Tourism, memory and heritage emotional geographies of cultural production, memory-making and commemoration 1-3 June 2026 Amsterdam & Wageningen The Netherlands Submissions closed We are happy to notify interested persons that unfortunately, the deadline for expression of interest has now passed. The deadline was Friday 30 January. We have received an overwhelming number of high quality … Continue reading Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: submissions closed
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Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: keynote speakers confirmed
Tourism, memory and heritage emotional geographies of cultural production, memory-making and commemoration 1-3 June 2026 Amsterdam & Wageningen The Netherlands Keynote Speakers Nancy Jouwe is a Netherlands-based cultural historian and works as a freelance researcher, lecturer, writer and curator. She is part of a Papuan refugee community in the Netherlands. Her father hails from West … Continue reading Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: keynote speakers confirmed
Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: 3rd and final call for participation
Tourism, memory and heritage emotional geographies of cultural production, memory-making and commemoration 1-3 June 2026 Amsterdam & Wageningen The Netherlands Call For Participation: What happens on a guided tour of Auschwitz? Which narratives emerge on an organized visit of a former slave plantation? Which stories get told by guides in a museum that curates colonial … Continue reading Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: 3rd and final call for participation
Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: 2nd call for participation
Tourism, memory and heritage emotional geographies of cultural production, memory-making and commemoration 1-3 June 2026 Amsterdam & Wageningen The Netherlands Call For Participation: What happens on a guided tour of Auschwitz? Which narratives emerge on an organized visit of a former slave plantation? Which stories get told by guides in a museum that curates colonial … Continue reading Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: 2nd call for participation
Namib Notes III: From Katutura to Matutura: place names and (post)colonial spatial planning
This fact took me entirely by surprise: the land size of Namibia is about 3.5x the land size of Ghana. It was a wow moment for me, especially given that there are some 33 million people in Ghana while Namibia has just under 3.5 million according to their most recent census. I was having a … Continue reading Namib Notes III: From Katutura to Matutura: place names and (post)colonial spatial planning
Namib Notes: Welcome to Windy Windhoek
Well, it's technically not too windy but Windy Windhoek does make for a nice alliterative title for the post - if you get what I mean :). While it might not be too windy, Windhoek is quite the hilly city which can only be good for my love of walking. I arrived in the storied … Continue reading Namib Notes: Welcome to Windy Windhoek