, depending on your place of birth, you are inserted
into hierarchies of movement, opportunity and freedom.
According to the permit or passport that you hold, way you
look, or faith you are associated with, there is a radically
unequal ability to simply go about your life unharrassed or
uninjured. All nation-states wrestle with issues with power
and hierarchy, and with ideas of who belongs more. Where
it?s different, I think, is that there hasn?t been a political
opportunity in Ireland for the same kind of right-wing
populism that has come to shape Finnish politics over the
last couple of years. That doesn?t mean that Ireland is a better
place than Finland, or has a more enlightened population.
It means that the history and political culture is different.
During the early 2000s when Ireland was experiencing what
we now realise was a deeply problematic economic boom, the
immigration that came with that, especially from Poland,
Czech Republic and the Baltic states, was deeply associated
with economic success. So public discussions of immigration
were frequently very positive, if self-obsessed. Behind this,
of course, were realities of everyday harassment, particularly
for Africans.
And also, in Ireland as elsewhere, the forgotten population
of asylum-seekers are subjected to an abusive asylum system,
kept dependent for long periods of time while their cases are
determined, and deported often with very little warning.
So of course, Ireland and Finland, as states, share similar
political structures and practices of state racism, but what?s
certainly different is the nature of political discussion at the
moment.
What does Finland mean to you?
I consider it home, while at the same time considering Ireland
home, and I don?t see any contradiction in that, while there
can of course be tension. For the most part I appreciate it, and
one of the things that happens when you spend time in two
places for long periods of time is that they start to rub off and
reflect on each other. That can be a source of stress as well as a
source of insight. I find it enriches my life to be here and there,
to have a family life conducted in two languages, to have a felt
sense of two different regions in Europe. Being in Finland and
listening to Finnish has over time become part of the fabric
of my life, so much so that that it?s actually kind of difficult
to separate it out for this question, and I think that probably
tells its own story.
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Lifestyle
Issue 01 2013
A time for
resolutions
Making promises for important life
changes is a goal for many, and
people make them now more than
during any other time of the year.
Lifestyle
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Did you make
a New Year
resolution?
Onni:
?Yeah, I did. I
decided to go
to the gym. The
same as last year?
Ziaur:
?I did. Only one,
but very important
for me: no more
gambling!?
Salla:
?I made one, but
I broke it already:
I tried to stay
without alcohol?
Annika Rautakoura
T
HE changing of the year gives rise to
many hopes and expectations, as it is
a chance to start afresh. This is why
many people make resolutions for the
year to come, with the goal of changing habits or creating new ones. Some settle for
not taking up new vices, while others make no
such decisions.
The tradition of New Year?s resolutions is
an old one. Romans had a habit of making
promises to the Janus god, after whom January
has been named. Knights in medieval societies
took a ?peacock vow? to attest their pledge to
chivalry at the end of each Christmas season.
These resolutions often relate to health, or
recurring habits. Smoking is a common vice
that people wish to discontinue, and as the year
changes many hope this to be a catalyst for kicking the habit. Antti, 24, humorously quips that
his resolution for the year is to not quit smoking.
While many make promises for improvements in the beginning of the new year, it is
another thing to actually keep them. ?I did
not make a resolution this year,? says Iia, 24.
?My resolutions have often been health-related,
and they don?t stick.? Suvi did not make
any promises either. ?Unfortunately I did not
make a resolution. If I had it would have been
not to make any resolutions.?
The most common problems in keeping these
promises often have to do with standards
that have been set too high. Sometimes the
resolutions are simply too vague. Promises to
exercise more or be more social encompass a
whole range of meanings, where simply going
to the gym once a month is an improvement on
previous habits.
Setting goals with clear objectives and a sound
plan are practical ways of going about resolu-
tions, but losing weight in a short amount of
time is much less healthy and desirable than
settling on a more healthy diet and applying
exercise routines over a longer period of time,
which will yield long-time results and be easier
to follow.
People often make resolutions together with
family members or friends, which may be
motivation for some, but a drag for others. If
getting yourself to the gym is the hardest part,
then having someone to drag you along may
be the way to go ? but take into consideration
personal exercise methods are always a safe
option if motivation is not a problem. It is also
good to keep in mind that making resolutions
is about personal needs instead of listening to
other people?s advice. Sometimes making your
resolutions public is a way to motivate their
achievement.
Another problem in setting goals is to set
too many at a time, which makes it difficult
to prioritise most important life changes.
Resolutions such as taking up a new hobby,
reading more books or saving money may be
at odds with each other, and consume time.
In order to fully achieve certain goals, the
most important ones are the ones to invest
time and resources in. Motivations for taking
up a certain hobby should be personal, and
correspond to actual preferences instead of
other factors.
YLE recently reported that personal trainers
don?t recommend using the New Year as a
motive for taking up exercise. Personal trainer
Juha Karhu was quoted as saying that New
Year?s resolutions are spur of the moment
decisions, whereas exercise is a long-term and
thorough commitment.
As your resolutions are set to last throughout
the year, making one that matters may be as
tricky as holding on to it.
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Issue 01 2013
Column
All things
in moderation
David Brown
According to a number of self-professed experts on
Internet discussion forums, there is not such thing as
moderate Islam. Strange then, that the largest Islamic
country in the world by population feels so moderate.
For a country of 238 million people, Indonesia is not a
country we hear much about. While Syria, Egypt, Libya
and Palestine have dominated our TV screens for the past
couple of years, Indonesia is scarcely mentioned. Similar
claims could be made by Malaysia, Jordan or Tunisia as
well, and the unfortunate thing about this is that these
countries may represent something much closer to the
future of Islam than the likes of Afghanistan or Iraq
do. For all of the debate about Islamic extremism, the
Western world seems curiously prepared to ignore Islamic
moderation.
Perhaps this is understandable. Peace does not make
for interesting headlines, and it is always easier to report
on demonstrations in one part of the world than it is the
lack of demonstrations in another. Likewise, the poverty
in some Islamic countries such as Somalia or Sudan is
always going to drive more news than the relatively good
standards of living in Tunisia or Malaysia.
