Basecamp Theories: Gloria Wekker - BAK - basis voor actuele kunst
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Gloria Wekker's "White Innocence" framework takes centre stage at Basecamp Theories, revealing how Dutch identity systematically denies its own colonial entanglements.
White InnocencePostcolonial TheoryCultural MemoryIntersectionality
Theory Briefing
- Social anthropologist Gloria Wekker joins BAK's Basecamp Theories to unpack how colonial history is buried beneath narratives of Dutch goodness.
- Wekker's White Innocence theory argues that self-image as tolerant and progressive actively blinds societies to their racist structures.
- Scholars Nancy Jouwe, Chandra Frank, and Mikki bring intersectional perspectives, showing how race, gender, and memory interlock in cultural identity.