BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23673@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Keti Koti: Not My Archive DTSTAMP:20260615T122638Z DTSTART:20260701T110000Z DTEND:20260701T140000Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for ‘Not My Archive’\, a public programme on colonial a rchives\, heritage\nand forms of knowledge that often remain out of sight. Who decides what is\npreserved and what is allowed to disappear? On Keti Koti\, artists\, researchers\nand community voices come together at the Al lard Pierson to explore these\nquestions over a panel discussion\, poetry\ , a creative workshop\, and heri heri.\nCome think along and join in.\n\n\ nCONTEXT\n\nAlthough archives are often presented as neutral\, they are sh aped by colonial\npower structures that have long silenced non-Western rea lities. Not my Archive\nconnects directly with the exhibition Not My Knowl edge\n[https://voxpop.uva.nl/en/content/events/2026/06/exhibition-close-up -not-my-knowledge.html]\n(VOX-POP). This exhibition builds on the foundati on of the earlier exhibition\nNot My Soul\n[https://voxpop.uva.nl/en/share d/uva-podia/en/events/2025/11/not-my-soul.html]\nat the Allard Pierson\, w hich critically re-read the UvA’s colonial Surinamica\ncollection through the eyes of enslaved people. While that previous exhibition\nexposed the g aps and violence within the official archives\, the current\nexhibition No t My Knowledge and this Keti Koti programme explore how history\nlives on outside institutional walls and question why these vital forms of\nknowled ge are so often excluded.\n\n\nPROGRAMME\n\n * 13:00–16:00 Collage worksho p with archival material from the\n Surinamica-collectie\, hosted by Sue lae Robinson\n * 11:00–16:00 Continuous heri heri distribution point & liv estream of the Keti\n Koti commemoration\n * 14:00–14:40 Panel discussio n with Kelvin Dijk and Emily Clark\n * 14:40–14:45 Poetry performance by D ean Bowen\n\nThroughout the afternoon\, artist Suelae Robinson leads a con tinuous collage\nworkshop\, working with copies of archival material from the Surinamica\ncollection. This creates space for personal stories\, fami ly histories\, and\ncollective memory to come together.\n\nKelvin Dijk and Emily Clark engage in a panel talk on colonial archives\,\nSurinamese and Caribbean heritage\, and contested forms of knowledge. The\nconversation is moderated by heritage specialist Maja Hillhorst and concludes\nwith a p oetry performance by Dean Bowen.\n\nVisitors can attend the different part s separately and are welcome to walk in\nand out of the workshop. You can also stop by the museum to pick up heri heri\nand follow the Keti Koti com memoration via a live stream.\n\n\nCONTRIBUTORS\n\n\nWORKSHOP HOST\n\nSuel ae Robinson is an Antiguan artist of English and Guyanese descent\, based in\nRotterdam. Through patchwork\, collage and embroidery\, she creates te xtile works\nthat give voice to Caribbean narratives\, often from an ethno botanical\nperspective that connects people\, roots and landscape.\n\n\nPA NEL TALK\n\nKelvin Dijk is a Surinamese-Dutch artist and facilitator from Amsterdam. His\npractice focuses on the (re)production and deconstruction of marginalised\nhistories\, working between personal experience\, communa l memory and questions of\ncultural heritage and belonging.\n\nEmily Clark is an ethnomusicologist and Assistant Professor of Contested\nArchives\, Media and Memory at the University of Amsterdam. Her work examines how\nso und and listening shape ideas of self and other\, with a focus on Dutch\nc olonial histories\, migration and media archives.\n\nDean Bowen is a poet and performer\, and the former city poet of Rotterdam\n(2019–2020). In his work\, he explores how identity is constructed and\nnegotiated\, using po etry and performance to open up alternative perspectives on\npower\, histo ry and community.\n\n\nMODERATOR\n\nMaja Hillhorst is a freelance collecti on and heritage specialist\, previously\nworking as a networked collector at Imagine IC\, a pioneer in participatory\ncollecting. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/keti-koti-not-my-archive GEO:52.3690637;4.894763 LOCATION:VOX-POP - Binnengasthuisstraat 9\, 1012 ZA Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:alternative,amsterdam-centrum,burgwallen,community,discussion,ex hibition,live,performance,poetry,soul,stories,talk,workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for ‘Not My Archive’, a public program me on colonial archives, heritage and forms of knowledge that often remain out of sight. Who decides what is preserved and what is allowed to disapp ear? On Keti Koti, artists, researchers and community voices come together at the Allard Pierson to explore these questions over a panel discussion, poetry, a creative workshop, and heri heri. Come think along and join in.

Context

Although archives are often pr esented as neutral, they are shaped by colonial power structures that have long silenced non-Western realities. Not my Archive connects dir ectly with the exhibition Not My Knowledge (VOX-POP). This exhibition builds on the foundation of the earlier exhibition Not My Soul at the Allard Pierson, w hich critically re-read the UvA’s colonial Surinamica collection through t he eyes of enslaved people. While that previous exhibition exposed the gap s and violence within the official archives, the current exhibition No t My Knowledge and this Keti Koti programme explore how history lives on outside institutional walls and question why these vital forms of know ledge are so often excluded.

Programme

Throughout the afternoon, artist Suelae Robinson leads a continuous collage workshop, working with copies of archival material from the Surinamica collection. This creates space fo r personal stories, family histories, and collective memory to come togeth er.

Kelvin Dijk and Emily Clark engage in a panel talk on colonial archives, Surinamese and Caribbean heritage, and contested forms of knowle dge. The conversation is moderated by heritage specialist Maja Hillhorst a nd concludes with a poetry performance by Dean Bowen.

Visitors can attend the different parts separately and are welcome to walk in and out o f the workshop. You can also stop by the museum to pick up heri heri and f ollow the Keti Koti commemoration via a live stream.

Contributors< /h2>

Workshop host

Suelae Robinson is an Anti guan artist of English and Guyanese descent, based in Rotterdam. Through p atchwork, collage and embroidery, she creates textile works that give voic e to Caribbean narratives, often from an ethnobotanical perspective that c onnects people, roots and landscape.

Panel talk

Ke lvin Dijk is a Surinamese-Dutch artist and facilitator from Amste rdam. His practice focuses on the (re)production and deconstruction of mar ginalised histories, working between personal experience, communal memory and questions of cultural heritage and belonging.

Emily Cla rk is an ethnomusicologist and Assistant Professor of Contested A rchives, Media and Memory at the University of Amsterdam. Her work examine s how sound and listening shape ideas of self and other, with a focus on D utch colonial histories, migration and media archives.

Dean Bowen is a poet and performer, and the former city poet of Rotte rdam (2019–2020). In his work, he explores how identity is constructed and negotiated, using poetry and performance to open up alternative perspecti ves on power, history and community.

Moderator

Maj a Hillhorst is a freelance collection and heritage specialist, pr eviously working as a networked collector at Imagine IC, a pioneer in part icipatory collecting.

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