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for the
xtremism in any
religion seems to run
counter to Indonesia?s
core values as a society.?
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Attending meetings in Jakarta last week, what particularly caught my attention was the lack of veils. I asked
several women about this, and found their answers no
more strained or difficult than if I had asked their male
colleagues about ties. One women told me that she covers
her hair at work, because it is a very formal institution.
Another told me she veils at home, but never at work. Both
assured me that the decision on when and where to veil
was entirely their own.
The country?s reputation for religious tolerance is a matter
of considerable pride to Indonesians. The country boasts
five official religions, and adherence to any one of those
five is considered equally meritorious in the Pancasila, the
founding principles of the Republic of Indonesia. While
this may not be of much comfort to atheists or adherents
of other religions, it?s real value is that it makes extremism
in any religion seem to run counter to Indonesia?s values
as a society.
Extremism does exist in Indonesia, as evidenced by the
Bali (and other) bombings in the early part of this decade,
but seems to have been largely defused by the presence of
such a dominant moderate church.
Though Indonesia has a brief history as a democracy (it
only became fully democratic with the fall of Suharto in
1998), it does seem intent on cementing a place as a kind
of role model for Islamic democracy. The importance of
this for the West may be immense. With roughly half of
the world?s Islamic states now being democracies and half
not, any significant shift in the power balance between the
two camps may serve as a kind of tipping point for others.
So while the blogs and discussion forums will not doubt
be incensed by the current goings on in the Gaza strip
and the likes of Yemen and Pakistan; in Malaysia, Senegal,
Jordan and Indonesia, the real Islamic world will go
quietly about its business.
David Brown is a language consultant and journalist, regularly
covering stories in Africa, Asia & the Middle East. He has lived
in Finland for 10 years.
A recent change in the
law axed a programme
that helps fresh graduates
get into working life.
A
Ville Koski
NYONE who has been unemployed knows that those
days of labour-free time aren?t easy. Money is sparse,
but bills and rent don?t pay themselves and keeping
your head together with all of the free time while
sending job applications only to receive responses
such as, ?We regret to inform that we didn?t select
you?, can be challenging.
With the current monetary crisis, open vacancies are scarce,
but the situation is especially difficult for new graduates as
most jobs require years of actual work experience. This creates
challenges for both the government to fix the issue and for
people struck by unemployment as they try to keep up with life,
even without a job.
Since 2002, one method the Ministry of Labour has had to
enhance work rates and ease job-hunting for new graduates is a
programme called preparation for working life.
The programme was meant for those who are under 25 and
have a vocational education, as well as new graduates and longterm unemployed over 25. Its goal was to support the unemployed in returning to work and increase their vocational skills
and experience. Those who participated in the programme got
a job as an apprentice for three to six months, and were entitled
to increased unemployment money. The employer who took the
person in as a trainee didn?t pay a salary or any other expenses.
Now, however, a new bill has put an end to the programme.
The bill HE 133/2012 or, proposal for a law for public labour
and entrepreneur service and changes to some laws related
to it ? which relates to Finland?s budget for 2013 ? decided
that the preparation for working life programme, and other
similar programmes, be dismantled and combined into one
programme called työkokeilu, trial work.
The change is not only rhetorical, because the bill also states
that trial work would only be meant for those who are either
changing careers or deciding what to study, as a trial period for
the unemployed to figure whether they like the job or not. The
trial work would not be used in gaining work experience, like the
current preparation programme.
Official perspective
The shutting of the programme down is depressing from the
point of view of the unemployed, but this opinion is also shared
by the Employment and Economic Development Office (TE).
?It?s really unfortunate that the programme is shutting down,
as it has been extremely successful,? says Riitta Ylitalo, a representative of the Kluuvi office.
?The programme has been a win-win-win situation. It?s a win for
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the employer gets a trainee with the freshest knowledge and
right attitude and we at the office get our job done by locating
our customers,? she says when asked about their experience of
the programme.
However, according to the bill itself, some unemployed people
saw the programme as a forced middle stage before full-time
work, instead of gaining work experience.
There have also been some accusations that employers may
misuse the programme by enrolling trainees without any intention of hiring them. In 2011, for instance, YLE reported that the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has about 60 trainees per year, and
some of them may even do official level work. However, Ylitalo
doesn?t consider the misuse as a problem: ?We listen to our
customers very carefully and whenever we hear of misuse, such
as bad working hours or duties that don?t belong to trainees, we
put the company on boycott and don?t send any more trainees
to the company in question. It is easy to prevent misuse just by
listening to the feedback we get.?
She also says that the preparation for working life programming is voluntary and that usually people with the right
attitude participate: ?One of my customers once said that it
is not about doing work for free, but investing in themselves
and their life.? Anyone unemployed can probably relate to this,
knowing that without experience it is practically impossible to
find any job these days and that new graduates rarely hold any
real working experience in their field.
The programme?s success
But has the programme really helped the participants to find a
job? According to statistics, yes. Statistics gathered by the Kluuvi
employment office claim that 31.9 per cent of all the Helsinkibased unemployed participating in the programme found a job.
Those with higher education had a 37.3 per cent employment
rate. It is reasonable to assume that those who ended their unemployment without noting a reason also found a job or another
solution for their lives. When they are included, the success rate
goes up to 67.5 per cent among those with higher education and
46.4 per cent among all people. The programme could thus be
considered a triumph.
With the programme closing, the TE officials are worried
about how successfully they can provide services in the future.
The situation is also worsened by the fact that the employment
offices are also going through a major organisational change,
which Ylitalo fears will decentralise the knowledge that the
officials hold. For instance, the office at Kluuvi is specialised in
the high-skilled unemployed and is now going to be split around
other offices in Helsinki.
The employment rate in September 2012 was 7.1 per cent and
the fastest growing group of unemployed is those with higher
education. The number of unemployed with Master?s degrees
was 13,000, which is almost 20 per cent more than the last year.
The number of those with Bachelor?s degrees was 14,900, which
is 15 per cent more.
Approximately 3,000 of these were new graduates. But how
does Ylitalo see the situation for those who graduate next spring
and don?t have a job, with the preparation for working life
programme gone?
