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Easter School Re-Membering Nieuw-West
29 + 30 + 31 March 2024
What was it like here, in the so-called 'suburb' or 'deprived neighborhood', in the nineties and the beginning of the millennium? Why did the residents revolt in 1998? What happened next and what direction should Nieuw-West take?
On March 29/30/31, the Social Justice and Diversity in the Arts lectorate will delve into the pain points of the housing history of Amsterdam Nieuw-West during a three-day collective research.
Led by researchers from Aminata Cairo, Tayfun Balçik, Rosa te Velde, Camiël Kesser and Paulina Trejo Méndez, the lectorate is conducting an exercise in collective remembering, movement and dialogue.
How do old and new residents experience and live through gentrification? What are the coping mechanisms for, for example, the demolition and selling off of social housing? Has there ever been public recognition for the concentration of Amsterdam residents with a migration background in neighborhoods outside the ring, or in other words, what does it feel like to be a 'non-Western immigrant'?
During this Easter school we will collectively conduct research into these questions. We will use the frameworks for conducting ‘socially just’ research such as the IPT (https://www.inclusivitypathwaytraining.com/) and the 5 pillars (https://www.ahk.nl/en/sjda-5pillars/) as well as the story circle method (https://www.nphm.org/story-circle-toolkit) used and developed by the SJDA lectorate. In addition, we will use social mapping to collectively explore the issues of gentrification in this neighbourhood and weave stories together.
We invite anyone interested in the fight against gentrification to join our research, especially: artists, students, activists as well as people living in Nieuw-West.
- A bicycle is required!
- Bring your own food
- Bring your sketch books & cameras
- We will communicate in Dutch and English, which means we will have to find ways to accommodate each other, and pay extra attention to translation, as well as to body language!
- Participation is free!
Friday 29 March 12:00-18:00
Start: AHK Culture Club, Marineterrein, Building 27E, Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam
Saturday 30 March 12:00-18:00
Start: New Metropolis, Burgemeester Rendorpstraat 1, 1064 EL Amsterdam
Sunday 31 March 12:00-18:00
Start: AHK Learning Lab, Marineterrein, Building 24, Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam