Finnish Memories of Colonies 2021

The data consists of writings related to Finns' memories of the colonies. The aim of the data collection was to gather information on how the European colonies and colonialism were reflected in Finnish everyday life in the 20th century. In the call for writings, a number of questions were given to help with the writing process. The questions asked the respondents to write about, for example, what the word 'colony' brought to mind, where they got information about the people, cultures and products of the colonies, and what kind of opportunities there were for meeting people from far away in Finland. Other questions included memories of colonial product shops and of buying exotic fruits, spices and other products. In the help questions, participants were also asked to reflect on how colonialism is seen in Finland and the world today. Background information includes the respondent's gender, year of birth, occupation and place of residence, if provided by the respondent. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

本数据集汇聚了与芬兰人对殖民地记忆相关的文字资料。数据收集的宗旨在于搜集欧洲殖民地及殖民主义在20世纪芬兰日常生活中所映射的信息。在征稿过程中，提供了一系列问题以辅助撰写过程。所提问题引导受访者就诸如‘殖民地’一词所引发的联想、获取殖民地人民、文化和产品信息的途径，以及芬兰境内遇见远方人士的机会等问题进行叙述。此外，还包括对殖民地产品商店的记忆以及对购买异国水果、香料及其他产品的回忆。在辅助性问题中，参与者还被要求反思当前在芬兰及全球范围内对殖民主义的看法。背景信息包括受访者的性别、出生年份、职业和居住地，若受访者提供则包含在内。该数据集已被整理成易于使用的HTML版本，存放于FSD。