Resources & Inspiration
Are you looking for resources or/and inspiration regarding diversity and inclusivity? This is the page for you!
Below you can find a variety of information, from reports to books, to films that explain D&I topics either in an intersectional or in a specific way.
Have you got a resource that we've missed? Then please email us your resource(s) and we will add them to our list.
D&I Collection UM Library
Check out this recently purchased e-books package on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by the university library!
Dutch Colonial History
Our colonial past in fifty objects by Volkskrant
The article on Volkskrant explores the impact of Dutch colonialism on society. It covers the transatlantic slave trade, exploitation of resources in the Dutch East Indies, and the debate over how the Netherlands should acknowledge its colonial past. Interviews with historians, activists, and descendants are included.
Mapping Slavery (a project by VU Amsterdam)
The website provides information and resources related to the history of slavery in the Netherlands and its former colonies. The website includes maps, images, documents, and other materials that illustrate the connections between slavery, colonialism, and Dutch society.
Dutch Slavery Memorial Year
- Slavery Memorial Year by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science in the Netherlands
- Keti Koti at the Bonnefanten museum
- Keti Koti Lecture 2023 - Broken Silence (organised by Tropenmuseum)
- 1 July National Commemoration - NiNsee
- Keti Koti Junior by the National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy (NiNsee)
- Rijksmuseum - Slavery
We will continue to update and expand our list of resources. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact us at diversity@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Recommended Documentaries
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
Disclosure
Examining Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact it's left on both the transgender community and American culture.
I Am Not Your Negro
Filmmaker Raoul Peck examines James Baldwin's unfinished book about the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
A groundbreaking summer camp for teens with disabilities proves so inspiring that a group of its alumni join the radical disability rights movement to advocate for historic legislation changes.
Literature on racism and anti-racism
White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race by Gloria Wekker
The book explores a central paradox of Dutch culture: the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia. Wekker fundamentally challenges Dutch racial exceptionalism by undermining the dominant narrative of the Netherlands as a "gentle" and "ethical" nation.
Racism and anti-racism in Europe by Alana Lentin
This is an in-depth sociological study of the phenomenon of anti-racism, as both political discourse and social movement practice in western Europe.
White Privilege by M T Blakemore
White Privilege examines the historical forces that have disadvantaged people of color and discusses how these forces continue to influence the media, education, politics, and other areas of life today.
Tools for Inclusive Research
Gender Inclusive Language Guide by the D&I office
Medium: Guide
Gender inclusive language is speaking or writing in a way that includes everyone in your target audience by ensuring they are not excluded due to gender terminology. This means that regardless of their gender identity, they feel addressed and included through your choice of words. This guide provides definitions of gender terms along with tips and examples on how to use them.
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Inclusive Language
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Gender terms; Inclusive languageGender Inclusive Language Guide by the D&I office
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Anti-racism; LanguageAnti-racist Glossary by MP Associates, Center for Assessment and Policy Development, and World Trust Educational Services
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Inclusieve taalIncomplete stijlgids van Women Inc. [in Dutch]
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Inclusive researchCite Black Women Collective (2017)
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Educatief; Reflectieve Tool (in organisatorische context)Blog over Datacollectie & Diversiteit, kleurenbewust meten van ECHO [in Dutch]
Inclusive Policy-related resources
Report Harassment in Dutch Academia By Dutch Network of Women Professors (LNVH) Published 6 May 2019
Report on harassment i.e. scientific sabotage; sexual harassment; physical and verbal threats; denigration; exclusion; not facilitating “special needs”.
Provides recommendations on individual, institutional and cultural level as from p. 47-49.
Scientific Sabotage; Harassment; Exclusion
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Scientific SabotageReport Harassment in Dutch Academia By Dutch Network of Women Professors (LNVH) Published 6 May 2019
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Racism; Non-violent ApproachesUNU-MERIT "Black Voices Matter" Series By Young African Thought-Leaders
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DecolonizingAssociation of Black Anthropologists (1970)
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Inclusive recruitmentInclusive Vacancy Text Guide
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Medical BiasSix Ways To Get A Grip by Calling- Out Racism and Enacting Allyship in Medical Education
Inspiration
Coming soon, you will find our new D&I Blog on this section of the page.
Would you like to submit an article for us to publish? Then please email us your piece, preferably in English and Dutch, alongside an illustration.