Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Theories of material and visual culture;
- Histories and theories of collecting and display with a focus on ethnographic museums;
- Heritage and Memory (in the Caribbean and in postcolonial Europe);
- Mobility, Migration, displacement;
- Diversity and Social Inclusion,
- Slavery and Colonialism in the Caribbean
- Race and racism
- Questions of Care
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Trans-Atlantic Platform - Social Innovation (T-AP -SI) Grant - Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation. Together with Dr. Chiara de Cesari (UvA). Other partners include: Prof. Paul Goodwin (University of the Arts London; LPI), Prof. dr. Ming Tiampo (Carleton University), and Prof. dr. Monica Juneja (Heidelberg University).
- Taking Care - Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care - A collaboratice project among ethnographic and world cultures museums across Europe. This project is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Project Lead, Weltmuseum Wien.
Teaching
Current Courses:
- Heritage and Public History (BA3 Research Seminar/Seminar)
- Decolonising Europe: History, Memory, Redress
Courses to which I contribute regularly [co-teach]
- MA Curating Arts and Culture
Past Courses
- What Nations Remember: (Difficult) Heritage, Memory and Repair (BA 3)
Ancillary activities
No ancillary activities
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Ancillary activities
- Committe Member : Ethnical Code for Museum, Dutch Museums Association
- Member of the Board: Learned Society of the Royal Netherlands Institute for South East Asian and Caribbean Studies
- Editorial Board Member: Small Axe - A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
- Trustee Board Member - The James Henry Green Charitable Trust
Academic qualification
Cultural Studies, PhD, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, Mona Campus, Kingston - 6, Jamaica
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Our Colonial Inheritance
Modest, W. (Editor) & Flores, W. (Editor), 2024, Lannoo. 384 p.Research output: Book / Report › Book (Editorship) › Professional
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The future of the Dutch colonial past: Curating heritage, art and activism
Brandon, P. (Editor), van Bijnen, E. (Editor), Fatah-Black, K. (Editor), Limon, I. (Editor), Schavemaker, M. (Editor) & Modest, W. (Editor), 2024, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 312 p.Research output: Book / Report › Book (Editorship) › Academic
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The future of the Dutch colonial past: A round table introduction
Brandon, P., Modest, W., Fatah-Black, K., van Bijnen, E., Limon, I. & Schavemaker, M., 2024, The future of the Dutch colonial past: Curating heritage, art and activism. Brandon, P., Fatah-Black, K., van Bijnen, E., Limon, I., Modest, W. & Schavemaker, M. (eds.). Amsterdam University Press, p. 13-25 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Other Radicals: Anton de Kom and the Caribbean Intellectual Tradition
Legêne, S. & Modest, W., 1 Mar 2023, In: Small Axe : A Caribbean Journal of Criticism. 27, 1, p. 52-58 7 p., 70.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Spaces of Care: Confronting Colonial Afterlives in European Ethnographic Museums
Modest, W. & Augustat, C., 2023, Transcript-Verlag. 220 p.Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Courses
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Ambivalence of Seeing (Otherwise): Histories and Theories of Photography
Modest, W. 1/09/25 → 31/08/26
Course
Projects
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PM: Pressing Matter - Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums
Legene, S. (Principal Investigator), Modest, W. (Principal Investigator), Kwastek, K. (Principal Investigator), Veraart, W. (Principal Investigator), de Boer, V. (Principal Investigator), Hans, R. (Project Researcher), Shoilee, S. B. A. (PhD candidate), Dekker, E. (PhD candidate), Gario, Q. (PhD candidate) & dehaney, S.-M. (PhD candidate)
1/06/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Small Axe : A Caribbean Journal of Criticism (Journal)
Legene, S. (Guest editor) & Modest, W. (Guest editor)
1 Mar 2023 → …Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Otto and Hermina Huiswoud: Modern Black Diasporic Radicals
Brandon, P. (Organiser), Modest, W. (Organiser), Scott, D. (Participant) & Esajas, M. (Organiser)
8 Sept 2023 → 9 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop › Academic
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Sweet Breakaway: An ethnographic study of Aruban calypso music and the narratives of the one happy island.
Modest, W. (Examiner)
2020Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
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"Where Randy?" Education, Nationalism, and Playful Imaginations of Belonging on Sint Maarten
Modest, W. (Examiner)
2019Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination