Gloria Wekker

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Gloria Wekker
Wekker (2016)
Born (1950-06-13) June 13, 1950 (age 73)
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalitySurinamese / Dutch
Occupation(s)educator, writer
Years active1981–present
Known forCritical race theory,[1] Afro-Caribbean and gender studies
Notable workThe Politics of Passion, White Innocence

Gloria Daisy Wekker (born June 13, 1950) is an Afro-Surinamese Dutch emeritus professor (Utrecht University) and writer who has focused on gender studies and sexuality in the Afro-Caribbean region and diaspora. She was the winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize from the American Anthropological Association in 2007.

Biography

Gloria Wekker was born in 1950 in Paramaribo, Suriname. Her family migrated to the Netherlands when she was a one year old infant and lived in a neighborhood in Amsterdam that had formerly been predominantly Jewish prior to WWI. [2][3] She returned to Amsterdam in the 1970s and became active in the Afro-European Women’s Movement.[4] Wekker earned a master's degree in cultural anthropology[3] from the University of Amsterdam in 1981 and began her career working in various governmental agencies in Amsterdam, such as the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Culture on Ethnic Minorities' Affairs and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. In 1984, she became a founding member of "Sister Outsider", an Amsterdam-based, literary circle for lesbian black women named after the work by Audre Lorde. In 1987, she served as a Policy Associate in the Office for the Coordination of Ethnic Minorities' Affairs.[4]

In 1992, Wekker earned her doctorate at the

golliwogs known as Zwarte Piet (Black Pete),[8][10] as well as the imagery of what constitutes beauty.[11]

Wekker was nominated in 2004 for the Dutch Scientific Research Council's "Triomfprijs" (Triumph prize).

Mosse Lecture, titled Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden. Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit (On Gay Nostalgia and better times. Multiculturalism and postcolonialism).[14][15] In 2011, she began a sabbatical to work at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies on a research project,[4] which resulted in the publication in 2016 of White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race.[2] In this book, Wekker utilizes a scavenger methodology by "work[ing] with interviews, watching TV and reading novels, analyzing email correspondence..." in order to develop a clear understanding of the Dutch cultural archive. Because of her work with both sociology and policy, Wekker led an international committee which was appointed at the University of Amsterdam in 2015 to increase diversity at the university.[16] The committee published their findings in the report Let's do diversity in 2016.[17]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ "The black Dutch feminist taking the fight against right-wing extremism to the ballot box". 14 March 2017.
  2. ^ . Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Gloria Wekker" (in Dutch). Paramaribo, Suriname: Surinam Stars. 2005. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Pesole, Betta (2011). "Gloria Wekker". Encyclopedia of Afro-European Studies. Universidad de León, León, Spain. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b "9th Annual Summer School on Black Europe". Dialogo Global. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Gloria Wekker". St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago: The University of the West Indies. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. ^ Batra 2011, p. 155.
  8. ^ a b Neilson, Zoe (7 December 2014). "For Pete's sake". The Voice. London, England. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ Wekker, Gloria (23 October 2014). "Acht wetenschappelijk onderbouwde argumenten tegen Zwarte Piet". De Wereld Morgen (in Dutch). Antwerp, Belgium.
  10. ^ ten Broeke, Asha (11 November 2014). "Zwarte Piet". UT Nieuws. University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  11. ^ Julen, Jeannine (17 November 2013). "'Kroes gaan' is een hele stap" (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: de Verdieping Trouw. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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  13. ^ "Gloria Wekker". Utrecht, the Netherlands: Colofon Utrecht University. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  14. ^ Wekker, Gloria (16 September 2009). "Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden. Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit" [On Gay Nostalgia and Better Times. Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism] (PDF) (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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  16. ^ "Westerveld gaat UvA democratiseren ("[Lisa] Westerveld will democratize Amsterdam University")". Science Guide (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Diversity Committee presents final report 'Let's do diversity'". University of Amsterdam. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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