?The future looks very bleak for them. Unless they have gained
work experience from their field during studies, it will be
extremely hard if not even impossible for them to find a job
relevant to their education. I?m usually a positive person, but the
future looks grim for them, as without experience it?s hard to
find a job in their profession and with over-schooling they won?t
be taken into blue-collar jobs as the employers fear they will
change jobs as soon as they find something better.?
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Issue 01 2013
Emil Chalhoub
E
Annika Rautakoura
James Liong and his wife Jenni Law run Restaurant China in
Helsinki?s Annankatu
thnic restaurants seem to be gradually taking over Finland?s dining scene, especially
within the Capital Region. Statistics Finland reveals that one in five restaurants across
the whole country is ethnic, and the ratio in the Capital Region is as high as one to four.
This becomes evident when simply observing the cityscape: the restaurants in sight are
increasingly more exotic and focused on ethnic specialties.
?Statistics on companies with foreign backgrounds have only been compiled from
2008 to 2010, but even that time range shows that the number of these companies
is increasing rapidly,? says Head of Information Services at Statistics Finland Jouko
Rajaniemi, who also wrote an article on ethnic restaurants taking over the restaurant business,
published in Statistics Finland?s Wellbeing Survey in 2011. ?Companies in the restaurant business
amounted to 1,389 in 2008 and 1,589 in 2010, pointing to a growth of 14.4 per cent. These companies had 1,607 places of business, i.e. restaurants, in 2010.? According to Rajamäki, each Finnish
region has at least one ethnic restaurant.
Statistics reveal that in 2009 over 1,400 foreign restaurants operated in Finland, with 500 of these
located in the Capital Region alone. This number represents a third of all the ethnic restaurants in
the country. Turkish restaurants make up the largest group in all regions of Finland: in the Capital
Region they amount to a quarter of all restaurants, and elsewhere in Finland the percentage is as
high as 44. 13 per cent of those living in Finland with a Turkish background of working age were
entrepreneurs in the restaurant business that year.
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ethnic
The popularity of ethnic
restaurants in Finland
continues to grow swiftly.
Emil Chalhoub
?The number of Turkish restaurant is almost
incredible when placing them in proportion to
the Turkish-based population,? Rajamäki states.
?Nearly 13 per cent of those living in Finland with a
Turkish background of working age were entrepreneurs
in the restaurant business that year. If the share of Finnish
restaurant entrepreneurs was as large as this, we would have a
quarter of a million restaurants.?
Liong says. ?My in-laws would like my wife and I to take over and
continue with the business. The upside of becoming your own
boss is that you can earn a bit more. On the other hand you give
up your free time and personal life. You are on 24/7 standby with
the business, controlling your staff and bringing in new ideas for
the restaurant etc.?
Lack of free-time seems to be the biggest issue for restaurant
owners, though it has been accepted as part of the job. Language
seems to be an issue at first, but many acquire it over the years,
actively working through it with the aid of courses or simply just
speaking it.
Turkish restaurants continue to reign
Turkish restaurant Antiokia Atabar on Eerikinkatu has been in
business for 20 years. Co-owner of the restaurant Remzi Berktas
came to Finland 25 years ago from Ankara. ?I was sitting in a
restaurant in Ankara, and a Turkish fellow was sitting next to
me,? he recalls. ?He told me that he lives in Finland. He owned
a restaurant in Oulunkylä, Ravintola Vega. He asked if I would
come to Finland. I had never heard of it, but he sent me all the
visas and I thought about for almost a year. I came in the autumn,
it was very cold then. The language was a problem, of course, as
I couldn?t speak it.?
Berktas worked at Vega for nine months, after which the company went bankrupt. As it was the depression era, the employment situation was difficult. Out of work for a couple of months,
he then went to work as a chef in one of the first Chinese Oriental
restaurants in Finland, Fen Kuan. ?The atmosphere was nice, I
learned things quickly, and I also learned Finnish,? Berktas says.
After two years he proceeded to work in Kaivoksela, and finally
Fast food culinary experiences
ended up working in Antiokia Atabar.
Kerim Balibey, co-owner of Antiokia Atabar, also worked in ?From a foreigner?s point of view, when you come to a country
Restaurant Vega. ?That was a difficult time as it was the depres- like Finland, it?s very tricky,? says Doron Karavani, owner of
sion. I worked there for two years, though not at the same time Restaurant Fafa?s. ?You have two options in order to survive
as Remzi. We got to know each other there, but we went our and make money. One option is to go to school and learn the
separate ways after that,? Balibay says. He co-founded a restau- language and study; the other is to just be creative and do things
rant in Tuusula and worked there for seven years, after which he you want to do and find a way of doing it.?
purchased Pizza Service on Albertinkatu. ?I was not far from ?I did not have money, but I had good ideas,? Karavani says. ?I?ve
Remzi; we visited each other occasionally. Remzi worked here in always been in business where you sell a product, and I like
Antiokia alone, which is not easy. He asked if I would come and retail business. I also want to work for myself.? He first got into
the restaurant business by establishing Gastronautti with a two
work here and I thought why not.?
?We are happy with the business,? Balibey continues. ?In others, a company that delivers food for other restaurants. He
Finland and elsewhere also, emphasis is placed on service and eventually quit there as they did not have enough orders. After
quality. As this is a small country, here it is especially important. that he worked in marketing for an asset management company
Even today there are some problems with workers sometimes. for four years.
?I realised I want to work for myself; I?ve always been in business
We are here everyday to take care of things. We never know when
where you sell a product, and I wanted to get into retail business
we have a day off, but we are pleased.?
The second largest group of ethnic restaurants in Finland where people would buy the product,? Karavani says. Before
serve Chinese cuisine, which made up 7.5 per cent of all in the Fafa?s, Karavani established Ben & Jerry?s at Esplanadi. The idea
country. James Liong, one of the owners of Restaurant China for Fafa?s came from Karavani, and he established it with three
on Helsinki?s Annankatu, was born in Hong Kong. He moved friends.
Fafa?s is a fairly recent enterprise, dating back a year. In
to Finland in 2010 to raise his child in a better environment and
December Fafa?s opened up a second establishment in Kallio?s
also because he has family here.
