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The process of applying for research funding can become almost a job in itself, especially for a project that involves non-traditional research practices. A Mellon\/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship award has provided a needed boost to doctoral student Ramon L. C. de Haan\u2019s research, through which he is looking into new ways of collaborating with the Afro-Dutch communities in Suriname, Cura\u00e7ao, and the Netherlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Haan\u2019s dissertation focuses on activism among members of the Black communities in these three countries, who are arguing for reparations for slavery and colonialism. \u201cI grew up in the Netherlands\u2014my mother is Afro-Surinamese and my father is white Dutch\u2014and there\u2019s a lot of ignorance about the racism that exists there, at least during the time when I grew up, which is not that long ago,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Haan\u2019s faculty advisor, Hugh Raffles, a professor of anthropology<\/a> and the director of the Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography, and Social Thought<\/a>, encouraged him to apply for the fellowship after his applications were rejected by more conventional anthropology funds. The fellowship, funded through a grant from the Mellon Foundation, is aimed at expanding the range of research methodologies, formats, and areas of inquiry considered suitable for dissertations. It is designed to support scholars focusing on building a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fellowship\u2019s stipend will support de Haan\u2019s travel to the three countries and to compensate the community members he interviews and works with. \u201cI plan to use part of the funds to pay the people I interview, which is not something that happens often in dissertation-level anthropology research. I also want to set up community events in each location. These will be spaces where folks can talk about and discuss reparations, what repair means to them, and the kinds of liberation they want to see for themselves\u2014what they hope we can accomplish, what we\u2019re all fighting for.\u201d De Haan will also spend time working with people in the United States to establish connections between Americans and members of the Afro-Dutch diaspora. \u201cI want to discover the types of collaborations that can be built transnationally to support one another in this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When de Haan first started working on his dissertation, he intended to focus on Cura\u00e7ao. \u201cI was interested in the Venezuelan refugees who were coming to the island and seeing the conflicts and collaborative opportunities that were created. I later found it becoming more difficult to ignore Suriname because I wanted my research to have an impact beyond Cura\u00e7ao. I then included the Netherlands in my research as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After conducting preliminary fieldwork in Cura\u00e7ao in 2022, de Haan started looking into reparations. He was particularly inspired by conversations and organizing taking place around August 17, the anniversary of a major rebellion by enslaved people, the Tula <\/em>revolt, in Cura\u00e7ao. \u201cThat year, I saw people connecting those events and discussions to reparations and repair. The subject of reparations had been lingering in the back of my mind, but seeing it talked about openly and urgently made me realize I needed to focus on it now. Suriname has pushed for repair and reparations since 2013, and people in the Netherlands have also been organizing about this for a long time. We\u2019ve also seen more collaboration across borders. That\u2019s an aspect I want to research and part of the reason I\u2019m traveling to these countries. Are there more opportunities for collaboration?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Haan\u2019s interest in anthropology stems from a desire to understand what is happening around the world and why the world is structured the way it is and to find ways to dismantle oppressive systems. After completing his undergraduate studies in the Netherlands, he decided to pursue graduate work at The New School. \u201cI was interested in studying here due to the university\u2019s history of progressive education and political activism, and I was intrigued by the possibilities available to conjoin the two in my work.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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