Conf. Program 3 Juni

7/28/2019 Conf. Program 3 Juni

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LEgacy of Slavery and Indentured LabourPast, Present and the Future

Conference on Bonded Labour, Migration, Diaspora and Identity Formation inHistorical and Contemporary Context. June 6th 10th, 2013 ,Stardust Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

THURSDAY JUNE 6TH

: DAY CHAIR:HANS BREEVELD

08.00

08.50:REGISTRATION08.5009.40:OPENING CEREMONY

09.4510.10: STEPHEN SMALL: KEY NOTE SPEECH 1There's Nothing as

Practical as a Good Theory: Free and Unfree labour Across the Atlantic

10.10-10.35:VIJAYA TEELOCK: KEYNOTE SPEECH 2:The Mauritius Truth and

Justice Commission concerning Indentured Labour: the missed

opportunity?

10.25

11.10:COFFEE BREAK

11.1012.40: PANEL 1A:IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 1.

Lal; Brij: 'Culture and Identity: The making of an Indian indentured Diaspora.

Fokken, Margriet : Which India was on their minds? Identity formation and the bond with

India among Hindustani men and women in Suriname between 1873 and 1940

Gautam, Mohan. K.: The role of Ethnicity in Identity formation of the Emigrant Indians in

the Caribbean countries with special reference to Surinam

Choenni, Chan, E.S.: Integration Styles in the Indentured Indian Diaspora

11.1012.40: Panel 1 B: INDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 2

Barroso, R. dos Santos: Africans, Nations and International Politics.

The State of Maranho and Piau and the African cultural matrices through the

slave trade (17701815)

Bentley, Kathryn: The Legacy of the Du Theatre: An Afro-Surinamese Slavery Heirloom

Cairo, Aminata: Opo Yeye - Mental Well Being and Cultural Identity of the Afro-

Surinamese: A Slavery Informed Answer to Living in the 21st Century.Allen, Rose Mary: Crafting citizenship in post-Emancipation Curaao: The experience of

the formerly enslaved after Abolition


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12.4013.30: Lunch

13.3015.10: PANEL 2A: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY

AND INDENTURED LABOUR1

Allen, Richard:New Perspectives on the origins of TheNew System of SlaveryRoopnarine, Lomarsh: Problems and predictions in Caribbean East Indian indentured

Historiography

Keese, Alexander: From colonial forced labour into ambivalent labour policies of

independent governments: reading African experiences before a global

background.

13.30 -15.10: Panel 2 B:SLAVERY, INDENTURED LABOUR AND HEALTH ISSUES

Ramphal, Mansraj: Death and Disease in the British West Indies and Mauritius duringslavery, indentureship and beyond

Santokhi, Surrendre: Health Condition of Indentured Labourers during Migration

(1873-1917 (drop off pp.)

Mahase, Radica: Imperialist contradictions, health issues and Indentureship, 1860-1920.

Glenn Oehlers: Health life in Suriname

15.1015.30: Break

15.3017. 15: PANEL 3A: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY

AND INDENTURED LABOUR2

Su, Grigori: Commemorating 150 years of legal abolition of slavery. The Process of

emancipation in a new country.

Derby, Lauren From Bois Caiman to Bche de Nol: Shapeshifting Trees on

Hispaniola

Rambaran, Mitra: Slavery and indentured labour from the perspective of art

Studies

15.3017.00: PANEL 3B : SLAVERY: NEGLECTED FORMS AND ASPECTS

Ferrier, D. J.H.: Indigenous slaves in Suriname

White, Cheryl: Rewriting the Narrative: Historical Archaeology and Colonial Suriname

Hondius, Dienke: Mapping the history of slavery and abolition Slave-ownership and

compensation in Suriname and the Netherlands around 1863.

Jagdew, Eric & Egger, Jerry: Meeting Grounds of Amerindians and Dutchmen. The

Amazon Region and Suriname between 1595 and 1688.

