Are you aware of what is ahead on 30 June / 1 July in the Netherlands? Are you resident in Wageningen or surrounding areas? Over the coming few days we will be celebrating Keti Koti in Wageningen. On the afternoon of Sunday 30 June, I will be leading an interactive guided walking tour through the … Continue reading Keti Koti 2024 in Wageningen
The second day of fieldwork started off with a bright sunny promise but alas it did not last long before it started pouring. I did at least manage to caught some sunshine in the morning as I wandered around with no particular itinerary. One of the things I enjoyed doing in a new city is … Continue reading Lisbon Letters II: off the beaten track to find memorial absences
It is one thing for me to study #slavery and #colonial #heritage #tourism (#tours) in other places, but it is quite another to be involved in designing and developing a similar tour in my own city. Exactly a week ago, I had the privilege of participating in the first Decolonial Walking Tour Wageningen that was … Continue reading In action: knowledge utilisation, research impact and problem-based learning
It took a while to cook this to the right taste but it is well done now....we are delighted to invite you to savour and enjoy this freshly baked off the hot press research article that has been published in the Tourism Geographies journal. This article forms part of the outputs from my ongoing NWO … Continue reading [New paper, Open Access] Commemoration and commodification: slavery heritage, Black travel and the #YearofReturn2019 in Ghana
After two days of intensive teaching we headed out in the early hours of last Wednesday for another 2 days of intensive fieldwork in Recife and Olinda + 1 day in Natal afterwards. A largely enjoyable 4 hour road trip on highway BR-101 brought us to the old centre of Recife. I learned that highway … Continue reading Natal Notes II: The joyful hard work of fieldwork adventures in Recife, Olinda and Natal
There has been a feature article on my research in the Resource Magazine of Wageningen University & Research. I had an very enjoyable conversation with Marieke Enter the journalist. She has written a very wonderful piece that captures our conversation and my research well. You can read the article on the Resource website through this … Continue reading [Featured magazine article] New perspective thanks to slavery tourism
You've seen the video abstract...now you can read the full paper 😉 https://youtu.be/CxD8l6OxWc0 I'm absolutely delighted again to share with you my research article which has been published as #openaccess in the Annals of Tourism Research. You can freely read and freely download a copy of the paper through this link (or download directly below): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160738323000634 … Continue reading [New paper, Open Access] The embodied absence of the past: Slavery heritage and the transformative memory work of tourism
It is my absolute great delight to share with you news of my upcoming research publication in the Annals of Tourism Research journal. After more than a year of the review process, the first substantive paper from my NWO Veni research project is about to be published. I had this extended video abstract made to … Continue reading [Publication (video) ALERT!] A visual explainer of the embodied absence of the past
Last week Monday, I had an interview with Ewout Klei of the de Kanttekening media. It was an enjoyable conversation sharing some insights about my ongoing NWO (Dutch Research Council) funded research project on 'Slavery heritage tourism in Ghana-Suriname-Netherlands'. We also touched on my upcoming KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen conference on 'Tourism, … Continue reading Featured interview: slavery heritage tourism in Ghana
I am delighted to have been awarded a Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Early Career Partnership Grant. With this grant award I can organise the upcoming the international "Tourism, memory and heritage" conference on 1 - 2 June 2023 in Amsterdam in relation to my ongoing Veni research project More info about … Continue reading Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Early Career Partnership Grant Award
Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong 