Ongekend Bijzonder: 248 Refugee Oral History Interviews in Four Dutch Cities
by Stichting BMP - Bevordering Maatschappelijke Participatie / DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection·Updated 9mo ago
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Description
Ongekend Bijzonder is an oral history project by Stichting BMP containing 248 in-depth, filmed interviews with refugees who arrived in the Netherlands over the past forty years. Each interview dataset includes a video, a transcription, and a description, with a focus on rebuilding lives and contributions to the four major Dutch cities. The project was conducted in 2017, with management of the interviews transferred to city archives.
Use Cases
Analyze refugee integration narratives based on the described focus on rebuilding lives in the Netherlands.
Study temporal patterns of migration based on the three temporal coverage indicators: birth-to-interview period, arrival year, and refugee recognition year.
Conduct comparative urban studies based on the interviews segmented by the four major Dutch cities.
Perform qualitative analysis of life stories based on the available video and Dutch-language transcriptions.
Strengths
Contains 248 in-depth, filmed interviews, providing a substantial qualitative corpus.
Interviews are structured with three specific temporal coverage indicators per interview.
Data includes both long-term residents (4 x 50 interviews) and newcomers (4 x 12 interviews), offering comparative perspectives.
Each interview is a separate dataset with video, transcription, and description.
Limitations
Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
Access to some interviews is restricted and requires a request to Stichting BMP or a city archive.
The description metadata is detailed but column-level documentation is absent.
Provenance
Source
Stichting BMP - Bevordering Maatschappelijke Participatie, deposited in DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection.
Collection Method
Oral history project involving in-depth, filmed interviews.
Time Range
Interviews cover refugee experiences over the past forty years, with project conducted in 2017.
Freshness
Last updated 2025-10-24 04:03:24; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Focus on four major cities in the Netherlands.
Access to some interviews is on request; others require logging into the EASY system. Management and request handling are transitioning from Stichting BMP to city archives.