The tour offers a new perspective on Wageningen. Photo Shutterstock
Following the first Freedom Tours Wageningen walk at the end of June, the first edition specifically for WUR employees is scheduled for 29 August.
The walk is an approximately two-hour route through the city of Wageningen that aims to make people think about what freedom means today, and for whom – this tour looks at freedom through the lens of gender and sexuality. Don’t expect a standard city walk; reflection and dialogue play an important role along the way.
The tour was developed by a diverse group of Wageningen people: from the city, the campus and the asylum seekers’ centre. They were led by initiator Meghann Ormond, associate professor of Cultural Geography. Other WUR members also played a key role in its creation, including cultural geographer Chizu Sato, students from the master Tourism, Society & Environment and PhD candidates from different science groups’, says Alejandra Guijo Bermejo, who is involved in the Tour on behalf of the Diversity & Inclusion team.
Space for reflection
‘We hope that Freedom Tours helps as an ongoing resource to create awareness and have a space for reflection. By offering it to colleagues, we also expect that some teachers see it as a good resource for their courses’, she explains.
Participation is free of charge; registration is required. In the course of the year, more tour editions specifically for WUR staff will follow. The dates can be found on the D&I group page on intranet.
