ESPOO MAGAZINE 2/2017

COLLECTINGS
BOOK AN
APPOINTMENT WITH
A NURSE
AS OF 1 September, nurses serve at
health centres only by appointment.
You can book an appointment online at
espoo.fi/eterveys or by calling your own
health centre’s appointment booking
telephone number.
The change means that there will
no longer be nurses’ open practices at
health centres. You no longer have to
queue to see a nurse as you can see
them at the previously agreed upon
time. Nurses distribute vaccinations and
medical injections, for instance.
OLLI HÄKÄMIES
Better service with artificial intelligence
THE CITY of Espoo and the Finnish software and
service company Tieto are carrying out an artificial
intelligence pilot project that is unique also on
a global scale. The artificial intelligence will analyse
the social welfare and health data of the entire
population of Espoo and early childhood education’s
customer data from 2002–2016. Information
security is of the utmost importance in the pilot
project: all personal data has been encrypted and
secure connections are used in the data transfer.
The purpose of the pilot project is to improve the
understanding of people’s need for services. The aim
is to identify needs for services on a more individualised
level by analysing vast data masses. This means
the city can intervene with social exclusion, for instance,
earlier and more cost efficiently than before.
“We are just about to start the data transfer.
Based on the data, the artificial intelligence will
create service paths. For instance, we can observe
the users of heavy services as a group, trace back
their service path and see where we could prevent
the need for heavy services,” says Tomas Lehtinen,
Project Manager and Analyst at the City of Espoo.
”THE AIM IS TO IDENTIFY NEEDS FOR
SERVICES ON A MORE INDIVIDUALISED
LEVEL BY ANALYSING VAST DATA MASSES.”
FROM THE ANNALS OF HISTORY
Glimpses into everyday life a hundred years ago
ESPOO WASN’T exactly at the heart of the
events of the Finnish Civil War 99 years ago.
Only one battle took place here on 11 April 1918
when the German army, called to the aid of
the Whites, marched through Espoo towards
Helsinki. In Leppävaara, they encountered
the Red troops. The battle that ensued also
caused fatalities.
Even though the people of Espoo participated
in fights and battles elsewhere in Finland
and many worked and spent time in Helsinki—
which as the capital was naturally the focus of
the war—the stages of the Civil War have not
been extensively researched from the perspective
of Espoo. Now, as part of celebrating the
centenary of Finland’s independence, the Espoo
City Museum has collected data on the matter.
“The museum has some letters, reminiscences
and tapes from where we have collected
memories of the Civil War. In addition,
we also had a project worker for the
first months of the year collecting data about
Espoo in the period of the Civil War from a
total of 30 other museums and archives,” says
Sanna Valoranta-Saltikoff, Educator at Espoo
City Museum.
The memories of the people of Espoo were
also collected during the winter and spring.
Workers from Espoo
Manor harvesting
potatoes in 1914.
Luukki Manor’s
dayworkers resting
in summer 1916.
A German officer
in Leppävaara in
April 1918.
ESPOON KAUPUNGINMUSEO
“We received around twenty contacts that
led to interviews and valuable data and material,”
says Valoranta-Saltikoff.
After the data was collected, the planning
of the exhibition to be opened in late autumn
was started. In addition to the Särkynyt elämä
(“Broken life”) exhibition, the project will include
different guided tours and a collection of
material online for the residents of Espoo.
› The Särkynyt elämä (“Broken life”) exhibition
at KAMU in Exhibition Centre WeeGee on 1 November
2017–21 October 2018.
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