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Tourism, Memory and Heritage conference, 1-3 June 2026: keynote speakers confirmed

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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

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Echoes of In*dependence: Ghana’s 6 March 1957 event @ The Black Archives

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https://www.theblackarchives.nl/echoes-07-03-25.html What does Ghana's independence in 1957 mean to the Ghanaian and African diaspora in this day and age? Are the reverberations of the struggle for independence still felt in the dreams of the diaspora? How do contemporary dreams emerge and to what ends? Can we still find inspiration in the (post)indepedence movement for individual … Continue reading Echoes of In*dependence: Ghana’s 6 March 1957 event @ The Black Archives

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Commemorating Keti Koti in Wageningen

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For the third year running, there was a Keti Koti commemorative ceremony in Wageningen. I had missed the first two occasions because of my research fieldwork in Suriname in 2022 and research fieldwork in Amsterdam in 2023. Fortunately, I was able to stay local this year. Thus on Sunday 30 June 2024, I joined a … Continue reading Commemorating Keti Koti in Wageningen