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Bert Looper, Director of Tresoar,
Leeuwarden.
Tresoar is
the Frisian Centre for Literature and History in
Leeuwarden.
Tresoar
first came to exist in September 2002 after the fusion of three separate
organisations, the Provinciale and Buma Library of Fryslan, the Ryks-archives
and the Frysian Centre for Literature and Documentation. These organisations
can be typified as centres for study and documentation, which maintain large
collections of information about the history and culture of
Friesland.
Bert Looper has been director of Tresoar since January 2007. Before that he was
working as director of the Centre for History in
Zwolle, the central archiving in Winschoten,
the Council Archives of‘s Hertogenbosch and the city archives in Zutphen.
Source:
www.tresoar.nl
Esmée Lacle, associate of Imagine IC, Amsterdam Southeast.
Imagine IC
is a young organisation which expresses the culture and identity of migrants in
the
Netherlands.
Imagine IC stimulates migrants to visualise their own personal story and to
present it to a broad audience Esmée Lacle will present the project Story
catcher, recently produced by Imagine IC. The website Story catcher presents the
stories of people from the Moluccan islands and the
Dutch
East Indies who react to historical
film fragments.
’When
disembarking it turned out that most women, most likely out of female vanity,
still preferred to wear the cotton sarong and the ‘baatjes’ above the warm
track-suit our government had provided for them in Port Saїd. The small
children left the ship wearing all sorts of mismatched clothing’
This is how
the Polygon-news of
March
the 20th 1951 reported about the arrival of
‘The Ambonese’ on the ship the Atlantis in
Rotterdam. People from
the Moluccan islands would have reported the landing quite differently. It is
these observations that Imagine IC is searching.
Source:
www.imagineic.nl
www.verhalenvanger.nl
Misja Immink is an artist who lives in
Rotterdam. Misja Immink fuses fiction with
reality in his collection of self proclaimed poetic establishments and
organisations. These organisations concern themselves with doubt, adoration,
boredom and undecided or otherwise indistinct human business. They have their
own structure, with documentation of specific actions that took place,
access-passes and reports. Through time, these organisations have developed
their own philosophies, they become more real the longer they are allowed to
mature. His most famous institute at the moment is Team Imminko.
Team
Imminko is a football team from
Rotterdam
that is a symbol for cultural collaboration. The
team consists of gentlemen between 18 and 45; all have different nationalities
and backgrounds. Their sporting adversaries are from all different nationalities;
with their games they raise money for Stichting Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland, an
organisation that helps refugees.
Source:
www.instellingenenbedrijven.nl/misjaimmink.html
Goffe Jensma, is working at the UvA (
University of
Amsterdam)
as professor in Frisian language and literature, he is also part of the Department
of history and literature at the KNAW-Fryske Akademy in
Leeuwarden. Mr Jensma holds various
organisational jobs within his area of expertise, for instance he is chairman
of the editorial board of the Digital Historic Library of Friesland ‘wumkes.nl’
and also of the yearbook De Vrije Fries (The Free Frisian). For his thesis’ The
masked God, François HaverSchmidt and the Oera-Linda-book’, Jensma won the
Mallinckrodt-price in 2005, a price which is allocated every ten years to the
most authentic theological dissertation at a Dutch university. The paper is an
analysis of the Oera-Linda book, a volume that describes an ancient Frisian
civilisation. In his thesis Jensma explains his discovery of where the book
originates from. Another work by Jensma is called ‘The little red bag of
Salverda, Civil Consciousness and Frisian identity’. The border between
literature/cultural history and social history could be described as Jensma’s area
of expertise.
Source:
Nieuwsbrief
94, faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, UvA,
Amsterdam.
Harry Westerink, is part of the Fabel van de illegaal (the Chimera of the illegal) a strongly
left wing orientated organisation from
Leiden.
