CURRICULUM VITAE. Department of Social Research University of Tampere, Finland (work); (mobile phone)

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DATA Name Address Home Address Tel. address Anna Rastas (née Vallikari) Department of Social Research University of Tampere, Finland Päiväläisentie 11, Tampere, Finland (work); (mobile phone) anna.rastas@uta.fi EDUCATION 2007 Doctor of Social Sciences (Sociology / Social anthropology) University of Tampere Dissertation: Rasismi lasten ja nuorten arjessa. Transnationaalit juuret ja monikulttuuristuva Suomi. (Racism in the everyday life of children and young people. Transnational roots and multicultural Finland in the making.) Grade: Laudatur (the highest possible grade) Teaching degree in adult education. The Teacher Education Centre at TAMK University of Applied Sciences Master in Social Sciences (MSocSc) (Sociology) University of Tampere. Grade: magna cum laude approbatur Matriculation examination, Sulkavan lukio (upper secondary school) Professional further education courses in different universities in Finland and abroad e.g. in financial administration and management, human rights, issues related to refugees, immigrants and ethnic minority women, teaching in English, internationalization of higher education.

2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008: Researcher, Responsible project director 2007: Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere 2006: Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere 2005: Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere 2004: Researcher, SOVAKO (The Finnish Doctoral Program in Social Sciences) ( ) Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere ( ) 2003: Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere ( ) Researcher, Research Programme on Marginalisation, Inequality and Ethnic relations in Finland, The Academy of Finland ( ) 2002: Researcher, Research Programme on Marginalisation, Inequality and Ethnic relations in Finland, The Academy of Finland 2001: Researcher, Research Programme on Marginalisation, Inequality and Ethnic relations in Finland, The Academy of Finland ( ) 2002: Lecturer in Sociology and Social Work, PIRAMK University of Applied Sciences : Director, Reception center for asylum seekers, City of Tampere 1992: Secretary for refugees and international affairs, The Finnish Red Cross Häme District Office : Secretary for academic affairs, Student Union of University of Tampere

3 Courses and lectures also in other Universities in Finland, and in many vocational education institutions, e.g. Opetusalan koulutuskeskus (National Centre for Professional Development in Education). PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Rastas, Anna (2007) Rasismi lasten ja nuorten arjessa. Transnationaalit juuret ja monikulttuuristuva Suomi. Tampere University Press ja Nuorisotutkimusseura / Nuorisotutkimusverkosto. [Racism in the everyday life of children and young people. Transnational roots and multicultural Finland in the making.] (Doctoral dissertation, a companion volume, 186 pages, summarizing and expanding on the six previously published scholarly articles*) Rastas, Anna & Huttunen, Laura & Löytty, Olli (eds.) (2005): Suomalainen vieraskirja. Kuinka käsitellä monikulttuurisuutta. [Finnish guestbook. How to deal with multiculturalism]tampere: Vastapaino. ARTICLES Scientific articles published in refereed journals: International and foreign journals Rastas, Anna (forthcoming/2009): Transznacionális gyökerek és rasszizmus a finnországi gyerekek és fiatalok körében. (ford. Kúti Boróka). Pluralica. 2008/3-4. Rastas, Anna (2005) Racialising categorization among young people in Finland. YOUNG - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, Vol 13(2): (*) Rastas, Anna (2004) Am I Still White? Dealing with the Colour Trouble. Balayi: Culture, Law and Colonialism Vol 6, (*) Rastas, Anna (2003) Categorias raciais e identidades racializadas entre os jovens finlandeses. Sociedade e Cultura 5, Cadernos do Noroeste, Série Sociologia, Vol. 21 (1-2), Finnish journals

4 Rastas, Anna (2002) Katseilla merkityt, silminnähden erilaiset. Lasten ja nuorten kokemuksia rodullistavista katseista. Nuorisotutkimus. 20:3, [The Finnish Journal of Youth Research 4/2007, Visibly different, marked by gazes. Children s and young peoples experiences of receiving racist stares.] (*) Nisula, Tapio & Rastas, Anna & Kangaspunta, Kristiina (1995) Perinteen puhtaus ja somali-identiteetti. Pakolaistytöt kulttuurinsa vaalijoina. Nuorisotutkimus 13:3, [The Finnish Journal of Youth Research 3/1995, The purity of tradition and Somali identity: Refugee girls as guardians of culture.] Scientific articles published in Finnish books Rastas, Anna (2008) Valkoinen maisema, eriväriset identiteetit. [White landscape and identities coloured by racism.] In Anja-Riitta Lahikainen, Raija-Leena Punamäki & Tuula Tamminen (eds.) Kulttuuri lapsen kasvattajana. Helsinki: WSOY, Rastas, Anna (2007) Neutraalisti rasistinen? Erään sanan politiikkaa. [Neutrally racist? Politics of the N-word.] In Joel Kuortti, Mikko Lehtonen & Olli Löytty (eds.) Jälkikolonialismi ja Suomi [Postcolonialism and Finland]. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, (*) Rastas, Anna (2005) Kulttuurit ja erot haastattelutilanteissa. [Meanings of cultures and differences in research interviews.] In Johanna Ruusuvuori LiisaTiittula (eds.) Haastattelu. Tutkimus, tilanteet ja vuorovaikutus. Tampere: Vastapaino, Tiittula, Liisa & Rastas, Anna & Ruusuvuori, Johanna (2005) Kasvokkaisesta vuorovaikutuksesta tietokonevälitteiseen viestintään. Virtuaalihaastattelun näkymiä. [An article about the challenges in doing interviews by ] In Johanna Ruusuvuori ja LiisaTiittula (eds.) Haastattelu. Tutkimus, tilanteet ja vuorovaikutus. Tampere: Vastapaino, Rastas, Anna (2005) Rasismi: oppeja, asenteita, toimintaa ja seurauksia. [Racism: doctrines, attitudes, actions and consequences.] In Anna Rastas, Laura Huttunen & Olli Löytty (eds.) Suomalainen vieraskirja. Tampere: Vastapaino, (*) Huttunen, Laura & Löytty, Olli, & Rastas, Anna (2005) Suomalainen Monikulttuurisuus. Paikallisia ja ylirajaisia suhteita. [Multiculturalism in Finland.

