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Anthropology of the Dutch: The people from Tuindorp

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Channel: vpro world stories · 2017 · Travel & Events

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The pigeonhole man studies life in Tuindorp Oostzaan, a private community in Amsterdam North. Once this community was conceived and built as a walhalla among the metropolitan labor areas; 'fruit of struggle and ideals' made by down to the core socialists, 'that made possible what was not possible'. Here there were no ruins but human dignified houses with a large garden in an ordered village, where the worker could live happily. The people from Tuindorp ate there, slept there, worked hard work in shipbuilding there. But times changed; the shipyards went bankrupt. The workers became more self-directed, poverty and facilities disappeared from the district. Slowly the village was swallowed up by the big city. Still, the village remains pleasant in an old school way and its inhabitants are still looking out for each other. But now come the invaders: the yuppies, that do not say hello and do not adhere to the unwritten rules.
Original title: De Hokjesman - De Tuindorpers
Fascinated by the prevailing pigeonhole spirit, the pigeonhole man goes on field research into the world of appealing Dutch subcultures. With a wink to the classical ethnologist, dressed in a three-piece suit with a bow tie, he analyzes the man as one of the animal groups.
Directed by: Jurjen Blick & Michael Schaap
Research: Hellen van Schelven
Camera: Pim Hawinkels & Hans Bouma
Sound: Bouwe Mulder & Bram Meindersma
Presented by: Michael Schaap

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