?Our family has been running this business for nearly 30 years,? Vilhonvuorenkatu. A location in Töölö is also on the horizon
?O
ne in five restaurants
across the whole
country is ethnic.?
Doron Karavani is bringing authentic falafel to Helsinki?s streets
for next summer. ?I realised there was a big demand for good,
properly made fast food. I?m born in Israel, and this is the food
I?ve been growing up with. I wanted to do it properly, make the
food from scratch. Everything is chopped by hand, only fresh
ingredients are used.?
?We started out and worked long days and talked to our customers. Very quickly the place got a positive vibe, which I am very
happy about.? Karavani plans to keep the upcoming establishments small-sized as well to maintain coziness. ?I am very happy
to be able to provide this food for everyone, and I am happy that
people are also happy.?
Karavani believes that in a certain sense foreigners make good
employers, because they are not used to the state supporting
the unemployed on such a scale as Finland does. Fafa?s has a
multinational staff, including people from Australia, Wales and
Scotland. ?We don?t hire only foreigners, though. Having an
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international atmosphere is wonderful. Some like it; some don?t,?
he says. He states that not speaking Finnish has not really been a
problem for him during all these years as almost everyone here
speaks English.
Himalaya?s Kamala Kharel (waitress), Manju Sharma (owner), Deepak
Aryal (waiter).
Ethnic food in
Finland
??
Statistics Finland research from 2008 to 2010 revealed
a rapid increase in the number of ethnic dining
establishments, representing one in four restaurants in
the Capital Region.
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Turkish restaurants are the largest group of ethnic
restaurants within Finland ? in 2009 over 1,400 were
operating in the Capital Region.
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Ethnic food has also become more visible in the fast food
sector of the restaurant business.
Wide variety of ethnic countries represented in Finland
The largest groups of ethnic restaurants here, after Turkey and
China, originate from Iraq, Iran and Vietnam. In 2010 restaurants in the Capital Region with foreign backgrounds amounted
to 18.6 per cent of all restaurant industry?s places of business,
and on a national level 26 per cent of restaurants were operated by foreigners. The Capital Region boasts most of Finland?s
Bangladeshi, Indian, and over half of Vietnamese restaurants of
the country, Rajaniemi reports.
Nepalese restaurant Himalaya was established in Helsinki in
1993, making it the oldest Nepalese restaurants in Finland. It was
established by Devi Sharma, and it is currently owned by his
wife Manju Sharma. She came to Finland in 1989, and worked
as a cleaner in a construction company for a year before becoming a waitress in Restaurant Himalaya. She has been the owner of
Himalaya for almost 15 years.
Sharma?s husband came to Finland from India and wanted
to establish a Nepalese restaurant here. At first he established
one in Hakaniemi. It did not take off too well in the beginning, as it was smaller and quieter. It is no longer operating.
Business for Restaurant Himalaya is steady though, and
Sharma is satisfied with her situation in Finland in general as
well as the restaurant.
?I am happy,? she states. ?I haven?t experienced any real
problems working here. Something?s always broken, such as the
freezer. Sometimes there are problems with customers, but these
are small issues. Finland is a really good country, I like it here.
Winter is a little tricky, but other than that I?m pleased.?
An owner of another Nepalese restaurant is Rijal Khadananda,
or Razu. He is one of the three owners of Restaurant Gurans
in Ruskeasuo, which was opened this summer. He came to
Finland over nine years ago. Razu was not in the restaurant
business in Nepal, where he studied, although his parents were
involved in the industry. He moved to Finland to work, and
because he had friends here.
Razu worked in a Nepalese restaurant in Helsinki first as
a kitchen assistant and later as a waiter and chef. ?I saved
money every month, and I had thought about establishing
a business for a long time, and I had acquired all the skills
necessary for doing so. I also had friends who wanted to do
the same,? he says.
He says that he has not encountered major problems during his
work in Finland. At first it was difficult to find a location, which
delayed the venture somewhat. Razu took courses in Finnish at
Helsinki?s Työväenopisto. ?We are happy with the business,? he
says. ?Finland is a nice and calm place.? As with other restaurant
owners, he says days off are rare, and often short, which is
difficult.
All interviewees had established some kind of family in Finland,
though not necessarily with native Finns. Ethnic restaurants are
often run by friends or family members, and many establishments have long-standing ties in the ethnic minorities they
represent. The problems in running these restaurants seem to
revolve around the same issues, despite different backgrounds.
Problems for restaurant entrepreneurs
Bureaucracy has been mentioned as one issue besides the long
working hours. ?I meet many foreigners and I see that they
struggle. Some of them look for a job and can?t get it because of
language skills or the colour of their skin,? Karavani says. ?But
from a foreigner?s point of view, everything is there, including
the starttiraha (Finnish benefit for budding entrepreneurs).
Finland is an easy place to start.?
According to Rajaniemi foreign-run restaurants in Finland are
small when compared to their Finnish counterparts. On average,
the largest ethnic restaurant businesses can be found in Lapland
and the Åland Islands.
As these restaurants consume the culinary landscape of Finland,
they are also becoming more diverse and specialised in certain
regions or foods. Most restaurants aim to please European
customers by offering varied versions of the original food of their
native countries. Tradition does not simply refer to the food, but
also the atmosphere and language. Even today, with what seems
to be an oversupply of foreign restaurants, they are still popular
and maintain their customer base even throughout decades.
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Ethnic fast food
cooked and
served in an
authentic way
at Fafa?s.
variety of accompaniments for the pita.
And in true Middle Eastern-style the meal
can be enjoyed with mint-tea or Turkish
coffee. Karavani describes their kitchen as
a ?fusion fast-food kitchen?.
Keeping it fresh
Karavani confesses that initially there
were many obstacles and in the beginning he spent some months practising to
prepare perfect falafels. He then examined the habits of the customers, because,
in his words, before Fafa?s ?nobody here
even served pita the right way?. This,
according to him, is ready-to-go street
Evgenie Bogdanov
AS WITH every European capital, Helsinki
has its share of ethnic food outlets. But
often it is not easy to distinguish the
?real deal? from what might be considered
just another greasy-spoon diner, at least
in the opinion of Doron Karavani, the
owner of Fafa?s ? a falafel joint which has
just opened its second Helsinki outlet.
