Across much of Asia economic growth is spurring conflicts over land. Much of that economic growth is highly land-intensive, as the expansion of corporate activities in the sectors such as mining, hydropower, big agro-business (like palm oil or sugar cane), infrastructure or real estate development generate complex processes of land-use change.
You are warmly invited to participate in the upcoming Decolonising Knowledge symposium. This event will bring together scholars and students interested in decolonising knowledge production at Leiden University to plan for collective action for the future and co-develop a Decolonising Collective Leiden.
Climate change affects many aspects of the natural and social environment, and can lead to knock-on impacts between different sectors and groups. We have to simultaneously design and implement policies to prevent further climate change as well as adapt to the impact of changes already happening.
West Papua, a former Dutch colony* , has the second largest rainforest after the Amazon, a great biodiversity and very rich natural resources. In fact the largest gold and third largest copper mine is located in West Papua
This wide-ranging, geographically ambitious book tells the story of the Arab diaspora within the context of British and Dutch colonialism, unpacking the community's ambiguous embrace of European colonial authority in Southeast Asia
Kucini (kitchen, from Portuguese ‘cozinha’); kallu (palm wine, Tamil); kakkus (toilet, from Dutch ‘kakhuis’): three words from Pondicherry Tamil that condense the impact of creolisation as transoceanic cultural process forged through encounter and collaboration, adaptation and resistance.
For the upcoming Euroseas conference 2021, 7-10 September in Olomouc (Czech Republic) we, Esther Captain and Fridus Steijlen, organize a panel under the title ‘Colonial Asian history under fire’.
Something is going on with marriage around the world today. For women, in particular, this long idealized institution is being met with increasing skepticism, critique, and disavowal.
This two-day multilingual interdisciplinary virtual workshop aims at building the foundation for a community of Caribbean experts in archaeology, museology and related disciplines, indigenous leaders and governmental agencies.
More information will follow soon.