Founded in 1990 the Fabel’s ideology is to establish a free-socialistic, feministic
and ecological sustainable society. The Fabel does not have confidence in
politics that try to control the quality and size of the population, in order
to continue the optimal implementation of capitalism. The Fabel has taken up
opposition against control of migration and l tries to support organisations founded
by migrants and refugees, in their search for equal rights. It also holds a
special consult to assist refugees in finding healthcare and juridical support.
The Fabel is opposed to all forms of control on migration, all forms of
ultra-right wing politics, racism and nationalism. They publish a newsletter
every two months.
Source:
www.defabel.nl
Gerben Hoogterp, has been a member of the Leeuwarden Borough
council since 2004 for PAL/Groen Links. He is also a preacher at the Sionsberg hospital in Dokkum. Until 2004 Gerben
Hoogterp was chairman of the Frysk Platfoarm Flechtelingen Wolkom, (Frisian
platform to welcome refugees). This organisation tries to create a positive
base for migrants within the Frisian society. Within the 4-person division of PAL/Groen
Links in the council of
Leeuwarden,
Mr. Hoogterp has the responsibility for the sections; integral safety, welfare,
healthcare, migration policy and environmental issues. It has been his
achievement to implement a momentous budget for emergency shelter for refugees
in the city of
Leeuwarden.
Source:
www.palgroenlinks.nl
Gryt Wielinga works for the Monitor Centrum Friesland. The
MCF is a union of Stichting Vluchtelingenwerk Friesland and Stichting Respons.
This organisation wants to try to attribute, within the rules of the law, to a
humanitarian solution for the problems that arise when refugees who have lost
their appeal, are being cared for in emergency centres. The MCF has chosen to
help by distributing accurate information to the people who work with these refugees
in need. The organisation is also looking to pinpoint any problems that might
arise with the implementation of possible solutions.
Source:
www.vluchtelingenwerkfriesland.nl/mcf/overons
Herman Divendal, has been coordinator of AIDA, the Association
of Internationale de Défense de Artistes which is based in
Amsterdam since 1988. AIDA is an organisation
who assists artists who are being impeached in their own country. It deals with
artists who in their country of origin are being threatened, face censure and
are being imprisoned or simply exiled because of their artistic views. AIDA
supports artists who fled to the
Netherlands and helps them to find
their spot in the Dutch art world; by giving advice, creating a base from which
the artist can start work and organising projects.
Source:
www.aidanederland.nl
Jonas Staal is an artist who works in
Rotterdam. In his works Staal asks context
related questions concerning our notion of identity. According to Jonas Staal,
identity is not an unyielding fact, but will develop in relation to its
background (history). His aim is to develop an art form that will directly
relate to reality. He wants his artwork to
instantly function as art, without having to be recognised as such. Jonas Staal
converts contemporary themes and phenomena into visual additions which he will test
in an (unsuspected) encounter with his public. He
will refrain from giving an opinion about these issues but he will investigate
their performance, rather then their apparent contents. He examines the
correlation between
physical, individual experience and those representations of experience that
come to us through the media. He reflects on the relation between occurrence
and representation. His art manifests itself in the public zone. Lately, Jonas
Staal has been in the news because of a law case concerning his work ‘The Geert
Wilders werken’
Source:
www.jonasstaal.nl
Irona Groeneveld, chairperson of GrienLinks in the Provincial
Council of Friesland. Her responsibilities entail the commission Boarger en
Mienskip. Youthwork, Social policy, Finance, Sustainable energy and Dualism are
part of her political folder.
Source:
http://ironagroeneveld.web-log.nl/
Brenda Ottjes is a member of Centre Tûmba, which is the
collective name for COS Fryslân, centre for international cooperation and Tûmba,
centre for prevention of discrimination. This organisation strives to encourage
global citizenship and fights against discrimination, locally and globally.
Tûmba is involved in many global matters like sustainable development,
prevention of poverty, migration, multicultural community, the advance of women
in society and more. They promote the awareness of these themes through
festivals, teaching packs, courses, multicultural activities and theme days.
