LOVA’s School of Experimental Education
2016
‘War, violence, militarism and reconciliation’
Ethnographies in Queer, Gender & Feminist Anthropology
11 –15 July 2016
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Preliminary Program 5th edition
Venues:
OMP - Oudemanhuispoort 4-6 Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, Room A2.12 + A2.13
(http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/de-uva-inamsterdam/locaties/content/binnenstad/oudemanhuispoort.html)
CREA – Nieuwe Achtergracht (University of Amsterdam http://www.crea.uva.nl/index_en.php)
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam North, Papaverweg (working ship on shora / breeding place
http://deceuvel.nl)
Workshops, body-workshops, lectures, excursions - teachers
1 * Workshop by Vivienne Matthies-Boon (political scientist, University of Amsterdam). Title:
‘Sexualised Torture and Other Traumas: Activists' Testimonies from (Post) Revolutionary Egypt’
www.uva.nl/en/disciplines/politicalscience/organisation/scientificstaff/politicalscience/politicalscience
/folder/b/o/e.a.v.boon/e.a.v.boon.html
2 * Workshop by Nienke van der Heide (anthropologist, Leiden University). Title: ‘The Aggressive
Other, the Aggressive Self. Exploring aggression’s potential for empowerment and empathy’
www.universiteitleiden.nl/medewerkers/nienke-van-der-heide
3 * Workshop by Sara Blom (anthropologist & filmmaker)‘Visual ethnography exercise: reflections
on war in the public space’ www.kofferenblik.nl/nl/over-ons/sara-blom
4 * Workshop and Excursion by Marie-Louise Janssen (anthropologist, University of Amsterdam).
‘Strolling through the Red Light District’ + Debate: ‘Debunking the myth in prostitution’
www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/j/a/m.p.c.janssen/m.p.c.janssen.html
5 * Workshop by Idwer Doosje (composer, MA student University of Utrecht).’Off the cuff, a musical
composition about four (canonical) anthropological theories: 1. Pick-nick near the creek, 2.
Metropolis, 3. Snow Globe, 4. The spoiled brat and never give up’ www.portfolio.idwhere.nl/portfolio/Home_files/cvIdwer%20Doosje(aug2014).pdf
6 * Workshop by Nathalie Roos (anthropologist &artist). Title:‘Drawing as an ethnographic research
method’ www.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-roos-a707b338
7 * Body Workshop by Mick Sarria(theater maker) & Julienne Weegels (anthropologist, University of
Amsterdam/CEDLA). Title: ‘A physical theater workshop – violence, confinement and masculinity in
Nicaragua’
www.lleca.org
8 * Body Workshop by Lilith Turk (yoga teacher). Title:‘Therapeutic Stretching’
www.activehealthcenter.nl/default.asp?path=e4mpu145
9 * Body Workshop by Marianne Selleger (vocal coach & opera singer). Title:‘War & Opera’
www.marianneselleger.nl/Marianne_Selleger/Welkom.html
Lectures
1 * Lecture by Marina de Regt (anthropologist, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Title:‘Gender and
war in Yemen’ www.fsw.vu.nl/nl/wetenschappelijke-afdelingen/sca/medewerkers-sca/deregt/index.aspx
2 * Lecture by Marie Jose de Abreu (anthropologist, Humboldt University, Berlin). Title: ‘Civil war:
Life, home and the city’ www.ici-berlin.org/profile/de-abreu/
3 * Lecture by Emine Igdi (anthropologist, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Title: ‘‘The armed struggle
in Kurdistan region of Turkey and the double life of Kurdish migrants in the Netherlands’
https://standplaatswereld.nl/tag/emine-igdi/
4 * Lecture by Christina Weiss (anthropologist, De Montfort University, Leicester). Title: ‘Working
with your emotions when your emotions work on you - Emotions as a source of knowledge and self-
care in feminist ethnographic research’ www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/health-and-lifesciences/christina-weis/christina-weis.aspx
5 * Lecture by Erella Grassiani (anthropologist, University of Amsterdam). Title: ‘Securitization and
Militarization: Israel / Palestine and beyond’ www.uva.nl/overdeuva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/g/r/e.grassiani/e.grassiani.html
6* Lecture by Tina Lenz (design anthropologist). Title: ‘Social anthropology and the reconciliation
role of design’ http://tinalenz.nl
Excursion Rijksmuseum ‘The 17th century’ by Carola Lammers (anthropologist & guide)
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
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Monday July 11 - Day 1 - Venue: 1 OMP A.2.12
(Middle-East day: Egypt, Yemen, Israel / Palestine)
9.00-9.30
Registration. Oudemanhuispoort 4 - 6, Amsterdam. Room (A.2.12)
9.30-10.00
Welcoming words - Reinhilde Sotiria König, Nathalie Roos, Carola Lammers (LOVA
SEE) and Marina de Regt (Chair LOVA) (A.2.12)
10.0010.45
Lecture - Marina de Regt (anthropologist, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)“Gender and
war in Yemen” (A.2.12)
10.4511.00
BREAK
11.0012.00
Workshop - Vivienne Matthies-Boon (political scientist, University of Amsterdam).
