This is a pilot project in Rotterdam, with the ambition to apply this unique approach to participatory research and environmental education in other locations in the Netherlands and beyond. This participatory research project emerged from a collaboration between Katya Borisova, Sigrid Schmeisser, and Anne Vera Veen. We met in 2023 during the Wasteland Lab: Streams of the Collective Wasteland Festival, co-organized by Katya and Anne Vera, where Sigrid presented her long-term research on waste streams (Centre to Periphery), which led to the creation of landfills in the alleged periphery.
With many thanks to: Museum Vlaardingen, Cock Keramiek, van Donkelaar Jan, van Eck Dennis, de Haan IJsbrand, Koffeman Niko, Morren Esther, Rövekamp Erik, Smeets Roger, Simelio Jorge, van Stegeren Dick, van den Berge Mariëlle, van Woerden Henk, alle mensen die anoniem herinneringen en informatie met ons gedeeld hebben, en alle deelnemers aan de workshops.