Source:
www.tumba.nl
Sandra Roza is a chairwoman of Kleurrijk Fryslan. This organisation is a collaboration of different philosophy groups in the region of Friesland. This platform tries to contribute to the multi cultural society from the idea of a profound respect for the identity of the other and on the idea of equality. The following 'religious' groups are involved within the activities of Kleurrijk Fryslân: Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, the alliance of Frisian Humanism and the Soefi-movement-Friesland.
Hriar Sarkissian is a photographer who lives and works in
Damascus, Syrië. He has
learned the technique of photography by working in his, father’s photographic
laboratory and is currently working as photographer/ artist. Mr Sarkissian made
a series of portraits of Muslim men, who proudly show their black mark or wound
on their forehead, a sign of intense and devout praying.
Douwine Boomsma-Reitsma, is part of Amnesty International in
Leeuwarderadeel. Since 1961 Amnesty International has been campaigning for compliance with the International Declaration of Human Rights
and associated humanitarian documents. Amnesty’s methods are aimed to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending
grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of
conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context
of its work to promote all human rights.
Source:
www.amnesty.nl
Esther
de Meijer is associated with Drylts oer de Grins,
an organization that is dedicated to reach the Millennium Goals by 2015, by
supporting The Hunger Project. This worldwide institute successfully works in
Asia,
Africa and South-America
on all 8 of the Millennium Goals. These 8 goals are as follows: the eradication
of extreme hunger and poverty, education for all children of the world, equal
rights for men and women, declining child fatality, declining fatality amongst
pregnant women, stopping the expansion of contagious disease, like AIDS and
malaria, realizing a sustainable environment to live in, improving fair trade
and relieving old debts. Every year, Drylts oer de Grins is organizing a
festival to promote the
awareness of the Millennium Goals. The proceeds of this festival are donated to
the Hunger Project.
Source:
www.festivalijlst.nl
Julius Wijffels is associated with the
Frysk Platform Flechtelingen Wolkom (Frisian platform to welcome refugees) and works
to promote the wellbeing of refugees. Flechtelingen Wolkom is a joint project
of the Raad van Kerken in
Friesland, the
platform Levensbeschouwing in Kleurrijk Fryslân, Stichting Respons, the
Protestants Dienstencentrum Fryslân and Solidair Friesland. The Platform has
been formed in 2002 in order to increase the perception of asylum within the
Frisian society. Julius Wijffels has organized the ‘Nacht van de Vervanging’(
the night of replacement) in Leeuwarden, as part of the national campaign, ‘Aftellen
tot het Pardon’ (countdown to the amnesty) During the Nacht van de Vervanging a
refugee came to visit the house of a council member for 1 night. These were
refugees who had applied for asylum before
the 1st April 2001 but still had
not received official status.
Koos
de Vetten works as manager at the COA Friesland,
the Centraal Orgaan Opvang Asielzoekers. The COA is offering refugees a
temporary residence and supports them in the preparations for the future in the
Netherlands
or elsewhere. The organization works mostly with asylum seekers and refugees
who are underage and came alone. The CAO is closely monitored by the law ‘Wet
Centraal Orgaan opvang Asielzoekers’ and therefore works closely together with
the Immigration and Naturalisation (IND), de Vreemdelingenpolitie(VP) and the
Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar).Under the supervision of the COA Friesland are
5 centers, the Azc Dokkum, the Azc Drachten, the Azc Appelscha, the Azc
St.Annaparochie and the Azc Burgum.
Source:
www.coa.nl
Farshad
Bashir is a council member for the SP in the
Leeuwarden Borough Council and an active member of Doorbraak (‘Breakthrough’). Farshad
Bashir was born in
Afghanistan’s
capital
Kabul
and in 1997 his family fled to the
Netherlands. The Bashir family was
granted citizenship in 2002 and they settled in the small Frisian
village of
Mantgum. When he was 18, Farshad was
elected into the Council, the youngest council member in the
Netherlands.
