The Anthropological Deed Award 2023

The Anthropological Deed Award for 2023 was given to University Lecturer Maarit Forde for her establishment and teaching of a decolonization workshop at the University of Helsinki. The workshop provides concrete discussions on decolonization, not only within the discipline of anthropology but also within the scientific community, reaching audiences beyond anthropology. The workshop could serve as a model at the faculty and university levels across Finland. Discussing and deeply addressing decolonization is a topic many students have requested at the institutional level, and Forde’s workshop has been an excellent response to this demand. Additionally, Forde has significantly promoted the crucial decolonization approach in her own research activities within anthropology.