Byline: Elian Schure
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Shells and Pebbles Summer Travel Tips
“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.” – Henry James As this academic year comes to a close, our team of editors wanted to cultivate a tradition started last year of sending our readers off into the summer with something more personal. Last year, we offered recommendations for your…
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‘Kennis die is opgedaan in koloniale context wordt overgedragen op studenten zonder stil te staan bij de historie ervan’
Elian Schure is promovenda bij de Universiteit Utrecht, waar ze onderzoek doet naar menselijke categorisatie in biologisch onderzoek. Tijdens haar Master in History and Philosophy of Science aan de UU deed ze onderzoek naar de rol van Nederlandse wetenschappers in de voormalige koloniën. In december 2024 heeft Yavanne van Tiggelen haar hierover geïnterviewd voor de…
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‘Knowledge gathered in a colonial context is transferred to students without regard to its history’
Elian Schure is a PhD candidate at Utrecht University (UU). She is currently working on her research on human categorization in biological research. During her master’s degree in History and Philosophy of Science at the UU, she studied the actions of Dutch scientists in the former Dutch colonies. In December 2024, Yavanne van Tiggelen interviewed…