Introduction by Maaike Matelski In June 2015 the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology organized a seminar on account of the increasing number of Rohingya refugees in South East Asia. Since 2016 and in particular since…
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By Matthias Teeuwen – Some time ago I wrote a blog about the possibilities emerging technologies offer to the practice of qualitative research. Back then, I wrote that ‘it seems that emerging technologies constitute a…
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This photo essay is about the process of making Nsima flour, the most important food people eat every day in Malawi.
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Malawi
The process starts...
Working on the Fields
End of the Season
Waiting for the Harvest
Preparing the Maize
At the Mill:
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Malawi
Most of the houses in the rural areas of Malawi disappear between the maize fields. -
The process starts...
Maize is planted in the fields and around the houses. -
Working on the Fields
Both men and women work on the fields, one of the daily activities during the rainy season. -
End of the Season
At the end of the rainy season people have to wait until the crops are dried. Slowly, the green colour of the fields turn to brown. -
Waiting for the Harvest
A woman walks in between the maize fields, which are almost ready to harvest. -
Preparing the Maize
The maize is peeled and dried, now it is time to go to the mill. -
At the Mill:
The mill grinds the maize into flour. This flour can be stored and used the whole year until the next rainy season when the process starts again.
by Maaike van Nus
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Shoes
Speech contest
Cleaning up
Transcription time
Interview
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Shoes
The entrance to the NGO’s office, filled with the shoes of volunteers. It is a small but cosy office with three rooms and hallway/kitchen. In Korea (and many other countries) it is customary to take off ones shoes before entering a house, and this also applies to some offices. When there are meetings the little place for shoes can get a little crowded! This photo was taking during an orientation session, where new volunteers got an introduction to the NGO. -
Speech contest
The NGO organises a bi-annual speech contest. For this contest North Korean refugees are coached by a few volunteers in order to hold a speech in English for an audience of a hundred people. A big event for the NGO, the volunteers, and of course the refugees. In the foreground two of the judges can be seen, and in the background several volunteers and journalists are taking pictures of the winner of the contest. -
Cleaning up
Volunteers cleaning up the room after the speech contest. A bit of hard work, but entirely worth it. Afterwards we all went out for a nice dinner to celebrate the successful contest. -
Transcription time
Of course I also had to transcribe my interviews. Thankfully Seoul is filled to the brim with nice coffeeshops (not the Dutch kind, the ones that actually sell coffee), and quiet study cafés. Perfect places for some transcription time! -
Interview
Me (on the right) interviewing a new volunteer at the office. I was lucky to live very close to the office, so whenever there was an opportunity I could quickly run in order to attend an event, do an interview like this one, or just to help out.
by Georgette Veerhuis
Two weeks ago I was catcalled while I was making my way through Hull, a port town located in east Yorkshire. This prompted a reflexive stream of thought on how I consciously and subconsciously moved my body through space. It encouraged me to disentangle both the discomfort I felt and the privileges I enjoy.
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Door Thijl Sunier Multiculturalisme is uit de mode geraakt. ‘De multiculturele samenleving is mislukt’ konden we politici in Europa niet lang geleden horen roepen. Multiculturalisme wordt geassocieerd met wegkijken, met vrijblijvendheid en cultureel relativisme, en met verkeerd beleid. Tegenwoordig zal je nog weinig mensen tegenkomen die er een warm gevoel bij krijgen.
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Leave a CommentThe editorial team of Standplaats Wereld would like to wish you all a great summer, with lots of new experiences, a break from academic life (or not), trips and…
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Door Georgette Veerhuis StandplaatsWereld mag een nieuw lid verwelkomen in haar redactie en dat – je raadt het misschien al – ben ik! In deze introductieblog vertel ik wie ik ben en wat ik dit studiejaar al dan niet ga doen. Ik zal namelijk niet alleen met StandplaatsWereld bezig zijn, maar met een aantal trajecten om mezelf verder te ontwikkelen.
Ik loop al ruim drie jaar rond op de VU. Ik heb de bachelor Culturele Antropologie en Ontwikkelingssociologie gevolgd en ben nu in zekere zin klaar. Hoezo in zekere zin? Ik heb ervoor gekozen mijn studie een jaar te verlengen om verdere verdieping te vinden in een aantal onderwerpen (religie, filosofie en ender) en om een kijkje te nemen ‘achter de schermen’ van de universiteit. Want hoe ziet dat universitaire leven er eigenlijk uit?
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