{"id":86701,"date":"2018-04-26T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T10:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=86701"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:59","slug":"waarom-deze-docent-de-universiteit-wil-dekoloniseren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/04\/26\/waarom-deze-docent-de-universiteit-wil-dekoloniseren\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this teacher wants to decolonise the university"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a university doesn\u2019t take a stand, who will? Ginie Servant appeals for a re-evaluation of engagement on campus. To start with, she wants to \u2018decolonise\u2019 academic education.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123113\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-3-Geertje-van-Achterberg.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/geertje-van-achterberg\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Geertje van Achterberg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read part 1 in the series Education Pioneers<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/03\/29153702\/Liesbeth-Noordegraaf-Eelens-onderwijspioniers-geertje-van-achterberg-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139142 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/03\/29\/we-arent-around-to-make-students-smarter-but-more-critical\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\u2018We aren\u2019t around to make students smarter, but more critical\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2018-03-29\">29 March 2018<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEducation\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>A few weeks after the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grenfell_Tower_fire\">Grenfell Tower fire<\/a> in London, which cost the lives of 71 people, Ginie Servant discussed the tragedy in a lecture. It was about globalisation and inequality. She could have brought loads of theory for her students. Instead, the University College lecturer brought a photo of the burnt-out carcass of the social housing towers and said: this is what happens when a city takes away from the original residents and gives to investors and expats.<\/p>\n<p>Servant is blunt. \u201cAs academics, we like to pretend that we\u2019re in an ivory tower,\u201d she says. Universities \u2013 in the 1960s and 70s still the cradle of engagement and criticism of the system \u2013 have become cowardly. \u201cAs if we play no role in such developments. But if you travel a lot and talk to locals, you realise that people are suffering under the systems that we reproduce. I often hear it said: science is neutral. But, neutrality is nothing more than accepting the status quo.\u201d She feels it is her task and that of her colleagues to look for alternatives together with students. \u201cOtherwise, as an academic you\u2019re saying: I\u2019m satisfied with the world as it is now \u2013 including inequality, war, suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<p>Ginie Servant is a senior lecturer at Erasmus University College and postdoc researcher associated with Aalborg University. She developed the twoday \u2018decolonisation workshop\u2019 Teaching in the International Classroom and is co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairfight.nl\">Fair Fight<\/a>. She obtained her PhD cum laude on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/01\/24\/pgo-dreigt-leeg-marketingverhaal-worden\/\">a historic study into problem-based learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Militant<\/h2><figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e7253774db8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e7253774db8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/26123118\/Onderwijspionier-Ginie-Servant-2-Geertje-van-Achterberg.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139144\" 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9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/geertje-van-achterberg\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Geertje van Achterberg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018I want to show that, as white Westerners, we aren\u2019t always right\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Servant sits on the sofa opposite me, slightly hunched forward, elbows on her knees, on the top floor of the beautifully renovated former Education Museum that has been home to the Erasmus University College for the past few years. The Frenchwoman looks fierce and militant. For decades, universities have contributed to existing power differences rather than confronting them, she says. She appeals for a return to engagement in the lecture hall. The first step is to look for one\u2019s own bias. She calls this \u2018decolonisation of the university\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to show that, as white Westerners, we aren\u2019t always right. That internationalisation is not the same as Americanisation. That we consistently look down on partners from Asia, Latin America and Africa. And that in the Western world, we are so attached to our privileges that it\u2019s almost impossible to recognise it, let alone change anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She developed a two-day decolonisation training for lecturers, which can be used in any faculty (so far only 24 lecturers have done it). One of the things she asks participants to do is to bring along the compulsory reading list for their subject and then to cross off British and American authors. After which \u2013 she smiles \u2013 there often aren\u2019t many left. \u201cThen I ask them: have you ever tried to look at this problem in another way? Often this generates a serious protest: there is no other view, all the relevant literature comes from the Anglo-Saxon world. To which I reply: you\u2019ve got fifteen minutes to find an alternative.\u201d Again that smile: \u201cThey always manage to find an African or Asian school of thought that they hadn\u2019t previously seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poor black orphans <\/h2>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read part 2 in the series<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/12153601\/Farshida-Zafar-onderwijspioniers-Geertje-van-Achterberg-2-1-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139143 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/04\/12\/het-is-tijd-voor-nieuwe-spelregels\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\u2018It\u2019s time for new rules in education\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2018-04-12\">12 April 2018<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEducation\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>You won\u2019t find anyone much more international than Servant. Born in the woods near Chantilly (an hour north of Paris), she partly grew up in the Netherlands. Mother worked in education, father was an Apple engineer. She went to an international school in Hilversum and studied International Relations (MA) and International Law (MA) in Kent.<\/p>\n<p>In the Catholic environment in which she grew up, it was normal to care about people who were less fortunate than you were. It was only later that she realised that people regarded development in a \u2018very colonial manner\u2019. \u201cSo in the sense of: we\u2019re going to help those poor black orphans in Africa. Let\u2019s set up a mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a brief spell working for an NGO in Vietnam after graduating in 2008 \u2013 \u2018it was crisis, so I took anything\u2019 \u2013 she experienced for herself \u2018the dark side of the I-want-to-save-the-world mentality\u2019. With a knowing glance: \u201cThat we Westerners are coming to tell you how to do things differently. That went totally wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A career in research followed more or less by chance, after a job as research assistant in Singapore. Through friends of friends, she met Henk Schmidt (former rector magnificus at Erasmus University and spiritual father of the EUC). Under his mentorship, she eventually got her PhD cum laude with a <a href=\"https:\/\/repub.eur.nl\/pub\/94113\">thesis<\/a> about the history of problem-based learning (PBL), for which she travelled halfway around the world.