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Tessa Pijnaker

University of Amsterdan
Participe à 1 Session
Biographical notice: Tessa Pijnaker is a graduate student at the Free University of Amsterdam (VU), finishing her master’s degree in History. In 2015 she obtained her research master’s degree in Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Throughout her studies, she has sought to combine anthropological and historical approaches. Her research interests focus on the historical development of the African middle classes, African heritage and technological developments. For her thesis for the research master Social Sciences, she studied the connections between African heritage, game development and the aspirations of middle-class tech entrepreneurs in Accra, Ghana. She conducted five months of ethnographic fieldwork, during which she did an internship at a game development company and forty life history interviews. For her thesis for the master’s in History, she used UNESCO’s General History of Africa and connected Women in African History: an E-learning tool as case studies to investigate the historical representation of the African subject in a postcolonial context. Academic achievements: 2013-2015 Research Master Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Interpretative Track – Specialization Globalization, Flows and Localities. GPA: 8.0 (out of 10) 2011-present Master History at the Free University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Trajectory Global and Local. GPA: 8.7 (out of 10) 2007 – 2011 Bachelor History at the Free University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Majors: Global History and Contemporary History. Minor: Cultural Anthropology. GPA: 8.0 (out f 10) Research experience: September 2014 – Ethnographic fieldwork in Accra, Ghana. January 2015 Publications: Pijnaker, T. 2013 (Post)koloniaal erfgoed in Parijs [(Post)colonial heritage in Paris], Galapas 34 (1): 16-23.

Sessions auxquelles Tessa Pijnaker participe

Lundi 6 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Sessions auxquelles Tessa Pijnaker assiste

Vendredi 3 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:30
11:30
Mr. Craig Bennett Jr.
Participant.e
Bennett Preservation Eng...
Founder and President
Martine Lizotte
Modérateur.rice
École internationale d’h...
Directrice
Pierre Mathieu
Participant.e
Explorateur Voyages
Consultant, guide accomp...
France Lessard
Participant.e
Stratégiste en tourisme
David Mendel
Participant.e
Mendel Tours
13:00
13:00
  • What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum
  • Inscription req.
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
  • 13:00 - 15:00  | 2 heures
  • This forum will explore the current directions of critical heritage studies and what makes ACHS distinctive. Panel members will discuss what the...
  • Workshop
    Heritage as an Agent of Change (Epistemologies, Ontologies, Teaching)
17:00
17:00
  • Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
  • Inscription req.
  • Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
  • 17:00 - 19:30  | 2 heures 30 minutes
  • Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event
19:30
19:30

Samedi 4 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
Lucie Morisset
Modérateur.rice
Chaire de recherche du C...
Event manager
10:30
10:30
11:00
11:00
  • Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents I
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
  • 11:00 - 17:00  | 6 heures
  • The notion of heritage is closely linked to processes of change. In the Western context, the definition of heritage as "a contemporary product shap...
  • Regular session
    Changes in Heritage (New Manifestations)Notions of HeritageArchitecture and Urbanism
    Changes in heritageNew manifestations of heritageNotions of heritage
12:30
12:30
15:00
15:00
17:00
17:00
  • Smoked meat in questions
  • Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
  • 17:00 - 18:00  | 1 heure
  • This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event
18:30
18:30
  • Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
  • Inscription req.
  • UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
  • 18:30 - 20:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
  • Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
    Public event
    Simultaneous translation - Traduction simultanée
Prof. Michael Herzfeld
Participant.e
Harvard University
Ernest E. Monrad Profess...
Prof. Laurajane Smith
Modérateur.rice
Australian National Univ...
Professor and Head of th...

Dimanche 5 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:30
7:30
9:00
9:00
12:30
12:30
14:00
14:00
Prof. James Count Early
Participant.e
Smithsonian Center for F...
Director, Cultural Herit...
Prof. Michelle L. Stefano
Modérateur.rice
University of Maryland, ...
Visiting Assistant Profe...
19:00
19:00
  • Film Series: De engel van Doel
  • Inscription req.
  • Concordia, LB Building - LB 125
  • 19:00 - 21:00  | 2 heures
  • Directed by Tom Fassaert and presented by Marc Jacobs. ___ Doel, a Belgian village near the Dutch border, is disappearing quickly and d...
  • Public event

Lundi 6 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:30
10:30
15:30
15:30
Prof. Xavier Greffe
Participant.e
University paris I
Professeur de sciences é...
Luc-Normand Tellier
Modérateur.rice
UQAM
Professeur émérite
18:00
18:00
  • Film Series Celebration : Sugar Shack Event
  • Inscription req.
  • Concordia, LB Building - LB 123
  • 18:00 - 19:00  | 1 heure
  • To celebrate our film series dedicated to heritage, sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the United St...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event
19:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
  • Film Series: Exit Zero
  • Inscription req.
  • Concordia, LB Building - LB 125
  • 20:00 - 21:35  | 1 heure 35 minutes
  • Directed by Christine Walley and Chris Boebel Presented by Michelle Stefano When the steel mills began closing on Chicago's Southeast Side...
  • Event
    Public event

Mardi 7 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:30
7:30
10:30
10:30

Mercredi 8 Juin, 2016

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:30
8:30