On Thursday afternoon, 26 February, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC) is organising a special alumni event: a behind the scenes visit at rotterzwam, where mushrooms are cultivated on coffee grounds and other urban waste streams.
We start the afternoon at Het Veerhuis, where ESHCC alumna and director of Veerhuis, Carlijn Sonneveldt, welcomes us and tells us all about this new cultural hotspot where enthusiasts of text, language and stories come to write, ask for help and find each other.
Next, we learn how rotterzwam puts circular entrepreneurship into practice during a guided tour through the mushroom farm. We are taken on a journey through the story of circular mushroom cultivation: from organic waste materials to circular food production.
ESHCC and WdKa alumna Noa van den Boogaard discusses her work in marketing, communication, and graphic design at rotterzwam. During the RASL dual degree programme, interdisciplinarity is highly praised, but how does collaboration between different fields of knowledge work in practice? Can you use your knowledge of art and culture and your creative skills outside the arts and culture sector, and what added value does that have?
We conclude the afternoon with a short tour of Schiemond: a former industrial area that has been transformed into a creative breeding ground in recent years. During the walk, we reflect on this development and the value of a farm in the middle of the city.
Programme
| 15:45-16:00hr | Walk-in at Het Veerhuis |
| 16:00-16:30hr | Welcome & introduction by Carlijn Sonneveldt (Director of Het Veerhuis) |
| 16:30-17:30hr | Guided tour mushroom farm rotterzwam |
| 17:30-18:00hr | Presentation by Noa van den Boogaard (rotterzwam) |
| 18:00-18:30hr | Walk through Schiemond |
| 18:30hr | End of programme |
Tickets
Tickets are €5 per person*. This includes the guided tour and one welcome drink with a rotterzwam snack at Het Veerhuis.
Registration
Are you a former student of ESHCC and would you like to attend the special alumni event at rotterzwam? We have reserved 25 tickets, so don’t miss out! Register here.
* Please note that all ticket sales are final and tickets are non-refundable. We appreciate your understanding.
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Behind the scenes
The alumni event at rotterzwam is the fifth event in a series of 'behind the scenes' visits that the faculty has organised since 2023. As faculty, we see our alumni ending up in interesting and inspiring (work)places in society. With the "Behind the scenes" series, we want to open up these workplaces to fellow alumni to show where other alumni end up, to give a unique insight into the ins and outs of an organisation, and to bring ESHCC alumni together.Rotterzwam
Rotterzwam cultivates local and circular mushrooms on urban waste streams, such as coffee grounds and brewers' grains. Rotterzwam's products range from bitterballen to soap, and its services vary from collecting coffee grounds to growing mushrooms. By linking up with various points in the coffee waste chain, rotterzwam is working towards a 100% circular economy.Het Veerhuis
Het Veerhuis is a writers' house on the banks of the Maas. A place for enthusiasts of text, language and stories. Here, young talent is connected with the old guard, with an eye and ear for all forms and genres of the written word. Het Veerhuis is a home for Rotterdam's writers. The writers' café, individual writers' residences and workshop spaces offer everyone the space and motivation to write. In addition, various programmes and events are organised to strengthen the writing landscape in Rotterdam.