Alongside the city centre?s popular restaurant in Iso Roobertinkatu, Karavani has
just expanded his growing empire with a
second establishment, located in Kallio.
Before the restaurant business, Karavani
tried many occupations but one thing
consistently remained at the back of his
mind: ?Why not open a good fast-food
restaurant?? The initial idea was to bring
the best foods from different regions. ?I
wanted to create a place I would like to go
to,? he recalls. ?I wanted to show people
what ?real? ethnic food is.?
However , he was to settle on the idea
of serving falafel, the staple of the diet
back in his homeland of Israel. Originally
a street food from the Middle East, in
Europe and North America falafel has
become also popular also among vegetarians ? as the deep-fried balls are primarily
made from ground chickpeas, fava beans
? or both. The dish contains no meat, but
is packed with plenty of protein, complex
carbohydrates and fibre. Nevertheless, the
history of Falafel is vague, and many different countries in the region consider it
as their own iconic food.
Furthermore, beside its delicious trademark falafel, Fafa?s offers other quality fast
foods, such as kebab, salads and a wide
?O
urs is not
actually the
first falafel place
here, but it is the
only one doing
it the right way.?
Patrona
OFFERING authentic Mexican cuisine, along with
cocktails, beers, wines and tequila to accompany the
dining experience, Patrona offers a great experience
for punters. ?I love the different flavours,? states Jenni
Saarinen. ?It is so different to the usual Tex-Mex on
offer in restaurants. The soft tacos are very tasty! It can
be hard to find a seat if you walk in off the street, so be
sure to book a table in advance.?
Patrona
Annankatu 20
Helsinki
falafel place here, but it is the only one
doing it the right way,? Karavani says.
?We stand out by maintaining quality
and developing new dishes.? However
the quality of Fafa?s food means the
competition has to ?up their game?. ?I
think that in Helsinki things are changing, let?s say, because of us. If someone
wants to open a kebab place, he has to be
a little bit more creative.?
There are indeed now quite a few kebab
places around Helsinki, but Fafa?s seems
to one of the most popular ? which can
be seen from the constant coming and
going of customers at the new Kallio
venture. As a vindication of his words,
Karavani ? friendly as ever ? strikes up a
conversation with his customers, ?Proper
fast-food is not rocket science. It?s simple
like this,? whereupon the client is shown
the fresh-cooked pita. ?Fresh ingredients,
not a frozen meal.?
Simple really!
In this series, 6D readers tell about their local favourite
place to grab a coffee, sip on a beer or enjoy a bite to eat.
Send a brief email to james@6d.fi, and let us know what
you recommend!
What Fin
ns
are eatin
g
this month
Following the success in Punavuori, Fafa?s has
now opened its second restaurant in Kallio.
Blinis
food, as opposed to something that is
often served on a plate here in Finland.
?They destroyed the idea of the pita,?
complains Karavani. Devotion to good
quality, fresh food, for example can be
found in the fact that Fafa?s has its own
pita factory ? ensuring the ingredients
are as fresh as possible. As the owner,
Karavani is not afraid to put in hours in
the kitchen either.
Fafa?s proudly proclaim themselves as
the best place to taste falafel around
town. ?Ours is not actually the first
Evgenie Bogdanov
Banafsheh Ranji
Fafa?s
Vilhonvuorenkatu 10
Mon-Thurs 11-21, Sat 12-21.
Iso Roobertinkatu 2
Open Mon-Thurs 11-22, Fri
11-04, Sat 12-04.
info@fafas.fi
Original blinis were pancakes with butter, and are
probably all what?s left from their original place of being
celebratory food for Shrove Tuesday. Nowadays blinis
are enjoyed as easy-to-cook, fast and tasty food. Finns
consume blinis with an array of different fillings: fish,
mushrooms, spinach, ham, jams and even whipped
cream. Moreover, blinis can serve as a basis for any
cooking experiments. For example, Lasse Lehtinen in the
book Täyteläistä elämää offers to try a layer cake from
blinis. How do you prepare yours?
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Cultitude
Issue 01 2013
monday
tuesday
28.1.
Artist
TV1
MTV3
09:30 Nature Wonder Land
Part 3/13.
09:55 Homeless: The Motel Kids
of Orange County DOC
This documentary follows
children living in Orange
County motels as their
families struggle to survive
in one of the wealthiest zip
codes in America.
11:05 Yle News in English
12:30 Last of the Summer Wine
17:08 Hearbeat
19:00 Survivors DOC
Part 2/3.
19:50 Nature Wonders
21:30 Wireless World DOC
In French, Albanian, Serbian.
23:40 Rev.
in
NELONEN
09:45 The Young and the Restless
10:40 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
14:10 Grand Designs
15:20 Better Off Ted
15:50 America?s Supernanny
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
Two episodes.
18:00 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
22:35 Rizzoli & Isles (K16)
23:35 Burn Notice
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29.1.
TV1
MTV3
10:00 Hearbeat
11:05 Yle News in English
11:10 Ett Oäkta Barn
In Swedish.
12:05 Ensyklopedia
In French.
12:30 Last of Summer Wine
Compo realises he has lost
his key and, upon discovering
the library is closed, the trio
try to find Mr Wainwright.
17:08 Hearbeat
19:00 Brazil with Michael Palin
21:00 Upstairs, Downstairs
23:05 Survivors
NELONEN
09:45 The Young and the Restless
10:40 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
11:40 Doctors
14:10 Grand Designs
15:20 Better with You
15:50 Minute to Win it
16:50 Uutiset
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18:00 Emmerdale
22:35 C.S.I. Miami (K16)
23:35 Lie to Me (K16)
00:35 Big Bang Theory
construction
SUB
Saving Private Ryan
Nelonen 21:00
07:00 Children?s Programming
08:25 Miss Guided
09:20 Luxury Mamas
10:20 Sibling Rivalry
12:50 Luxury Mamas
13:50 Sibling Rivalry
15:55 Extreme Makeover:
Weigthloss Edition
17:00 Animal ABC
20:00 New Zealands Next
Topmodel
21:00 Saving Private Ryan (K16)
FILM
Following the Normandy
Landings, a group of
US soldiers go behind
enemy lines to retrieve
a paratrooper whose
brothers have been killed in
action. Directed by: Steven
Spielberg. Starring: Tom
Hanks, Vin Diesel, Matt
Damon. USA/1998.