Apart from this job, he is also an active member of Doorbraak, a new national
leftwing party, which goal it is to oppose racism and the control of migration.
Doorbraak has been founded with a joint effort of ‘autochthonen en allochtonen’
(initial and new Dutch citizens), they want to change the convention of
careless use of strongly separative terms. Doorbraak has been founded by
activists who were part of the organization ‘Stop the inburgeringsplicht’ (stop
the assimilation-duty)
Source:
www.doorbraak.eu
www.farshadbashir.nl
Klaas
Harink is director of Stichting Vluchtelingenwerk
Fryslân, a division of the Vereniging Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland (VWN). The
organization follows the fundamental concept of the Universal Declaration of
the Human Rights. Many paid and unpaid employees are active to support refugees
and asylum seekers. The organization will focus on both individual and
collective help when people are first arriving, when they are being re-housed
and later when re-adjusting to the new society in
province of
Friesland.
Source:
www.vluchtelingenwerkfriesland.nl/svf
Mirka
Antolivic is a member of Centre Tûmba, which is the collective name for COS
Fryslân, centre for international cooperation and Tûmba, centre for prevention
of discrimination. This organisation strives to encourage global citizenship
and fights against discrimination, locally and globally. Tûmba is involved in
many global matters like sustainable development, prevention of poverty,
migration, multicultural community, the advance of women in society and more.
They promote the awareness of these themes through festivals, teaching packs,
courses, multicultural activities and theme days.
Source:
www.tumba.nl
Jan Berend de Vries, Is a member of the ‘Vluchtenlingencollectief’ (collective for refugees). This initiative is a small and independent network of people who are engaged in the issues related to refugees. The collective accompanies refugees and organises public events, gives advice and provides information and maintains a network of politicians, party concerned organisations and activists. Among other things, the collective organised the Frisian memorial ceremony of the ‘Schipholbrand’ (the ‘Schipholcatostrophy’ was a fire in a detention centre of the airport in Amsterdam that happened at 27 October 2005 where 11 asylum seekers lost their lives), they undertook actions against different deportation centers and took part in several manifestations concerning migration, asylum seekers and multicultural events.
Katarina Zdjelar is an artist born in
Belgrade,
Serbia
who lives and works in
Rotterdam,
the
Netherlands.
Katarina Zdjelar is interested in spoken language. She is investigating how the
physical act of spoken language differs from the encrypted version that is
written language. In her work, she concentrates on the significance of language
as part of ones cultural identity. The mother tongue will function as a mobile ‘home’;
it will set you apart from the rest and makes you aware of your position within
society. When speaking a different language, ‘noise’
arises: hesitation, an obvious accent, articulation and involuntary use of
transferred idiom and proverbs. Katharina Zdjelar does research to how cultural
identity is affected when two different languages collide.
Source:
http://katarinazdjelar.wordpress.com
Henk
Wildschut is a photographer. His work is socially
engaged and globally orientated. He feels great compassion for people and is
inspired by imperfection, in the broadest sense. He will show the roughness of
life in a subtle way. Henk Wildschut’s recent work deals with immigrants within
Europe. He concentrates on meeting places of
refugees in their adopted countries and sometimes he will encounter an ambiance
that is very un-European. He has photographed dwellings which illegal
immigrants have build for themselves in dilapidated public places. When taking
photographs, Wildschut’s motives are very considerate but his view point is
quite detached.
Source:
www.henkwildschut.com/
www.debalie.nl/artikel.jsp?articleid=109992&podiumid=fotografie
Ineke
Verdoner is alderman for Groen Links in the borough
council of Menaldumadeel and chairperson of the Provincial administration Groen
Links Friesland. In her wallet she combines: social issues, wmo, social and cultural
issues, asylum policy, education, healthcare, environmental issues and employment.