Pandey, Vibhuti Narayan, Pandey, Sushant Kumar: Forced Migration of Labourers:

A Study of Labour Chaurahas in Allahabad City in Uttar Pradesh


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FRIDAY JUNE 7TH

2013:DAY CHAIR PATRICIA MEULENHOF

08.45.0010.30:PANEL 4A: INDENTURED LABOURANDINDIAN DIASPORA

IN SMALLER ISLANDS/INDIAN COMMUNITIES

Mahabir, Kumar: The lost Indians of ST. Kitts : using architectural relics of slavery toinvoke indentureship

Perez, S. Gilharry : Inter-racial marriages of East Indians in Belize: The Legacy of

Indentureship

08.4510.30: Panel 4 B: AFRO-SURINAMESE AND THEIRRELIGION

Breeveld, Hans: Religion and politics. The case of the Moravian Church in Suriname

Marshall, Edwin: The Influence of slavery of Afro-Surinamese religion

Caprino, Mildred:Space and Place for black women in the Christian religion in

Suriname

Zamuel- Rotgans, Rosie: The Future of Afro Surinamese religion

10.3010.50: Coffee break

10.50 - 12.35 PANEL 5A:MAROONS

Lobal, Clmence: From primitive torefugees . Maroon categorizations in change

in 1980s Saint-Laurent du Maroni, French Guyana

Moulton, Laura: Marooned Slaves of Esmeraldas: Survival, Autonomy and Spanish

Authority, 1553-1600

Theije, Marjo de:Gowtumans gold. Maroon mining in Suriname.

Apapoe, Ine: Ndyuka Maroons in the Netherlands: Tribal governance abroad.

Meulenhof, Patricia: The Traditional Authority of the Maroons as cultural heritage.

Challenges and Threats for the tribal communities.

10.50 - 12.35 PANEL 5B:MIGRATION AND THOSE WHO LEFT BEHIND

Kumar, Archana: Reconstructing Lives of Indentured Migrants through Traces" in the

Homelands'.

Singh, Nivedita: My life my story: narratives of the women left behindApter, Andrew: M.G. Smith on the Isle of Lesbos: Kinship and Sexuality

in Carriacou

LUNCH:12.4013.30 LUNCH


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13.3015.00: PANEL 6A:IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 3

Malheiros, Jorge: Diaspora imaginaries, transnational links and identity reconstruction in

post-colonial contexts: a tale of Hindustani migrants in Lisbon and Rotterdam.

Maharaj-Ramdial, Sandili: The Psychological Impact of Indentureship - Then and Now.

Mohammed, Shalima: The use of protective talismans by Indian indentureds and

their descendants, with reference to African slavesRaghoebar, Hein: Culture, heritage, integration and identity in a plural society

of Suriname

13.3015.00: Panel 6B:ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY

IN PLURAL SOCIETIES 1

Thakur, Rishi : A Post-Ethnic Politics in the Southern Caribbean?

Hanoomansingh, Peter: The election results of 2010 in Trinidad & Tobago:

what it tells us about ethnic-based politicsChoenni, Chan, E.S.: Ethnicity and politics: The case of Surinam 19602000

Schalkwijk, Marten: Ethnic representation in Parliament and Government in

Suriname 1975-2012.

Ifill, Mellissa: The Intersection between Politics, Ethnicity, Crime &

Violence in Guyana

15.0015.30:BREAK

15.30 - 16.45: PANEL 7A: RETURN MIGRATION

Banks, Helga: Perspectives of Javanese immigrants in Suriname on return migration

to the homeland'Hoefte , Rosemarijn : Why did a thousand Javanese return to Indonesia in 1954?

Sarup, Leela Gujadhur. Extension of the period of Residence Entitling Indian Immigrants

in Surinam to a Free Return Passage to India. (drop off pp.)

Meel, Peter: Jakarta and Paramaribo calling.New challenges for the Surinamese-

Javanese Diaspora?

15.30 - 17.00: PANEL 7B:ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACYIN PLURAL SOCIETIES 2

Ramsoedh, Hans: Reconstruction and Mobilisation of East Indianness in Suriname:

continuity and change

Kartokromo, Kadi; Javanese and Politics. History, political power, political leadership, and adat,

[way of life of the Javanese], in politics.

