It must have been in May 2004 when I sat down with my supervisor to discuss the research design of my PhD project. I wanted to study the Hindu-Muslim violence that had taken place in Gujarat, India in 2002....
“He’s nothing but a Pharisee!” states Ad, half-jokingly, revealing teeth besieged by plaque and tobacco stains. Teeth like his tell a tale of working-class hardship. I have never come across anything...
De situatie op Aruba in augustus 2020 beantwoordde aan vele Corona-clichés. Onzekerheid, afwezigheid, afstand. Er gold een avondklok en een samenscholingsverbod; mondkapjes waren verplicht en uitgaan was verboden. Ook de winkels waren dicht en kinderen hadden bijna ...
KITLV has established a cluster to do research on climate change This is new for us. It is a huge field with a rich literature. Like kids in a candy store , members of the research cluster have been circulating ...
On December 14 the College of Electors will vote to elect the next President of United States of America. “What?” your media-weary brain exclaims. “I thought that happened last month!”...
In August, the leader of the Dayak Red Army, Pangalongok Jilah, flew to Jakarta to ask President Jokowi to release Effendi Buhing from prison. Effendi is the leader of the indigenous community in ...
Tiny worms causing silent and insidious damage. In 1915 the Rockefeller Foundation brought its campaign to eradicate hookworms to Suriname. Tests found that more than 90 percent of the ...
The Black Lives Matter protest held on 10 June 2020 was originally planned to take place at Anton de Komplein in the Zuidoost district of Amsterdam. But due to the huge numbers expected to attend...
Where is my golden pen? An academic cannot be an anti-racist activist today without a smartphone. I know, I can also join a protest march and carry a placard stating that Black Lives Matter. I can, yes, but then I will...
Twelve years ago, I was in the KITLV special collections room, studying archival materials about the colonial subjugation of Aceh, the region on the northern tip of Sumatra. It took four decades, from the 1870s...