“The colonial past has severely affected us since we have the main issue is the land that we have lost because land is a very vital part in our lives […] But when you don’t have land, you can’t do anything. There’s no development.“ description LAND AS BELONGING Actor: Jeremias KeraminItem type: Quote from interviewDate: […]
Read more“If you have land, then you have dignity” – Nadia Meyer
“If you have land, then you have dignity. Because then you at leasthave something that you can call your own, a place where youcan set up your own home, do your grazing, maybe have your backyard vegetable garden or so, whereby you can sustainyourself.” description LAND AS BELONGING Actor: Nadia MeyerItem type: Quote from interviewDate: […]
Read more“[…] they separated my father from me, they claimed he wouldn’t be able to [go with us]” – Srebrenica survivor
“With the fall of Srebrenica I came here to Tuzla, I was in Potocari when those Dutch soldiers were there. Unfortunately – They separated my father from me. In front of the Dutch soldiers. My husband and brother went through the woods, they weren’t in Potocari. My mother was killed in 1992 at the beginning […]
Read more“We didn’t have the chance to take pictures” – Srebrenica survivor
B, who took this picture? B: “The Dutch. We didn’t have this opportunity. not even close, those were just the soldiers (unintelligible). I heard (unintelligible) completely by accident”M?: Where is this picture?Bi: “In Potocari”(people talking at the same time)Bi: “We didn’t have the chance to take pictures, not even close (unintelligible) the soldiers did” Describing […]
Read more“As far as they can, they throw it so you would have to go get it, you know” – Srebrenica survivor
“And the soldiers as soldiers I hold it against them because they could have sometimes given something that was packaged. When we came to the trash heap they could have given us (?) for the bags but sometimes they would take it and they would throw it. As far as they can, they throw it […]
Read more“It was mostly because of [the cemetery] that I came back to live here” – Srebrenica survivor
“Let me just finish, when M asked what keeps me here and the future, right, that I will be living. And my return, my house…and what’s the most important – that cemetery down there where I buried a few bones. It was mostly because of [the cemetery] that I came back to live here. He’s […]
Read more“I would read it withinmy grandfather’s voice” – Medwin Swartbooi
“Whenever I read texts or, historical archives, I would read it withinmy grandfather’s voice […] I would read it within that voice and theway he would, or his voice would tell me, or would guide me” description MULTIVOICED SELF Actor: Medwin SwartbooiItem type: Quote from interviewDate: nov, 2025Source: interview Stored at: Hoachanas Community Library and […]
Read more“They’re selling their grandfather, they’re selling their father, they’re selling everything” – Srebrenica survivor
“I’m just saying, who sells, sells their inheritance. They’re selling their grandfather, they’re selling their father, they’re selling everything. Everything.” Survivor emphasizes the moral obligation to keep to family homes in areas invaded during war LAND AS BELONGING Actor: Srebrenica survivorItem type: Quote from group interviewDate: feb, 2023DoJ Researcher: Siri DriessenDoJ Research project: Back with […]
Read more“We were no longer only activists” – Civil society organizer
“عندما غابت مؤسسات الدولة، اضطر المجتمع المدني أن يملأ هذا الفراغ. لم نعد فقط ناشطين، بل أصبحنا أيضاً مقدمي خدمات ووسطاء، وأحياناً مصدر حماية للناس.”“When the state disappeared, civil society had to step in. We were no longer only activists—we became service providers, mediators, and sometimes protection.” Civil society as substitute institutions FILLING INSTITUTIONAL GAPS […]
Read more“We want the power to decide what should be done with our artifacts, our cultural artifacts” – Antonio Stuurman
“We want the power to decide what should be done with our artifacts, our cultural artifacts.“ Antonio Stuurmann, Member of the Technical Committee of NTLA (Nama Traditional Leader’s Association), in conversation with Leah Niederhausen, shares the necessity of self-determined and self-represented participation in the decision-making processes around restitution. RESTITUTION PARTICIPATION Actor: Antonio StuurmanItem type: Quote […]
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