A Little Late Night Ponder on White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race by Gloria Wekker “Slavery broke the world in half, it broke it in every way. It broke Europe. It made them into something else, it made them slave masters, it made them crazy. You can’t do that for hundreds of years and it Read More…
Month: June 2024
Guest Lecture: Joana Meroz
“The Role of Environment Factors in Configuring Design, a Dutch Case Study” Guest Lecture: Joana Meroz, Assistant Professor in Design Cultures at Vrije University Dear snoopers, this is your one warning my art history and political science undergrad soul was revived during this lecture. We must all suffer the consequences together. Godspeed. Bum #1 by Read More…
Site Visit: Vrije Universteit Amsterdam
Site Visit On 20 June 2024, our class spent four hours learning the history, current learning processes, and decolonizing future of Vrije Universteit. When we arrived, we met Curator of Academic Heritage, Eline Bos, who gave us a brief history of the university’s founding. She then led a historical object learning exercise by giving groups Read More…
Site Visit Reflection: OBA (Amsterdam Public Library)
Site Background On June 19, 2024, or what I am reading as 19 June 2024 around town, our program started off strong with site visits to two branches of the OBA (Amsterdam Public Library). Our day began at 9:20am in the hotel dining area before we embarked on an efficient public transit journey to the Read More…
Who is Steffi Ando and Why is She Studying in the Netherlands?
WARNING This blog is semi-consensual as it is an assignment from the University of Washington Information School Innovation in Dutch Designs: Libraries, Museums, and Information services program but I, Steffi Ando, am an able and willing participant. The following posts will consist of reflections in a semi-narrative format with less reliance on the prefix, “semi,” Read More…
Hi MTV, Welcome to My Digital Dutch Crib
If you’re in the market for a good time*, make yourself at home. *good time (n.): a reflection on innovation in Dutch galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. e.g. Steffi, an MLIS student at the University of Washington, was known for subjecting her peers to a good time at parties, despite no one asking for Read More…