Title: ‘Sexualised Torture and Other Traumas: Activists' Testimonies from (Post)
Revolutionary Egypt’ (A.2.12)
12.0012.15
BREAK (A.2.13)
12.1513.00
Workshop - Vivienne Matthies-Boon (political scientist, University of Amsterdam)
‘Sexualised Torture and Other Traumas: Activists' Testimonies from (Post)
Revolutionary Egypt’ (A.2.12)
13.0014.00
Lunch (A.2.13) & Walk (or hanging around)
14.0015.00
Lecture – Erella Grassiani (anthropologist, University of Amsterdam) ‘Securitization and
militarization: Israel / Palestine and beyond’ (A.2.12)
15.0015.15
BREAK (A.2.13)
15.0016.30
Ice-breaker: Workshop Sara Blom (visual anthropologist & filmmaker) ‘Visual
ethnography exercise: reflections on war in public space’ (A.2.12)
16.0017.00
Student assignment / exercise
17.0018.00
Workshop Sara Blom (visual anthropologist & filmmaker) ‘Visual ethnography exercise:
reflections on war in public space’ (A.2.12)
Extra curriculum: The ‘Over het IJ-festival’ starts: www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting/whatson/festivals/overview-theatre-festivals/over-het-ij-festival

Tuesday July 12 - Day 2 - Venue OMP
(A day full of movement, wear comfortable shoes!)
9.30 –
Body Workshop: Lilith Turk (yoga teacher, Active Health Centre, Amsterdam)
‘Therapeutic Stretching’ (outside when the weather is good)
10.45
10.45 11.00
BREAK 2.13
11.0011.30
Optional –Museumplein (by tram or walking, 25 min)
11.3012.30
Excursion to the Rijksmuseum: Carola Lammers (anthropologist & guide) ‘The 17th
century’
13.00 13.30
LUNCH (A.2.13)
13.30 –
14.00
Walking to the Wallen / Red Light District (Nieuwmarkt 5 min walk, in front of the Waag)
14.00 –
15.00
Excursion Marie-Louise Janssen (anthropologist, University of Amsterdam) ‘Strolling
through the Red Light District’
15.0015.30
Walking back to the OMP (5 min) / BREAK
15.3016.30
Workshop / Debate with Marie-Louise Janssen (anthropologist, University of Amsterdam)
‘Debunking the myth of prostitution’ (A.2.12)
16.3018.00
Student Time (A.2.12)

Wednesday July 13 - Day 3 - Venues: OMP, CREA, and Geldersekade
(A day full of music and philosophy)
9.3010.30
Lecture - Christina Weiss (anthropologist, De Montfort University, Leicester) 'Working with
emotions when doing fieldwork’ (A.2.12)
10.3010.45
BREAK & Walking tot CREA (15 min)
11.0012.00
Workshop Experimental Education - Idwer Doosje (composer & MA-student Utrecht
University)’Off the cuff, a musical composition about four (canonical) anthropological
theories: 1. Picknick near the creek, 2. Metropoligs, 3. Snow Globe, 4. The spoiled brat and
never give and it goes on and on’ (CREA room 3.03)
12.0012.15
BREAK
12.1513.00
Workshop Experimental Education - Idwer Doosje (composer / MA-student) Feedback Discussion (CREA 3.03)
13.0013.30
Walking back to the OMP (15 min)
13.3014.00
LUNCH
14.0015.00
Lecture -Maria-Jose de Abreu (anthropologist, Humboldt University, Berlin) ‘Civil war:
Life, home and the city’ (A.2.12)
15.0015.15
BREAK
15.1515.30
Walking to the Geldersekade 63 (5 min walk)
15.3016.30
Body Workshop - Marianne Selleger ‘War & Opera’
(Geldersekade 63 A, 0-31-(0) 616134472)
16.4518.00
Student Time

Thursday July 14 – Day 4 - Venue: De CEUVEL
(A day full of drawing, emotions, a lecture about Kurdistan and a debate)
Meeting Point Central Station – Bus 35, 9.36 (15 minutes)
10.0010.30
Workshop - Nathalie Roos (anthropologist & artist) ‘Drawing as an ethnographic method’
(working ship on shore)
10.3010.45
BREAK
10.4511.45
Workshop - Nathalie Roos (anthropologist & artist) ‘Drawing as an ethnographic method’
11.4512.00
BREAK
12.0013.30
Workshop by Nienke van der Heide (anthropologist, Leiden University): ‘The Aggressive
