Podcast in times of Culture Press (12) with Yolande Melsert, Cultural Attachée in Indonesia: 'It's nice that now in Dutch museums the signs are being hung.'

by Wijbrand Schaap
31 March 202029 March 2022
2 min read
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Just a breather from the stress. Today I am talking to Yolande Melsert. She is cultural attachée of the Dutch embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Because of the corona-lockdown, she is temporarily back in the Netherlands. Reason to look back on an eventful year in relations between the Netherlands and its former colony.

'Indonesia is still a young country. You notice that it is still very much discovering its own dna. It's nice that now in the Netherlands the museums are putting up the signs tellin...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

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'Indonesia is still a young country. You notice that it is still very much discovering its own dna. It's nice that now in the Netherlands the museums are putting up the signs tellin...

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