On June 11, 2022 Learning for Equality in Rotterdam and Erasmus Verbindt organized a symposium for like-minded (former) students, and practitioners to learn from and with each other. During the symposium, students and alumni discussed assignments and theses covering a wide scope of topics dealing with (in)equality in the city. This to contribute to the efforts to understand and tackle pressing social issues!
Here is a summary of the event:
PS1: Learning in ActionÂ
EUR students often look for internships that offer the opportunity to contribute directly to solving pressing social issues. Based on a wide scope of internship experiences, presenters in this panel discussed the challenges and value of doing this. How do such internships add to our knowledge and skills? What happens when we step (our knowledge) into action like this?
Learning in Action | ||
Moderators |
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Jiska Engelbert | ESHCC, project lead in Smart Cities at VCC) |
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Florian Wijker | board member education at Erasmus Verbindt; Education Coordinator, Academic Outreach Program at D&I; Chair of the Faculty Council - Erasmus School of Philosophy |
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Participants | Projects | Internship Places |
Jacqueline Onyenze |
| Big Four company & NGO |
Wiebke Aepkers | Learning for equality | ESHCC |
Nhung Nguyen | Learning for equality | ESHCC |
Alex Huang | Re-Mapping Rotterdam
| VCC |
Tom Matthijssen | Mentoren op Zuid | ESPhil |
PS2: Urban segregation around the worldÂ
World-wide social inequalities are mapped into cities, where resources and opportunities are unevenly distributed. This session covered the uneven realities of the Randstad, as well as Bogotá, Santiago, Moscow, and Johannesburg. Presenters discussed policy initiatives, citizen efforts and struggles to fight urban segregation.
Urban segregation around the world | |||
Author(s) | Title | Course | Faculty |
Camilo Jauregui | Social-spatial segregation in Bogota: a self-reinforcing process.
Social-spatial segregation in Bogota: a multi-dimensional phenomenon | Urban Sustainability
| Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies |
Chuma Mbambo | The Social Consequences of Infrastructure Development: Evaluating the Impact of E-Tolls on Marginalized Communities in the City of Johannesburg | MSc in Urban Management and Development | Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
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Polina Shchurova | The Application of Complexity Theory to the | Urban Sustainability | Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
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Juneal Holder | Underdogs Tilting the Scale in Dutch White Spaces: Experiences and Strategies of Academically Educated Black Dutchmen in the Construction and Negotiation of Their Identity in the Netherlands | MA in Media Culture and Society
| ESHCC |
Amanda Lara Wall | Claiming Dignidad beyond digital dualisms: Off- and online activism in the struggle for an inclusive Chile. | IBCoM | ESHCC |
PS3: Actors and InstitutionsÂ
Universities, mainstream media, cultural institutions, the municipality and the tax authorities fail to recognize and include the diversity of people they are meant to serve. Presentations in this panel underscored the urgency of hearing from actors themselves to understand not only institutional in/exclusion, but also the possibilities for social change.