Source:
http://inekeverdoner.web-log.nl/
Derk
Bosker is associated with STINS, Startpunt
Inburgering Nederlandse Samenleving Leeuwarden. (Starting point assimilation
Dutch society
Leeuwarden)
STINS wants to contribute to a smooth adjustment, integration and social
activity for people who are settling in our country. STINS is offering services
that will help integration and adjustment in a new society.
Source:
www.stins.nl
Patrick
Gofre is an artist who was born in
France and now
lives and works in Warns,
Friesland. His work
is concerned with the position of the newcomer in
Friesland
and his search to understand the cultural identity of the Frisian. This exploration
has resulted in many humorous observations that colour his work. In his series
about an immigrant called Achmed, who tries to cope with his new live in the
Netherlands,
humor and sadness go hand in hand. Since Achmed does not understand the social
code, he immediately arouses suspicion amongst the locals, even though Achmed
has very good intentions. Patrick Gofre questions these social codes and draws
attention to the fact that integration cannot only be done by the newcomer
alone.
Ben
Mirijanan is a member of Centrum Tûmba, which is the
collective name for COS Fryslân, centre for international cooperation and
centre for prevention of discrimination. Centre Tûmba tries to encourage global
citizenship and fights against discrimination, locally and globally. Tûmba is
involved in many global matters like sustainable development, prevention of
poverty, migration, multicultural community, the advance of women in society
and more. They promote the perception of these themes through festivals, teaching
packs, courses, multicultural activities and theme days.
Source:
www.tumba.nl
Wava
Roestamova is an artist who was born in
Azerbaijan
and now lives and works in Stadskanaal, the
Netherlands. In 1999 Wava and her husband
Rasim had to flee to the
Netherlands.
They have asked asylum before
the
first of April 2001 so they can most likely be using the general
pardon. Wava‘s drawings are compiled of many different layers. In her work she
uses glorious as well as war-like images. Her work is emotional and it keeps
her going.
Rasim
Huseinov is an artist who was born in
Azerbaijan
and now lives and works in Stadskanaal, the
Netherlands. In 1999 Rasim and his
wife Wava had to flee to the
Netherlands.
They have asked asylum before
the
first of April 2001 so they will most likely be using the general pardon.
Rasim’s paintings are restrained and symbolic. His detailed work resembles
religious icons, but the symbolism is very personal. The woman, the mother is
the symbol for strength. The children are angels. Rasims work is also emotional
but on a more restrained way.
Soheila
Najand is an artist and the director of Stichting
InterArt, a cultural institute. Its goal is to enhance the awareness of
various cultural and social issues in order to improve social complicity.
Stichting InterArt is using multi-disciplinary art projects to reach this goal.
Art is very important for the development of the individual and also for a
strong social society; therefore InterArt is aiming to involve mostly young
people and children in its projects. InterArt is organizing projects that give
young people the chance to experience visual art, theatre and music.
Source:
www.stictinginterart.nl
Huib
Haye van der Werf is curator and author. In March
2007 he has organized the project ‘The List’, a joint venture with artist Banu
Cennetoglu and with support of the non-profit organization United Against
Racism. The List was a project concerning the borders around ‘
Fort
Europe’
and in what way art could facilitate transformations. The title ‘The List’
refers to an actual list of names of refugees who have perished during their
journey into
Europe. UAR has maintained this
list since 1993 and it contained about 7000 names at the time of the festival.
A poster format of this list was exhibited on billboards all through
Amsterdam during the
event. A seminar at SMCS was also organized.
Source:
www.skor.nl/artefact-3037-nl.html
Klaas
van Gorkum and Iratxe Jaio are artists who work
together. Iratxe was born in the Basque Country and now lives and works in the
Netherlands.
Klaas van Gorkum was born in the
Netherlands but has spent most of
his childhood in
Africa. The artists have
different geographic and social backgrounds but they share a feeling of being
uprooted. Through their work they attempt to grasp what the notion of cultural
identity means to them. They use documentary techniques to research the conflict
between the individual and the collective identity, visualizing the
relationships of people with their social, cultural and physical environment.
Source:
www.parallelports.org
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