Other, the Aggressive Self. Exploring aggression’s potential for empowerment and
empathy’
13.3014.00
LUNCH BREAK
14.00-
Workshop by Nienke van der Heide (anthropologist, Leiden University): ‘The Aggressive
Other, the Aggressive Self. Exploring aggression’s potential for empowerment and
empathy’
15.45
15 45 -
BREAK
16.00
16.00 –
17.00
Lecture - Emine Igdi (anthropologist, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)‘The armed struggle
in Kurdistan region of Turkey and the double life of the Kurdish migrants in the
Netherlands’
Debate (open end)

Friday July 15 Day 5 – Venue: DE CEUVEL
(Design, theater, presentations, photo award, certifications, picnic – the last day)
9.36
Meeting Point Central Station – Bus 35, 9.36 (15 minutes)
Walking to the CEUVEL (5 min)
10.0011.00
Lecture - Tina Lenz (design anthropologist) ‘Social anthropology and the reconciliation
role of design’ (working ship on shore)
11.0011.15
BREAK
11.1512.15
Body Workshop Mick Sarria (theater maker) & Julienne Weegels (anthropologist,
University of Amsterdam) ‘A physical theater workshop – violence, confinement and
masculinities in Nicaragua’ (working ship)
12.1512.30
BREAK
12.3013.30
Body Workshop Mick Sarria (theater maker) & Julienne Weegels (anthropologist,
University of Amsterdam) ‘A physical theater workshop – violence, confinement and
masculinities in Nicaragua’
13.3014.30
LUNCH (outside)
14.3015.30
Assignment Sara Blom (visual anthropologist), ‘Visual ethnography exercise: reflections
on war in the public spaces’ assignment students presentations
15.30
Award ceremony LOVA -Photo-Competition 2016
16.00
Closing – Certificates (working ship)
Picnic at the Ceuvel
Students LOVA SEE 2016
1.) Sara Manzi (Italy / the Netherlands) www.linkedin.com/in/sara-manzi-3ba74688
2.) Merel van Mansom (the Netherlands / Italy) www.genus.lu.se/merel-arianne-van-mansom
3.) Sojung Kim (Korea / Swiss)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/study/academicdepartments/anso/students/masterstudents.html
4. ) Niharika Pandit (India / United Kingdom) https://www.linkedin.com/in/niharika-pandit1a74a350
5.) Tabitha Poline Moyo (Zambia / the Netherlands) http://www.wijkgemeente-immanueldriebergen.nl/index.php/nl/ativiteiten/544-tabitha-moyo-meisjes-van-8-jaar-worden-aluitgehuwelijkt-zodat-er-een-mond-minder-te-voeden-is (in dutch)
6.) Emma M.M. Dumurgier (France / Swiss)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/study/academicdepartments/anso/students/master-students.html
7.) Rishav Kumar Thakar (India) http://www.csh-delhi.com/rishav-kumar-thakur
8.) Roséanne Aukes (the Netherlands) anthropologist
9.) Elisabeht Lance (United States of America / Qatar)
http://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/about/people/profiles/lance-liz.html
10.) Miriam Twigt (United Kingdom) http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/migration-researchgroup/members/mirjam-abigail-twigt
11.) Laura Boerhout (the Netherlands) www.uva.nl/over-deuva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/b/o/l.a.boerhout/l.a.boerhout.html
12.) Nikki Mulder (the Netherlands / Suriname) https://nikkimulder.wordpress.com
13.) Prashanthi Jayasekara (Sri Lanka) https://www.globalshapers.org/shapers/prashanthijayasekara
14.) Donya Ahmadi (Iran / the Netherlands)
http://www.bk.tudelft.nl/fileadmin/Faculteit/BK/Onderzoek/Graduate_School/PhD_Projects/Urba
n_Regional_Studies/AHMADI_DONYA_Planning_for_diversity.pdf
15.) Sher Muhammad (Pakistan) www.linkedin.com/in/sher-muhammad-12685761 PhD scholar
Political Science University of Sargodha