This past year, we’ve been working with Marco Zero, an investigative news agency in Recife, in the northeast of Brazil, and Nest, an exhibition space in The Hague, to bring you a collection of 100 short, location-based podcasts, on the history of the Dutch colonisation efforts in northeastern Brazil.

Funded through a grant by the Dutch Stimuleringsfonds, as a response to an Open Call which asked to highlight the Hidden (Hi)stories of the Dutch colonial past.

This Friday, December 20, the 345th anniversary of the death of Maurice de Nassau, the German governor of Dutch Brazil who controlled the Dutch colony for 7 years, the accompanying website will see its soft launch, though the first set of a a few dozen podcasts, viewpoints, are available right now on Placecloud.
The website dives deeper into the contextual history, and provides transcripts of all the narratives, all in three languages, English, Portuguese, and Dutch.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll release new viewpoints every week. Check out the viewpoints here, on Placecloud, or on the accompanying website, where you can also sign up for receiving updates in your inbox.