00:30 Frasier
01:00 Once Upon a Time
02:00 Legend of the Seeker
03:00 All in the Family
09:25 Eastenders
10:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
14:00 Hell?s Kitchen
14:55 ER
TV2
15:50 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
Jamie makes killer jerk
chicken, with rice and beans,
06:53 Children?s Programming
refreshing chopped salad
In Finnish.
and chargrilled corn, all in
08:50 Emily of the New Moon
just thirty minutes.
09:40 Den Norska Kusten
16:20 Eastenders
In Norwegian.
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
10:20 Jobben er livet
In German.
In Norwegian.
18:00 Mythbusters
11:00 Animal Hospital
Dog myths. Is there any way
14:00 Spice med Price
to prevent a bloodhound
In Danish.
from tracking one?s scent?
17:00 Children?s Programming
Is it possible to get past a
In Finnish.
guard dog? Can an old dog
18:02 William & Mary
be taught new tricks?
20:30 The Inbetweeners
19:00 Two and a Half Men
It is a new term and the
19:30 Don?t Trust the B**** in
infamous sociology and
Apartment 23
geography field trip to
20:00 The Simpsons
Swanage is coming up, all
TV5
20:30 Big Bang Theory
the boys are on board.
Mika Oksanen
21:00 Lemony Snicket?s A Series
22:30 Misfits (K16)
06:50 That 70?s Show
of Unfortunate Events
23:50 Game of Thrones (K16)
Rax Rinnekangas
(born 1954) is often
07:20 Amazing Wedding Cakes
FILM
Part 4/20.
referred to as a strange bird in Finnish Directed
art
08:10 Matlock
by: Brad Silberling.
12:00 Breakthrough with Tony
Starring: Jim Carrey, Liam
circuits because of the genuinely international
YLE TEEMA
Robbins
Aiken, Emily Browning.
nature of his career, his uncompromising
12:55 Matlock
USA/Germany/2004.
artistic
choices
and
ability
to
express
himself
13:50 X-Weighted: Families
23:10 C.S.I.
17.00 History: Crime and
through different
art forms: films, books
14:40 My Wife and Kids
00:05 and
Vampire Diaries (K16)
Punishment
photographs.
Two episodes.
01:00 The Simpsons
Part 1/2. This documentary lifts
15:35 America?s Funniest Home
01:30
Num3rot
the
veil on the
taboo that
is is called
His most
recent
feature
film
Water
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corporal
punishment.
What
it see the pubMarked, and
this
February
will
16:30 The King of Queens
reveals is a fascinating history
lishing of
his essay
Nocturama,
JIM
Three episodes.
spanning
religion,collection
the justice
inspired system,
by the
German writer W.G.
18:00 That 70?s Show
sex late
and education.
18:30 Duck Dynasty
MasterChef Australia
Today it
is a subject that
is on the 12:10
Sebald (more
complete
info
long line
19:30 Little Britain
Toor
Build or Not to Build
almost impossible
discuss
of Rinnekangas?
works to
can
be found 13:10
online
20:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
14:10 Cooks to Market
in public, but it is not that long
in databases
of public libraries, for example).
21:00 The Family Man FILM
15:10 Talent USA
since corporal punishment was
While his
work
often
goes
relatively
unnoticed
A fast-lane investment
16:05 Anthony Bourdain: The
a routine part of life.
on his
native
soil,
is not short of international
broker, offered the
Layover
18.00
Who?s
onhe
First
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how the
17:00
Gordon Ramsay?s
19.00
Como
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you relate to theopportunity
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famously
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French
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half lives, wakes up to
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Escos have
Locos taken
Bajitos to his writing is
you have harnessed in your
literary critics
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find that his sports car and
Restaurants from all over
In Spanish.
When you make films, girlfriend
whetherhave
fictional
or
example
of
this. Rinnekangas kindly replied
to
become a
Britain compete in order
20.30 Arkitektens Hjem
are both
the
screenour inquiries
as to his thinking and art. to win thedocumentary,
and
wife.
Ramsay?s Best so that youmini-van
In Danish.
writer
words,
images
Directed
by: the
Brett
Ratner.
Restaurant
title. and director, then the
21.00 Ballroom Dancer
Starring:
Nicolas
Cage,
18:00
Talent USA
In Danish.
and the director?s work can
advance
within
the
Your artistic
career started at a young
age.
Cheadle,
Jeremy
Piven.
19:00 LA Ink same window, creating aDon
Prisoners
of War
(K16)
form
for the
mental
Was22.00
this a
difficult
choice?
USA/2000.
21:00 JIM D Crime: Murder on
images
in unison
and supporting
In my case, there was no youth, but a state
5D: Addicted
to Boob Jobs
the Menu
(K16) by working 23:20
each
other
the same
goal
and,
accordwhich, from the first light of dawn until
Ghost
Rider
FILM
Detectives
struggle
to to reach 00:35
Directed:
Mark Steven
make a case
against
a serial
ing
to the
idea of ?killing
your darlings?,
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the last light of dusk, featured a perpetual
Johnson.
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waitresses.
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persons, you are
go. It was as if I did not exist from 22:35
my birth
Long, Nicolas Cage, Peter
MTV?s Flash Pranks
bound
to
have
two
different
ideas
of Alessi.
what the
until the 1990s; I constantly felt anxious
and
Fonda,
Raquel
23:05 South Park
end
result
should look like.
threatened, and experienced a state 23:35
of loneliUSA/2007.
Naked and
Funny
(K16)
02:30
72 Hours:
True Crime
(K16)
00:05 Grimefighters.
