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Relearning Black presence in Amsterdam through guided tours: Teaching beyond the classroom

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Caleb Johnston, Professor Jen Bagelman

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Abstract

This article features an interview with Jennifer Tosch, the founder of Amsterdam’s Black Heritage Tours. Since 2013, Tosch has offered walking and boat tours, leading thousands of people through a colonial reading of Amsterdam’s topography and celebrated institutions. As a cultural historian, Tosch deploys ‘critical fabulation’ to redress the erasures of historical archives. These efforts are part of a wider Mapping Slavery project, bringing together Dutch scholars, activists, and artists who are revealing the Netherland’s links to slavery and reclaiming an early black presence. As geographers, we hope this conversation informs collaborative anti-racist work in our field (and elsewhere) and furthers anti-colonial practices in the teaching of cultural geography beyond the classroom.

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Author(s): Johnston C, Bagelman J, Tosch J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Cultural Geographies

Year: 2025

Volume: 32

Issue: 1

Pages: 127-138

Print publication date: 01/01/2025

Online publication date: 26/07/2024

Acceptance date: 01/06/2024

Date deposited: 29/07/2024

ISSN (print): 1474-4740

ISSN (electronic): 1477-0881

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/14744740241264301

DOI: 10.1177/14744740241264301

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