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liberate<\/h2>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018Everyone tries to keep the conflict out of the university\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy vision for education is largely based on critical pedagogy,\u201d Servant explains. \u201cThat movement, which originated in the 1960s, had great difficulty with the fact that higher education was an elite system, that produced new elites. Thet believed \u2013 in a very neo-Marxist way \u2013 that education could serve to elevate and liberate labourers, women, functional illiterates and other marginal groups in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An important element of this is <em>dialectics<\/em>, she explains, the idea that it is useful to bring together two contrasting, confrontational perspectives and then create a <em>synthesis<\/em>. In this way, she introduces decolonisation to her students. Recently, for example, that generated a heated discussion about institutional racism in one of her lectures. Or in an economic course that she was giving: a serious confrontation between free-market adepts and socialists in the group. \u201cEveryone tries to keep the conflict out of the university (for example with the appeal for \u2018safe spaces\u2019, red.). But such conflicts are actually very informative. As a teacher, I\u2019m there to guide them through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she feels that it\u2019s her task to let things rip sometimes. When studying post-colonial relations as part of the International Relations Theory course, she asked students who had made their clothes. That went as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Student: \u201cUm, I don\u2019t know, someone from China or somewhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Servant: \u201cNo, I want you to find out exactly who it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Student (with indignant voice): \u201cI can\u2019t possibly find out\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Servant: \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Student: \u201cWhenever I buy something, I\u2019d have to look back through the whole production chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Servant, quasi-strict: \u201cOK, fine. But then you\u2019ve just internalised that it\u2019s someone\u2019s work, seven days a week, working very long hours, to make your clothes, which you\u2019ve bought for very little money and which you throw away within two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Student: \u201c\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Servant: \u201cAnd that doesn\u2019t bother you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking for conflict<\/h2><figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e725377c79d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e725377c79d\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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In the basement of the university college, she once even set up a martial arts training (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/03\/08\/empowering-underprivileged-girls-with-martial-arts\/?noredirect=en_US\">she loves karate<\/a>). The aim was to train students and teachers to set aside the power differences between them and to seek conflict in a respectful way.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that didactically, you have to be well-qualified to guide students during this dialectic form of problem-based learning. And of course, small-scale problem-based learning is given by teachers who have only just graduated themselves. Because they\u2019re cheap.<\/p>\n<p>According to Servant, this illustrates the dilemma facing the university. \u201cI wonder whether Erasmus University has a place for people who are serious about education. Young people filled with ambition arrive here and find themselves facing a wall of bureaucracy and organisational chaos the moment they want to do something that extends beyond their own faculty. We are currently losing a lot of good people because of the gaping hole between cheap PBL tutors and expensive researchers. We must regard teaching as a worthy profession, not as a \u2018side project\u2019 of researchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That will cost a lot of money, she warns. \u201cI feel it\u2019s one of the great tragedies of our age that many of us consider education as a burden rather than as an investment in the future. I\u2019ve done a lot of research into the reasons behind the success of Scandinavian countries. A hundred and fifty years ago, the situation was appalling there. How have they developed from being one of the last Western countries where people were still starving, into everyone\u2019s model country where social provisions, democracy and welfare are concerned? The answer is: by investing in education.\u201d<\/p>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<p><strong>What type of left-wing activity is this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Universities are left-wing strongholds, an opinion expressed increasingly frequently in recent years. Is this an example of that? \u201cOne of the best ways of dividing people is to pretend that there\u2019s a binary contradiction between left and right,\u201d says Servant. \u201cYou see that happening constantly at the moment. But are you left-wing if you take an activist approach to questioning the status quo? Then you assume that they are right-wing. The whole idea is that I\u2019m not saying: we must all become communists or liberals. The great thing about a dialectic process is that, if you enter into discussion with each other, you find thousands of different perceptions of reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/12\/19102430\/Geert-Maarse2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139265\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/12\/19102430\/Geert-Maarse2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139265 567w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/12\/19102430\/Geert-Maarse2-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139265 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/12\/19102430\/Geert-Maarse2-150x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139265 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/12\/19102430\/Geert-Maarse2-100x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139265 100w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/12\/19102430\/Geert-Maarse2-225x225.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139265 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/geert-maarse\/\" class=\"absolute-link font-tiempos-headline underline 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inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCabinet wants more temporary rental contracts for students\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-2048x1448.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-150x106.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-225x159.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/kabinet-wil-meer-tijdelijke-huurcontracten-voor-studenten\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCabinet wants more temporary rental contracts for students\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/lege-campus_empty_polak_avond-nacht_1_april2026_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776685276\" 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