The fact that I have
been
a one-man
crew
ness ? the latter being nothing negative
per
Last of the Summer Wine
03:00
Little
Britain
00:35
JIM D Biography:
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in
this
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for
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03:30 Flashpoint
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Life suits but few
of us ? including
Rax Rinnekangas
?I
cannot say when
I?ll be able to
start calling myself
a filmmaker;
filmmaking is
something I simply
keep on studying
on the job.?
in me to start a long journey, and this is what I
did, travelling around Europe, not on the high
road but on the side tracks, also becoming
familiar with the centres. Initially, my writing
was as if done by someone else, bound by
collective social constraints; as if there was a
straight road ahead of me, but actually it was a
maze I had to navigate, which I felt I was able
to do sometime in the late 1990s.
At some point I found photography, and my
focus shifted there from writing. I stopped
working as a reporter ? which I always had felt
as a stage in-between ? and got my first opportunities with art films and documentaries, and
discovered a new desire for writing as well,
and felt that I was able to create something
that was truly my own. I am now at an age
where I already should be able to see through
the room all the way to the back wall of the
salon, but then again, some people are young
as writers in their sixties. Being an author is
something very demanding; it requires you to
have lived life. Hardly no-one under 45 years
of age qualifies for it. And I cannot say when
I?ll be able to start calling myself a filmmaker;
filmmaking is something I simply keep on
studying on the job.
abolish this boundary in my films. When I
write, I write something that appears to me
as an image. Within this image, I see the
content, whether Lemony
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or based
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on an idea. There Series
are no images
that are empty
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aesthetically, because
there are one or more
Events
sentences inside them. There must be some
The best-selling series of subversive
symbiosis between
images
and
words.
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children?s
books
from
author
films, it has been Lemony
most natural
for me
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to the
the stuff and then
direct
it.
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be
very
in this
black
comedy
for the
whole
Baudelaire
siblings
difficult for me tofamily.
start The
shooting
a text
written
by someone else. - gadget freak Violet (Emily Brown-
ing), bookworm Klaus (Liam Aiken),
and baby Sunny (Kara Hoffman
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share
of -the
and
Shelbysome
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were living
highlights of your
international
a fairy-tale
existence career
with their
parents until their folks died in a
with us?
that destroyed
the family home.
When I workedfire
actively
as photographer,
With few
relatives
a large
from the mid-1980s
toclose
2010,
my and
projects
fortune the children will not indepicted many herit
different
cultures
in
old
until they reach adulthood,
the
Europe, from the
Ural
tothe
the
siblings
areMountains
left in the care of
Atlantic coast and
from Count
Lapland
to Gibraltar
peculiar
Olaf (Jim
Carrey), an
actor
would
love
and the Balkans.out-of-work
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sowho
much
docunothing
more
thanphotography,
to get his hands
mentary photography
but
still
on the kids? money. Directed by:
resulting in static
pictures of people shot
Brad Silberling. Starring: Jim Carrey,
from a stand, applying
long
exposure
times.
Liam Aiken,
Emily
Browning.
During those years I travelled something like
a million and a half
kilometres. In the late
Sub 21:00
TV2
06:52 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:50 Emily of the New Moon
14:10 Anne Spanske
Delikatesser
In Danish.
18:02 William & Mary
20:30 The Inbetweeners
22:05 Bound (K16) FILM
Directed by: Andy and
Lana Wachowski. Starring:
Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon,
Joe Pantoliano. USA/1996.
00:20 Game of Thrones (K16)
Part 5/20.
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09:25 Eastenders
10:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
14:00 Hell?s Kitchen
14:55 ER
15:55 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
Jamie prepares rib-eye steak
stir fry with dan dan noodles
and chilled hibiscus tea, all
in 30 minutes.
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Jamie?s American Road
Trip
19:00 Two and a Half Men
19:30 How I Met Your Mother
20:00 The Simpsons
Two episodes.
22:00 Grimm (K16)
23:00 House
00:00 Supernatural (K16)
01:00 The Simpsons
01:30 Num3rot
Seven Pounds
TV5 21:00
07:00 Children?s Programming
09:20 Luxury Mamas
10:20 Sibling Rivalry
12:50 Luxury Mamas
13:50 Sibling Rivalry
15:25 10 Things I Hate About You
15:55 Extreme Makeover:
Weigthloss Edition
Alex is a 23-year-old
baseball fanatic from
Georgia whose weight kept
him from playing the game
that he loves. Now with
Chris Powell on his side Alex
tries to get healthy.
17:00 Animal Rescue
17:30 Dr. Phil
21:00 Elementary
23:20 Frasier
23:50 The Game
00:50 Pawn Stars
01:45 All in the Family
TV5
06:50 That 70?s Show
17.00 Who?s on First DOC
07:15 The King of Queens
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Three episodes.
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08:35in
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to establish
the first and Auschwitz
weakness and strong
your strength?. For
1990s, Ieffort
stopped
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13:25
Matlock
Greek
team.
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me, the strong side
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in Poland,
to baseball
carry out
a photographic
project
JIM
15:10 My Wife and Kids
no cultural or historical
your commitment when
you decide to do
based on
the in
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18:30 That 70?s Show
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and shoes, questioning why
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theory that other
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themes.
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Where did these visions come from?
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22:35 Rude Tube (K16)
Sandler, Kate Beckinsale,
has made you so independent as to
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23:05 South Park
David Hasselhoff.
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and and Funny
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develop your
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Advisory Board on Immigration and Integration
declares an application process for
The grant for Immigrant Associations?
capacity building
The associations can apply for grant in order to purchase
trainings, consultations and services for the following purposes:
More information on the grant and the application form:
www.hel.>/heke/maahanmuutto> Avustus
järjestöille>Information in English.
Training the staff, the board members and/or the volunteers
- on voluntary work, organizational democracy or developing participation skills
- on development of the association?s working methods
and strategy
- on development of communications and working with media.
Enquiries: Immigration division?s planning officer Olga Silfver, tel. 09 310 37 951.
The grant can be applied for by an association with more
than a half (50%) of its members of immigrant background.
The association should be registrated and by definition,
should promote active citizenship.
