Renzo Baas
Biographic Data
| ID | 391114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renzo Baas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Baas |
| SIGNATURE | BAAS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | English Seminar, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Rider and the Coffee Maker: Sites and Practices of Remembrance in Contemporary Namibia
In light of recent interventions by artists and activists, this article explores key contestations around colonial monuments in today’s Namibia and asks not only what monuments can do but also what the limitations are in providing a radical break with the colonial afterlife in this country. What forms of memorialisation are activated through monuments and monumental institutions? How can they be understood as markers of history as well as proposa…
Fictional Dreams and Harsh Realities: Linking Joseph Diescho’s Born of the Sun, Kaleni Hiyalwa’s Meekulu’s Children, and Neshani Andreas’ The Purple Violet of Oshaantu to the Current Namibian State
This paper looks at the novels by Joseph Diescho (Born of the Sun, 1988), Kaleni Hiyalwa (Meekulu’s Children, 2000), and Neshani Andreas (The Purple Violet of Oshaantu, 2001) with a special focus on the access to education and land, but also problems such as Gender Based Violence and poverty. By comparing how an independent Namibia is imagined during South African apartheid rule, during the Liberation Struggle, and post-independence, the novels o…
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Fictional Dreams and Harsh Realities: Linking Joseph Diescho’s Born of the Sun, Kaleni Hiyalwa’s Meekulu’s Children, and Neshani Andreas’ The Purple Violet of Oshaantu to the Current Namibian State
This paper looks at the novels by Joseph Diescho (Born of the Sun, 1988), Kaleni Hiyalwa (Meekulu’s Children, 2000), and Neshani Andreas (The Purple Violet of Oshaantu, 2001) with a special focus on the access to education and land, but also problems such as Gender Based Violence and poverty. By comparing how an independent Namibia is imagined during South African apartheid rule, during the Liberation Struggle, and post-independence, the novels o…
The Rider and the Coffee Maker: Sites and Practices of Remembrance in Contemporary Namibia
In light of recent interventions by artists and activists, this article explores key contestations around colonial monuments in today’s Namibia and asks not only what monuments can do but also what the limitations are in providing a radical break with the colonial afterlife in this country. What forms of memorialisation are activated through monuments and monumental institutions? How can they be understood as markers of history as well as proposa…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · German Colonialism and Identity Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Afterlife (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)