Michiel Baas
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department 'Anthropology of Politics and Governance', Senior Research Fellow
I am a Senior Research Fellow with the Max Planck for Social Anthropology (Halle, Anthropology). My current project is about cohabiting and cocreating with artificial intelligence (AI). My latest book is Muscular India: Masculinity, Mobility and the New Middle Class (Context, 2020).
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was equated with his robust and determined gaze East. He was deemed to have paved the way for Dutch successes in the Spice Trade, and thus seemed ideally suited to fortify the continued belief in the Dutch colonial enterprise. Even when Coen's statue was placed on its pedestal, many criticized the glorification of a man with such a blood-soaked legacy.
During a large protest near Hoorn’s train station in June 2020, speakers drew attention to persistent discrimination and racism in the Netherlands in a broader sense. Recent events in the United States – in particular, the increasingly prominent Black Lives Matter movement and the public's reaction to the murder of George Floyd – were a source of inspiration.
was equated with his robust and determined gaze East. He was deemed to have paved the way for Dutch successes in the Spice Trade, and thus seemed ideally suited to fortify the continued belief in the Dutch colonial enterprise. Even when Coen's statue was placed on its pedestal, many criticized the glorification of a man with such a blood-soaked legacy.
During a large protest near Hoorn’s train station in June 2020, speakers drew attention to persistent discrimination and racism in the Netherlands in a broader sense. Recent events in the United States – in particular, the increasingly prominent Black Lives Matter movement and the public's reaction to the murder of George Floyd – were a source of inspiration.