Spotlight on the Caribbean

31 Jul Out now: Disasters, Vulnerability, and Narratives: Writing Haiti’s Futures – Kasia Mika

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This book uses narrative responses to the 2010 Haiti earthquake as a starting point for an analysis of notions of disaster, vulnerability, reconstruction and recovery. ...

23 Jul In “Met het oog op morgen” (NOS) zomerserie: De Nederlands-Franse grens op Sint Maarten

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KITLV onderzoeker Sanne Rotmeijer vertelde 20 juli jl. over de Nederlands-Franse grens op Sint Maarten in het radioprogramma "Met het oog op morgen"....

19 Jul Reactie Gert Oostindie op uitspraak Stef Blok in Volkskrant 18 juli

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De minister van Buitenlandse Zaken moest woensdag door het stof om zijn uitlatingen over multiculturele samenlevingen in het algemeen en Suriname in het bijzonder. Deskundigen, o.a. KITLV directeur en ...

08 Jun Blog: Placing Dutch Caribbean heritage on a global platform: Wiki Goes Caribbean

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What is seen as Dutch national heritage is very much shaped by academically trained heritage professionals and the audiences they speak to and reach. As a curator at the Rijksmuseum, I see ...

08 Jun New publication: ‘A virtual dark journey through the debris: Playing inside the Haiti earthquake’

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The chapter 'A virtual dark journey through the debris: Playing inside the Haiti earthquake (2010)', written by KITLV researcher Kasia Mika, has been published in the...

31 May New publication: ‘Second is best: Dutch colonization on the “Wild Coast”‘

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The Dutch wasted a great deal of effort on the area between the Orinoco and Amazon Deltas in the 17th century. While various trading posts and forts did manage to survive, at least 15 attempts at ...

17 May Available online: latest edition New West Indian Guide

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The NWIG is a scholarly fully open access journal on the Caribbean, featuring English-language articles in the fields of anthropology, art, archaeology, economics, geography, geology...

16 May In Podcast #DeDag: Waarom het zo slecht is gesteld met het vertrouwen in de overheid?

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In Podcast #DeDag (NPO Radio 1) op 16 mei jl. werd de vraag gesteld waarom het zo slecht is gesteld met het vertrouwen in de overheid. KITLV onderzoeker Wouter...

01 May Open acces: ‘Words that work? Practices of constructive journalism in a local Caribbean context’

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This article addresses practices of constructive journalism in the local, postcolonial context of St. Maarten, an autonomous Dutch Caribbean...

20 Apr NPO Radio 1/Bureau Buitenland: ‘Cuba na de Castro’s’

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Het einde van de dynastie van de gebroeders Castro’s is in zicht. Na bijna zes decennia onder de heerschappij van eerst Fidel en daarna Raúl krijgt Cuba komende donderdag een nieuw staatshoofd....