Collaborate and contribute to a monumental tapestry about the Dutch Slavery past. The Cultural Geography Chair Group at Wageningen University and Research is the host and coordinator for the making of a piece of the tapestry of the project ‘Threads of our Dutch Slavery Past’. In an earlier iteration of the project last Spring we moved around … Continue reading Tapestry project! Join in at Wageningen University!: Threads of our Dutch Slavery Past (Draden van ons Nederlands Slavernijverleden)
memory politics
Save the date: ‘Tourism, memory and heritage’ international conference (1-3 June 2026)
Save the date! 350 days left before this exciting international conference takes place in Amsterdam and Wageningen, The Netherlands. This 'Tourism, memory and heritage' conference will be the second edition after the very successful first edition that took place back in 2023. I am convening the 2026 edition as a kick-off conference of my ERC … Continue reading Save the date: ‘Tourism, memory and heritage’ international conference (1-3 June 2026)
Documentary Film Premiere (06.12.24): The Embodied Absence of the Past
It is with such great excitement that I announce the premiere screening of my documentary film - 'The Embodied Absence of the Past: Tourism's intersection with slavery and colonial heritage memories in the Ghana-Suriname-Netherlands triangle'. The premiere will be one of the main highlights during 'The Calabash Onder de Bigi Bon' event. This event is … Continue reading Documentary Film Premiere (06.12.24): The Embodied Absence of the Past
Peruvian Posts II: the missed flight and an unending unfolding airport drama lost in’Spanglish’ translation
After attending the Memory Studies Association conference in Lima, a series of stressful and dramatic events unfolded. Missing the flight to Cusco was only the beginning, followed by a struggle to retrieve luggage and a scare about a lost backpack. However, all's well that ends well, as the backpack was found on the plane. Despite the challenges, the experience in Cusco proved to be worth it, albeit with some struggles adjusting to the high altitude and cold weather. Stay tuned for more Peruvian adventures.
Peruvian Posts I: Lima and the Memory Studies Association 2024 Conference
Increasingly, I have come to describe 'niche out' my research work as being focused on the geographies of slavery and colonial heritage tourism in relation to the politics of cultural memory. This niching out process required my search for more (trans-inter) disciplinary grounding for my research. It is in this light that I arrived at … Continue reading Peruvian Posts I: Lima and the Memory Studies Association 2024 Conference