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The problem of participation: ethnography and protest

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The course of producing an ethnography can be chaotic, even confusing, and difficult to describe. The fact that it can be hard to develop upon existing methods as well as the impossibility of ethnographic work to be reproduced comes with a number of ethical considerations. The most pressing reflections concerning the wellbeing of participants but they also relate to the legitimacy of research that is produced. A recurring reflection that I’ve had to make concern the method of participant observation, or participation as a researcher in general.  The problem of participation that occurs, is easily illustrated by some first hand experiences during a research about social movements. For a university exercise, I attended a march for International Women's Day in Rotterdam, because I thought this would be an easy event to practice participant observation. It was rainy during the day; me and my friend who joined wore winter coats. Years later, I still remember the contrast of my stiff and...
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Documentary: Seva - Selfless Cooking

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 For privacy reasons, the film is not open to all. For access email: hetgroeneoor@gmail.com   Synopsis Every Sunday morning, a group of volunteers enters the Dew Mandir temple to prepare for the Puja ritual.  Seva: Selfless Cooking  follows these volunteers and explores their activities and experiences during these preparations. In doing so, the film provides insight in devotion and ritual as experienced by this group of the Indian Diaspora in the West Schildersbuurt in the Hague. “ Service which is given without consideration of anything in return, at the right place and time to one that is qualified, with the feeling that it is one’s duty, is regarded as the nature of goodness .” — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17, Verse 20  [1] Seva: Selfless Cooking  captures how part of the voluntary work is performed and given meaning. The volunteers refer to their work as performing  Seva , which they define as ‘selfless service’, and refer to it as a direct...
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Photography Portfolio 2022

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    De Nieuwe Vide - Clog Agency Presentation   Abolish Frontex Solidarity March - No Face Photography     Live portraits     Events, manifestations, expositions  
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Some old but still important notes on menstruation

“Menstrual poverty” has gained worldwide attention in recent years. Google search “ period poverty ” and countless articles and organizations appear that have explored the issue of how the menstrual cycle affects quality of life. Google Trends shows peak interest in October 2019, which is the first National Period Day in the United States. Also in Europe, partly due to Plan International and De Bovengrondse, studies of experiences of menstruation and its influences have been produced. Some findings: approximately 9% of the 1000 participants of the survey by Plan International in the Netherlands indicated that they cannot always pay for their period (De Bovengrondse 2019: 26). These were mainly homeless people and citizens on social assistance benefits (ibid.: 5). The studies provide insights into the extent to which participants struggle with social stigmas and taboos that make it difficult to communicate symptoms and needs around the menstrual cycle (ibid.). How the menstrual cycle i...
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Enough Magazine #004

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  https://www.enough-magazine.nl/bestel/
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Enough Magazine #003

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