Agenda 26 Juni - 02 Juli 2016

In de voormalige Nederlandse kolonie Zuid-Afrika herinnert veel immaterieel cultureel erfgoed aan het slavernijverleden. Cultuurhistoricus Anne Marieke van der Wal laat in haar proefschrift zien hoe muziek, volksliederen, straatprocessies en andere informele tradities een ‘alternatief geheugen’ van het slavernijverleden vormen, in aanvulling op de koloniale (Nederlandse) bronnen.

univ.utrecht

The Dutch and Rwandan government work together to persecute Rwandans living in the Netherlands and who are accused of participating in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. But what if accusations seem to be politically or economically motivated? And what if it seems there is no perspective of a fair trial in Rwanda? Around 30 Rwandans living in the Netherlands are accused of participating in the genocide of 1994. With a.o. Joris van Wijk (associate professor criminology, Vrije Universiteit, genocide-law specialist and Marieke van Eik (Prakken d'Oliveira, lawyer, migration specialist).

oneworld

The current student protests at South African universities can be understood within a broader context of (dis)continuities of apartheid. Although these protests have been happening at historically black universities for some time, only since they affected historically white universities have they become (inter)national news. South Africa’s current economic situation and the impact of neo-liberalism on global Higher Education mean that state funding has been drastically reduced. In this climate, students are trying to shape a new movement around an agenda of decolonization and a critique of transformation at universities. Please register

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