Gowricharn, Ruben: Nationalism in plural societies

Moestadja, Soewarto: Proud to be Javanese: an analysis in global context

19.30: Reception and cultural evening


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SATURDAY JUNE 8TH

,2013:DAY CHAIR WONNIE BOEDHOE

08.4510.30: Panel 8 A: RHYTHMS OF RESISTANCE:

WORK, PLEASURE AND THE BODY AS A SITE OF INDENTURED MEMORY

Kabir, Ananya J.: The Dhantaal's Irreverence: Off-beat as the in-between time

of indenture

Alexander, Emma: Culture, Resistance and Conformity: Diaspora on the Prairiesin Canada, 1960-2012

Jailall, Peter : Pride, Identity and the History of Sacrifice: Poetry of the Indian Indenture

experience

Manoo-Rahming, Lelawattee: Filling in the Blank Spaces in History with Poems of

Fractured Indenture Memories

Balkaransingh, Satnarine : Consolidating both Indian and National identity in Trinidad

and Tobago through the rhythms and language of the drum with special

reference to The Tassa Drumming in Muharram or Hosay Commemoration.

(Peerthum, Satyendra, The Achievement of those First Indian Pioneers: A Study of the

Life-Histories of Servanin (Immigrant No.6874), Shaikoussen (Immigrant

No.324), Mahadoo (Immigrant No.9425) and the Issue of Worker/Immigrant

Agency in Nineteenth Century Mauritius (drop off pp.))

08.4510.30: Panel 8 B : MIGRATION, RELIGION AND SOCIETY

Vernooij, Joop: God at the fore deck and at the after deck.

Singh, Vashti: East Indian education in nineteenth century Trinidad: socialexclusionintegration.

Jap A Joe, Harold : The Surinamese Moravian Church and its black elite: conformists and

dissidents

Tsang, Martin: San-Fan-Con, the Potent Chinese Saint and his journey to Africa via

Cuba. The impact of Chinese indentured immigrants on Afro-Cuban religion

Algoe, Kirtie: Religious diversity and nation in Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad.

(drop off pp)

10.3010.50: Coffee Break

10.5012.20: Panel 9A:MIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONAL BONDS AND

RELATIONS 1

Samaroo, Brinsley: Recharging the Ancestral Battery: Indo-Caribbean Visitors to India

Sahoo, Ajaya K. Familial Bonds of Indians in the Diaspora: A Study of Elderly Visiting

Parents to Canada (drop off pp.)

Purwanto, Bambang: The keeper and flag carrier: The legacy of Javanese Suriname

in post-colonial Indonesia.

Khargi, Rajendre: Surinamese Diaspora and the relations with their homeland.


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10.50 - 12.20: Panel 9B:IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 4

Mattai, Anjelina, Negotiating Conflict for Indo-Caribbean Individuals Living in Canada

Narain, Suzanne and Rajanie (Preity) Kumar, Tracing an Indo-Caribbean Identity: From

Indentured Labourers to Diasporic Nannies

Hilde Neus: Fu Moi moi: body art as identity marker

Gooptar, Primnath : The Mike Men of Trinidad: cultural, social and political influences

12.2013.00:LUNCH

13.0014.00:PANEL 10A: BIOGRAPHIES AND TESTIMONIES OF INDENTURED

MIGRANTS

Kapil Kumar: From Indentured labourer in Fiji to Peasant leader:

Baba Ram Chandra in Oudh, 1905-50

Jerome Egger: Elisabeth Bhugwandye Singh: A Surinamese - Guyanese Female Voicein Migration History

Hiralal, Kalpana Veerammal Naidoo and her familyThree generations in the Historic

Struggle for freedom in South Africa(drop off pp.)

