Narrated (In)justice: Interviews on Slavery Legacy and Reparations in the Netherlands

Narrated (In)justice - Casus 3: Het slavernijverleden is a qualitative dataset containing 9 interviews. The interviews were conducted by J. Chung and archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection, with a last update in October 2025. The data explores how narratives about historical injustice, specifically the Dutch slavery past, are transmitted across generations and groups.

Use Cases

• Analyze narrative transmission and generational memory based on interview content about the slavery past.
• Study concepts of justice and reparations based on discussions with activists and community members.
• Compare perspectives between different groups (e.g., scholars, activists, community members) based on the described participant diversity.
• Examine the cultural and emotional presence of history based on described interview themes.

Strengths

• Contains 9 in-depth interviews with a diverse set of participants, including scholars, anti-racism activists, and community members.
• Focuses on a specific and historically significant topic: the Dutch slavery legacy and contemporary reparations debates.
• Interviews are described as covering cultural, social, and emotional dimensions of historical memory.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column structure are unknown, which limits suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect specific geographic and participant bias inherent to its focus on the Dutch and Afro-Surinamese context.

Provenance

Source

DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection

Collection Method

Qualitative interviews conducted as part of the Narrated (In)Justice research project.

Time Range

Interviews were conducted following intensified public debates around 2013, the 150th anniversary of abolition in the Netherlands.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:42:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Primarily the Netherlands, with focus on Afro-Surinamese community and connections to the Caribbean (CARICOM).