Jonathan Tjien Fooh is a Surinamese researcher and writer based in the Netherlands. With a background in Psychology (BSc, Anton de Kom University of Suriname) and Cultural Anthropology (MSc, Utrecht University), he investigates colonial histories, coloniality, and anti-colonial movements in the Caribbean and Indonesian Archipelago. His work weaves together, critical archive studies, ethnography, arts-based methods, queer studies, migration, and the politics of (un)belonging, all through an intersectional and decolonial lens. At the core of his practice is a commitment to dismantle systems of exclusion and oppression and to breathe life into untold and erased (hi)stories. Jonathan is currently part of the project ‘Re/Presenting Europe’, where he focuses on embodied healing practices related to coloniality and Javanese Indentured Labour in Suriname. Alongside this, he teaches several courses as a coaching lecturer at the Athena Institute.
Jonathan Tjien Fooh, MSc
Research Associate, Faculty of Science, Athena Institute
Research Associate, Network Institute
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