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Overlooked stories from fringes and margins

Overlooked Stories from Fringes and Margins

Which stories hold value when a place changes? How can stories that matter to a city be preserved?

On this online listening platform, you’ll hear voices and stories that are often overlooked - stories that deserve to be remembered. From hidden histories that give voice to the legacy of NDSM, to music and podcasts from Afaina de Jong’s archive that bring feminist and underrepresented perspectives on urban development and music rooted in the diaspora to the forefront. Jesper Buursink and Fouad Lakbir from Stratenmakers Audiocollectief have captured the personal stories of people connected to the NDSM wharf: from former workers and migrant laborers to pioneering artists and creatives who have shaped the area in many different ways.

Listen, watch, and discover these overlooked perspectives and voices about the city and NDSM.

DISCOVER THE STORIES

The idea of merging two cultures together to create a new space is AN interesting IDEA to us.

Afaina de Jong in conversation with Joseph Zeal Henry

From the archive of Afaina de Jong
What do we hear in the street, what do we see in public space?

Afaina de Jong in conversation with Gabriel A. Maher

From the archive of Afaina de Jong

The lunchbox

Story of Jannie Bogaard by Stratenmakers Audiocollectief

The Turkish migrant workers

Story of Fadime Demir by Stratenmakers Audiocollectief
‘Het licht dat juist op deze plek, waar het IJ een bocht maakt, het terrein bestrijkt, is van een uitzonderlijke kwaliteit.’

Kostbaar Licht

Verhaal door Hélène Min

Kamil Nalbantoglu – Forever Laborer

Video portrait by Fadime Demir

Longing for the wharf

Story of Omer Erdem by Stratenmakers Audiocollectief

The design of the installation

Story of Afaina de Jong by Stratenmakers Audiocollectief

Metin Pur – THE FIRST WEEK

Video portrait by Fadime Demir

30 years on the NDSM ferry

Story of Ingvar Amelsbeek by Stratenmakers Audiocollectief

Graffiti and NDSM belong together

Story of Mick La Rock by Stratenmakers audiocollectief

The city as a canvas

Story of Eva de Klerk by Stratenmakers Audiocollectief
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THE INSTALLATION OF afaina de jong

kinship library

Kinship Library is a living archive. In Afaina de Jong’s architectural installation, oral histories about the city -  and specifically about NDSM - come to life. She invites visitors to listen intuitively to voices and sounds from different perspectives, corners, and hidden spaces. The installation is on show until November 2nd, 2025. All stories can be listened to digitally, on this website, for an extended period.

MORE ABOUT THE installatiON

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OWN STORY

Do you have a special memory of NDSM that you’d like to share?
Become part of this growing and living archive by sharing your own
NDSM story or memory in text and images.