Actors and institutions | |||
Author(s) | Title | Course | Faculty |
Fenna Nijboer Romy Zhang Lara de Vleesschouwer Serena van den Boogerd | Ongekend Onrecht: The toeslagenaffaire from the parents' perspective | Communicating (in)equality in the city | ESHCC |
William Sampaeo Shain Rose Assous | From Junior to TenEUR: Women’s Obstacles to Equality at the Erasmus University Rotterdam | Qualitative research through interviewing
| EUC |
Lara Eikamp | Perceived Barriers to Culture: How individuals with autism spectrum disorder experience access to cultural institutions in the Netherlands | RM Sociology of Culture, Media and the Arts, Research Design
| ESHCC + ESSB |
Nicky Nathaniël Papilaja | The Story Unfolds: White Media and The Understanding of Ethnic Diversity_an exploratory research into Dutch media | Master Media Studies - Media & Creative Industries | ESHCC
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Hanna Griffiths Mumbru, Carlota Guardado, Jeltje van der Haer, Claudia Heese, Thomas de Jong, Savitha Pangad, Giovanni Parente, Jake Tyne, Ekin Su Yilmaz. | Accessing the digital life: Tackling digital inequalities in Rotterdam | Honours program Tackling inequalities | Interdisciplinary |
Read more about the presentations in this session
Ongekend Onrecht: The toeslagenaffaire from the parents' perspective
Fenna Nijboer, Romy Zhang, Lara de Vleesschouwer, Serena van den Boogerd
From junior to tenEUR: Women’s obstacles to equality at the Erasmus University Rotterdam
William Sampaeo Shain & Rose Assous | Qualitative research through interviewing
Accessing the digital life: Tackling digital inequalities in Rotterdam
A project by students of the Master Honours programme Tackling inequalities
One-to-One session (posters)Â
This session covered inequalities related to gender, migration, post-colonial violence, racism, and gentrification in different parts of the world and in areas as diverse as public transport, beauty standards, and dance. Attendees had an opportunity to speak directly with the authors about these pressing social problems and innovative efforts to fight them.
One-to-one session | |||
Author(s) | Title | Course | Faculty |
Floris Gast Leone Levi Thor Heuer Shakti Jacota | "Where There is Smoke, There is Fire": A Qualitative Analysis of Women Their Perception of Safety on the Rotterdam Public Transport Network in Relation to Infrastructure" | Qualitative Research Liberal Arts and Sciences | EUC |
Lara Eikamp | How Do Post-Colonial Inequalities Contribute to Symbolic Violence in the Kizomba Dance Scene? | BA International Arts and Culture Studies, Research Internship) | ESHCC |
Nicole Salazar | The voice of those absent: An empirical analysis of the impact of migration on child labor in Ecuador in 2017-2019 | Econometric Analysis of Development Studies | ISS |
Ahmad Minaoui | Competitive advantage of the inner-city: | Urban management and development. Specialization: Economic development, entrepreneurship, and innovation
| Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
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Mahiat Shawrna | Survey of the Impact of Development in a Small Area (along side of a street) in Mohakhali | An urban design course Bachelor of Architecture
| Department of Architecture, BRAC University |
Fizza Amjad | Will blockchain-based innovation and fractional ownership in real estate investment model prove to tackle social exclusion in the middle-class of Pakistan? | Land management MSc in Urban Management and Development | Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies |
Floris Plak
| Z: Living memories of Rotterdam from a second-generation migrant from Morocco | Cultural History
| ESHCC |
Shakti Jacota Cazper Steigstra | STEM Fields: A Female Perspective on the Relationships between Gender and Work | Gender studies | EUC |
Raychell Enny | Racism and Discrimination | Public administration | ESSB |
Makensie Marten | Economic Development in the Inner City: Social Implications, Limits of Private Interest, and St. Louis, MO | MSc in Urban Management and Development
| Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
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Adriana Hernandez Palomino | The impact of Gentrification on Low-Income Black Women's Social Capital: A case study of the Shaw Neighbourhood in Washington D.C | Strategic Urban Planning and Policy (SUPP) specialization
Msc in Urban Management and Development | Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies |
Jun Jun Ling | How Dutch East-Asians experience and react to racism | MA in Media Culture and Society | ESHCC |
Closing Session: Beyond the textÂ
This session invites us to discuss and think about social (in)equalities, beyond written documents. To close the event, everyone was invited to draw new connections with each other, to stay around for a drink!
Beyond the text | ||
Participant | Topic |
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Alana and Louise Wieland | Illustration and Design |
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Lis Camelia | Photography |
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Kwinnie Lê | Spoken Word | |
Conversation with Alana and Louise Wieland on Inclusivity and Design
LEARN MORE ABOUT KWINNIE LÊ AND HER WORK
Connected Learning Symposium photo album
Click here to see some pictures of the event.
