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Jonathan Tjien Fooh is a researcher from Suriname, currently residing in the Netherlands. He studied Psychology (BSc.) at Anton de Kom University of Suriname and Cultural Anthropology (MSc.) at Utrecht University. All of his work is rooted in untangling systems of exclusion and oppression using an intersectional and decolonial lens; ultimately breathing life to untold and erased (hi)stories. His previous research explored themes related to the meaning of rukun and wellbeing in the lives of Javanese women in Suriname, arts-based research, queerness, identity, migration, and the politics of belonging. In 2015 he published the children’s book ‘De Magische Tuin van Mbah Semie’ (The Magical Garden of Grandma Semie), inspired by Javanese-Suriname culture and mythology. He also worked as a writer and translator on the oral history project ‘Geheugen van Noord Commewijne’ (Memory of Noord Commewijne). Currently he is a part of the research team of ‘Re/Presenting Europe: Healing the Afterlives of Colonialism’  and works as a coaching lecturer at Athena Institute (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).