Application period and submitting applications: Applications with necessary attachments in English, Finnish or
Swedish should be submitted by 22.2.2013 at 16:00 to the
following address:
Registry of the City of Helsinki, Human Resources centre,
P.O. Box 10, 00099 CITY OF HELSINKI. Street address: City
Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13.
www.hel.fi
18HELSINKI TIMES
Cultitude
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SixDegrees
James O?Sullivan
BRINGING together the talents of former Opeth drummer Martin
Lopez, ex-Death, Testament and Sadus bassist Steve DiGiorgio,
Willowtree vocalist Joel Ekelöf and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis,
metal outfit Soen have been touted as the thinking man?s metal
band. And, when placed against the corrosive abrasive pummel
of groups such as Cannibal Corpse, their complex rhythms,
sensitive vocals and dexterous guitar work make their mark on a
completely different level.
Echoing the sound of California?s Tool, with Ekelöf?s vocals
resisting the urge to take the plunge into aggression, Lopez?s
technique has evolved since his time with Opeth, using space
more than ever before to express a range of unpredicatble and
intricate time signatures.
Arriving to Finland for a brief jaunt, the band will be playing
gigs in Turku, Helsinki and Tampere between 31 January
and 2 February. Showcasing tracks from Cognitive, their
evocative debut album that was mixed by David Bottrill (Tool,
Smashing Pumpkins, Muse), audiences may even be privy to
some fresh sounds as the band is currently working on material for their sophomore album.
Soen
31 January ? 2 February
Tickets ?13-15
Turku, Helsinki, Tampere
and beyond
years to celebrate
Portrait of the Artist?s Son.
Finnish National Gallery,
Central Art Archives
James O?Sullivan
MARKING the 150th anniversary of the artist, Helsinki?s Ateneum
Art Museum is staging a celebration of Eero Järnefelt?s work.
Having studied at the St. Petersburg art academy between 1883
and 1885, Järnefelt moved to Paris to further his studies in 1886,
taking inspiration from the plein-air and naturalistic paintings
of Jules Bastien-Lepage.
Counting Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Emil Wikström and Louis
Sparre among his friends, he was also brother-in-law to Jean
Sibelius, who married his sister Aino in 1892.
Considered one of the most important figures in the golden age
of Finnish art, Järnefelt is best known for capturing the majestic
landscapes of Koli and as a master of portraiture.
Aside from this, other themes close to his heart were his lakeside atelier home by Tuusulanjärvi, Suviranta, the surrounding
nature, as well as members of his family. His 1893 The Wage
Slaves (Raatajat rahanalaiset or Kaski), was one of his most
popular works, depicting slash-and-burn agriculture.
Organised in co-operation with the Eero Järnefelt Society, in
keeping with the theme of 150 years, the exhibition will present
some 150 works spread across two floors.
Järnefelt?s paintings will be displayed on the third floor of the
museum, while his drawings and prints will be displayed in two
exhibition rooms on the ground floor.
Eero Järnefelt 150 Years
25 January ? 28 February
Ateneum Art Museum
Capturing youth,
Kaivokatu 2
Helsinki
www.ateneum.fi
James O?Sullivan
PERHAPS best known by the wider public for his iconic image
of Ville Valo on the cover of HIM?s Razorblade Romance
album, photographer Jouko Lehtola?s style as a whole during his career was more aligned with a documentary-style
perspective.
Commencing his career in the 1990s photographing rock
stars and fans at summer music festivals, his focus quickly
evolved towards depicting Finnish youth as they stumbled
their way, often in a haze of alcohol, through their formative
years. The unique immediacy of this work would bring him
an international reputation at the Bologna Photo Festival in
Italy in 1997.
This shift continued towards a more serious and socially
critical focus, as his images dwelled on the aftermath of often
terrible events that proved fatal for their participants.
After discussions between Kiasma and Lehtola in spring
2010 prior to his death the same year, the museum would
go on to acquire 19 photographs from the Jouko Lehtola
Foundation earlier last year, which are on display there from
8 February to 18 August.
Jouko Lehtola
8 February ? 18 August
Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2
Helsinki
Global stars
James O?Sullivan
HAVING been formed after being displaced to Guinea from their
native Sierra Leone during the Sierra Leone Civil War, Sierra
Leone?s Refugee All Stars are coming to Helsinki to play an
anticipated gig at Savoy Theatre on Wednesday 30 January.
Returning to Freetown in 2004, the band gained international
recognition when their plight was documented in the 2005
documentary film Sierra Leone?s Refugee All Stars.
Dropping their debut album Living Like a Refugee in 2006,
the band soon found itself playing in front of audiences at New
York?s Central Park SummerStage, Japan?s Fuji Rock Festival
and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. They went on to
appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show, contributed a song to the
Blood Diamond film soundtrack, participated in the U2 tribute
album In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2, and earned
praise and backing from Sir Paul McCartney, Keith Richards,
Ice Cube, Angelina Jolie ? even finding themselves filling the
support slot for rockers Aerosmith during an arena tour.
The group?s third album, Radio Salone, was recorded in
Brooklyn, New York and arrived in April last year; showcasing
their trademark sound fused with the rhythms of many cultures
they have experienced since they commenced touring the globe.
Sierra Leone?s Refugee All Star Band
30 January
Tickets ?30/32
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
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Musica Nova HelsiNki
orieNt ? occideNt
8.?16.2.2013
Musica nova Helsinki is one of Europe?s
most important contemporary music
events. The Orient-Occident theme
presents a diverse look at contemporary
music from Asia, Middle-East and the
Mediterranean region from noise to
modern flamenco, topical composers
and top musicians from the countries
in question for the first time in Finland.
Musica nova is also bringing to Helsinki
dozens of never before seen instruments
from Asia and the Middle-East. The
festival includes numerous free events.
orgaNisers: HelsiNki Festival, sibelius acadeMy,
yle, HelsiNki PHilHarMoNic orcHestra
Musica nova Helsinki, lasipalatsi,
MannerHeiMintie 22-24, Fi-00100 Helsinki,
tel +358 (0)9 6126 5100
Musicanova@Musicanova.Fi
www.Musicanova.Fi
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