{"id":784,"date":"2025-12-12T12:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/?page_id=784"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:46:08","slug":"colonial-past","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/symposia\/koloniaal-verleden","title":{"rendered":"Colonial past"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflections on the role of knowledge institutions in the past and present<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The formal abolition of slavery in 1863 did not mean the end of colonial influence on Dutch institutions. The consequences continue to this day in knowledge structures, scientific education and health care. Nor is global health a neutral discipline: the field was partly shaped within and by colonial power relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the commemorative year 2023, more attention has been paid to the role of universities, medical faculties and knowledge institutions in the colonial project. With this, the question is also growing: how do we move beyond recognition? What does it mean to take responsibility for structural inequalities rooted in this past?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This page lists the different editions of the symposium, including recordings, reports and additional resources.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recurring symposium provides space for critical reflection on the colonial past of Dutch medical (knowledge) institutions and its spillover into contemporary global health practices, education and research.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":708,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-784","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2829,"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784\/revisions\/2829"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}