Category: Reclaiming my identity
A selection of lectures and articles featuring Christa Wongsodikromo on intergenerational trauma within her family, where she shares her journey of identity restoration as part of the Javanese-Surinamese diaspora through the platforms below, which shape her work as a community organizer. More can be found in the Portfolio.
On March 8, 2024, I had the honor of speaking at the International Webinar for Javanese Youth, organized by the Javanology Department at Universitas Sebelas Maret. The other…
With much effort and money, Christa Wongsodikromo has her family name back, rather than her colonial last name. By: Christa WongsodikromoIn Trouw, 21 December 2022Translator: Annemarie Toebosch This…
Met veel moeite en geld heeft Christa Wongsodikromo weer de achternaam die haar familie had en niet meer de koloniale achternaam. Christa Wongsodikromo 21 december 2022, 09:11In Trouw (https://www.trouw.nl/opinie/eindelijk-heb-ik-de-achternaam-van-mijn-familie-terug~bd8709a5/)….
On April 2, 2022, I delivered a lecture at the University of Michigan titled On Colonial Repair. It was the first lecture I had ever given. In the Netherlands,…
“As an activist, I am concerned with anti-racism and identity. My father was born as a Surinamese Javanese boy in Suriname before he was adopted by a Dutch…
“Als activist ben ik veel bezig met anti-racisme en identiteit. Mijn vader werd geboren als Surinaams-Javaanse jongen in Suriname, maar daarna geadopteerd door een Nederlands gezin. Het was…