Dr Gerlov van Engelenhoven is an assistant professor at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS). His research concerns postcolonial memory and heritage, law and culture, and cultural interaction. He also teaches various courses on these topics. His research methodology combines participatory research with discourse analysis and (auto)ethnography. As part of his current research project, Gerlov hosts multiple episodes of the video podcast Unboxing: Uitgepakte Verhalen. This is a series made in collaboration with Museum Maluku (on Youtube and Spotify), in which he discusses matters of intangible heritage with fellow members of the Moluccan postcolonial diasporic community in the Netherlands.

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Revitalising and engaging with colonial heritage in Indonesia and the Netherlands