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- Speaking about church and slavery at the ‘scene of the crime’The conversation about church and slavery cannot and should not take place only in the Netherlands. That was the premise of the conference on church and slavery in the Netherlands, the Dutch Caribbean and Suriname, held in Curaçao from 10 to 14 November. Plans for the conference began on a modest scale, but interest quickly proved overwhelming. In the end, 44 lectures and presentations were delivered, and more than one hundred participants attended.
- ‘Human animal among animals’What does it mean to live not above, but alongside other beings? On 6 May, writer and gardener Mariken Heitman was a guest at the Protestant Theological University, at the invitation of the Soil project. In her lecture The Mystery of the Garden, she took those present through the genesis of her latest book, The Ant Caravan. A book rooted in personal experiences - such as an encounter with a hare and her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis - that grew into a profound reflection on interconnectedness between humans and non-humans. Heitman has long been in conversation with the Soil project team about a new language for our relationship with the soil. This evening gave new words to that quest.