13.00-14.00:PANEL 10 B: EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLES OF THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY

AND INDENTURED LABOUR

Hardesty, Jared: Quacos Quandary: The Violent Tribulations of an Enslaved

Surinamese Poisoner in Eighteenth-Century BostonRedjopawiro, Edward: :Land rights of Indonesian immigrants in Suriname

14.0014.30: Coffee break

14.30 - 16.00: Panel 11 A: DIASPORA AND DEVELOPMENT

Price, Marie D: Constructing the Andean Diaspora:

State-based and Immigrant-led Development Strategies

Amponsah, Evelyn: Spiritual Reconciliation or Inventions of Radical Freedom?:Ghana and The Joseph Project

Caram, A: Economic development potential of Surinamese Diasporas

14.3016.00: Panel 11 B:: SURINAMESE HINDUSTANI IN DIASPORA: HEALTH,

STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE

Birjmohan, Nirmala: Elderly Surinamese Hindustanis in the Netherlands

Boedjarath, Indra: Gender-specific problems among Surinamese Hindustani:

suicide and alcoholismHassankhan, Rahina: Emotional loss among Hindustani migrants in the Netherlands

Nanhoe, Anita: Socializing for Educational Success


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SUNDAY, JUNE 9TH

: EXCURSION:

Field trip: Commewijne (Peperpot, Fort Nw Amsterdam, Marinburg

MONDAY JUNE 10TH

, 2013:DAY CHAIR-HAROLD JAP AJOE

08.45

10.15: Panel 12 A:MIGRATION AND CULTURAL CHANGERamhota, Pavitranand : Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mauritius: Globalisation and

Religious Change

Sharma, Karuna and Ruben Gowricharn: I do not forget my religion and customs:

Religious values and tradition in identity construction of elder Hindustani

women in the Netherlands

Mohkamsing, Narinder : The Dhantl Enigma

08.45

10.15 : Panel 12 B:ARCHIVES AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERYAND INDENTURED LABOUR

Hardjomohamad, Rita:The role of archives in (re)constructing the history of free and

bonded labour; The Suriname case

Fortune, Rebecca/Dougan: Avalon: Beyond Genealogy: A look at the Records of

Indentureship and Enslavement at the National Archives of Trinidad and

Tobago

Ampong Felix and Amarteifio, Fred: The Changing Face of Slavery and Indentured

Labour.Gamel-Carter, Nadia: The impact of indentured immigration on Guyanese society

175 years after and the role of National Archives in the preservation of this

Heritage'.

10.1510.35: Break

10.35- 12.20:PANEL 13A: GENDER RELATIONS AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY

AND INDENTURED LABOUR

Persaud, Savitri: Reoccurring Spectres: Analyzing the Historical Trajectory of Violence

Against Women in Guyana from Indentureship to the Contemporary Moment.

Kurian, Rachel and Kumari Jayawardena: Plantation Patriarchy and Structural Violence:

Women Workers in Sri Lanka

Sitaram, Tanya: Female indentured labourers: their position during and after indentured

period

Hasnoe, Rehanna /Irma Loembang Tobing/Goelmohamed: Female participation in

Surinamese politics.


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10.3512.20: Panel 13 B: ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN DIASPORA: THE

EXPERIENCES OF A MINORITY GROUP IN PLURAL SOCIETIES

Amenah Jahangeer-Chojoo: Diasporic Practices, Boundary Maintenance and Hybridity.

Muslims in the Mauritian Settler Society (drop off pp)

Goolam Vahed: Indian Islam in South Africa: Historical and ContemporaryPerspectives (drop off pp)

Raymond Chikrie and Halima Khanam: Hindustani Muslims and the Rebirth of

Islam in Guyana 1838 to Present

Maurits S. Hassankhan / Robbert Bipat and Alie Abdoel: Indian Muslims in Suriname:

religion, traditions and globalization.

Halima S. Kassim: Identity and Acculturation of Trinidad Muslims

A re-examination of historical and contemporary practices

12.3013.30: Lunch

13.3014.30 CLOSING SESSION :EVALUATION,VOTE OF THANKS

CLOSING BY MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS

19.30 - 21.30: Farewell Dinner

21.30 - 23.00: Informal gathering, with music

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