5 Local and transnational relations]. In Anna Rastas, Laura Huttunen & Olli Löytty (eds.) Suomalainen vieraskirja. Tampere: Vastapaino, Rastas, Anna (2004): Miksi rasismin kokemuksista on niin vaikea puhua? [Why don t young people talk about their experiences of racism?] In Arja Jokinen, Laura Huttunen & Anna Kulmala (eds.) Puhua vastaan ja vaieta - neuvottelu kulttuurisista marginaaleista. [Talking back and keeping silent: negotiating cultural meanings of margins.] Helsinki: Gaudeamus, (*) Other scientific publications Rastas, Anna (2008) Antirasistinen tutkimusagenda etiikkaa vai politiikkaa? Sosiologia 2/2008, [Antiracist research agenda research ethics or research politics?] Rastas, Anna (2008) Lapset ja sota, tunteet ja tieto. Nuorisotutkimus 26:2, 1-2. [Children and war emotions and knowledge, The Finnish Journal of Youth Research 2/2008, 51-55] Rastas, Anna (2007) Monimerkityksinen monikulttuurisuus. (Editorial) Nuorisotutkimus 25:4, 1-2. [The Finnish Journal of Youth Research 4/2007, 1-2. Editorial: The many meanings of multiculturalism] Anna Simola & Anna Rastas (2008) "Jos rohkenen sanoa...". Voiko ihonväristä puhua edistämättä rasismia? [ If I may say. Does mentioning skin colour always promote racism? ] Journalismikritiikin vuosikirja Tampereen yliopisto, Journalismin tutkimusyksikkö, Tampere, Available: Rastas, Anna (2007) Rasismi lasten ja nuorten arjessa. Lectio praecursoria. Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration 2/2, Rastas, Anna (2007) Tarkkailua, kuuntelemista vai myötäelämistä. [Observing, listening or being empathetic? Doing fieldwork among young people.] Nuorisotutkimuksen verkkojulkaisu Kommentti. Luettavissa: Other publications

6 Abstracts in conference readers, book reviews in Finnish journals, texts published on the Internet. Activity in Scientific Journals Member of the editorial board of Nuorisotutkimus (Finnish Journal of Youth Studies) since Referee for a number of Finnish and International journals. International conference papers and lectures Ethnic identities and transnational subjectivities. (keynote) Generations in flux Interdiciplinary conference on ethnicity, integration and family ties, ETMU and The Finnish youth Research Society, Helsinki. Representations of Africa(ns) in Finnish non-fiction. II International Conference Afroeuropeans: Cultures and Identities, , Universidad de León. Writing our future history: Africa and Africans in Finland and Finnish non-fiction. Paper given at POWER: Forms, Dynamics and Consequences -conference. Tampere With near and distant kin: Growing up in transnational families. A Paper co-authored with Ulla Vuorela, presented by U. Vuorela. EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) Conference, , Ljubljana. Workshop WO76: Children and migration in Europe: between new citizenships and transnational families. Making our future history : Africans in Finland and in Finnish non-fiction. Paper given at the Crossroads in cultural Studies, , University of West Indies, Kingston. Adoptees and racism in Finland. Lecture given at New Roots and Routes in Adoption Research, Symposium Utrecht University. Racism in the everyday life of children with transnational roots. Paper given at the 8th Conference of the European Sociological Association, , Glasgow. Racialized relations in Finland. Paper given at Challlenging Europe. Black European Studies in the 21th Century Conference, , Mainz. Adoptive families and racism. Paper given at the 1 st Conference, , Copenhagen. Global Adoption Research Racial categories and identities among young people in Finland. Paper given at 6 th ESA Conference of ESA, Murcia.

7 Color talk, racial identities and identity politics among young people in Finland. Paper given at NYRIS 2003 conference Youth Voice and Noise, , Roskilde University. Am I still white? Paper given at Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2002, Tampere About self, about positioning, about whiteness. Paper given at Texts, Interaction and Ethnography, Tampere Summer School on Qualitative Research, White mother researching Others ethical dilemmas in fieldwork. Paper given at European Winter School Youth Cultures, ethnicity, violence theoretical, methodological and ethical perspectives, , Karjaa. Organised by the Finnish Youth Research Network. Other scientific activities Board member of the Finnish Association of Cultural Studies > Board member of the Research Unit of Family and Childhood Studies, university of Tampere : Coordinator of RASMUS-tutkijat (the Finnish Network of researchers studying racism and anti-racism). Member of several international scientific associations (e.g. ESA, EASA, ASC) and national and international networks, responsible organizer of many network meetings and seminars. More than 30 interviews on TV and radio programs, newspapers and magazines. Consultant for different universities, other institutions, associations and authorities in teaching, research and professional skills related to multiculturalism, immigrants and refugees, transnational adoptions and racism/anti-racism.