Nancy Jouwe, Mapping Slavery NL 

Mapping Slavery NL In 2013, the cultural and heritage sectors in the Netherlands faced stormy weather: severe budget cuts were rife and diversity policies were considered outdated. Hence, key postcolonial institutions a. have been disbanded: • Ninsee (National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy) in 2012 • Museum Maluku and Museum Nusantara in 2012 • The Tropical Institute Library (closed Jan 2014) b. are fighting for their survival: • the Tropenmuseum has been cut in half and has merged with two other museums

Day one roundtable: Global movement and art practice

This is the roundtable discussion titled 'Global movement and art practice', which took place on day one of the conference, it followed panels on 'Creativity and Community', 'Networks on Contemporary Art', 'Art Practice and Exchange'. It was chaired by Tessa Jackson.

Second Conference

This is the second conference for the ‘Sustainable Art Communities: Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean’ project, which is taking place at the Institute for International Visual Arts (Iniva, London) on 3rd and 4th December, 2013. ‘Sustainable Art Communities’ is a two-year international research project led by Dr Leon Wainwright (The Open University, UK), with Co-Investigator Professor Dr Kitty Zijlmans (Leiden University), funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC, UK).