Register now for launch Drugs Monologen oral history project on 28 October
On 28 October, the oral history project Drugs Monologen (Drug Monologues) is launched during a talkshow in Verhalenhuis Belvédère in Rotterdam. Special attention will be paid to the innovative Drugs Monologen web app that allows the public to contribute their stories from the privacy of their own device.
Drugs Monologen is a NWO funded project, led by prof. dr. Gemma Blok, and a collaboration between the Open University and the Poppi Drugs Museum. The project aims to rewrite the drug history of the Netherlands based on the stories of people who actually used drugs in the period 1960-2000. What was the significance of drugs in their lives? And how was the rise of drug cultures linked to societal developments like individualisation and secularisation?
Drugs Monologen collects personal stories about drug use in the past by applying the innovative digital storytelling web app it has developed, in combination with more traditional oral history methods. In doing so, the project also aspires to open up the conversation about drug use and raise awareness around a topic that is often surrounded by taboo and stigma.
More information is found on the project website.
The project can also be followed on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
Launch details
Date: Monday 28 October, 14:15-16:15
Venue: Verhalenhuis Belvédère, Rechthuislaan 1, 3072 LB Rotterdam-Katendrecht
Language: Dutch
Admission: free after registration
Registration: https://fd7.formdesk.com/openuniversiteit/Aanmelding_Talkshow_Drugs_Monologen
Programme
14:00 Doors open
14:15 Start programme
– Rotterdam in roes (Rotterdam in rush)
Virtual trip through the Rotterdam drug scenes in the 1970s and 80s with experts-by-experience Liesbeth Vollemans and Jack Timisela.
– Drugsverhalen in leven en kunst (Drug stories in life and art)
Panel with expert-by-experience and theatre maker René Buné, biographer Joep Bremmers and pastor Zwanine Siedenburg.
– Inzicht onder invloed (Intoxicated insights)
Researchers Ton Nabben (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and Nikki de la Rie (Open University) about personal experience as a source of insight for scientific research into subcultural drug use.
– Launch of the Drug Monologues web app and podcast
Gemma Blok (Open University project leader) and Machteld Busz (director project partner Poppi Drugs Museum) about the importance of stories based on experience for research and society.
16:15 Closing and drinks
