"Masters of Land and Sea: Narratives of Control in Dutch Internal and External Settler Projects"
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2025-08-21
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The aim of this research project is to shed light on the importance of colonialism for Dutch national identity, with a specific focus on the tension between internal (domestic) and external (overseas) settler colonialism and their dominant narratives. To get a better insight into narratives and imaginaries of colonialism, the research project uses a comparative analysis of two museums that propose historical narratives of Dutch colonial histories.
The concept of internal settler colonialism is not widely used; however, I see value in the term as it highlights shared characteristics between external and internal settler projects such as: The belief in human exceptionalism, and the capacity to reshape the world through scientific knowledge. These ideas played a significant role in both internal and external colonialism as they justified interventions into natural and social environments, positioning humans as separate from and superior to other life forms.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen