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Sjoerd Sijsma (Film maker, Photographer)

Sjoerd Sijsma is a filmmaker and founding member of the Voice4Thought organization. He holds a BA in Tropical Land and Water Management, and has used film for monitoring and evaluation purposes, as well as for making promotional and educational video content. His production company, ‘Eyeses’, is collaborating currently in a project of the African Studies Center and the University of Leiden on how new technology impacts African societies under duress. He is interested in how voices and visuals can be connected to help understand polarizations.

Dissenting Voices: Challenging the Colonial System

This project discusses critical voices that have challenged the dominant…


by Anne-Lot Hoek (Research Journalist), Ernst Jansz (Musician & Writer), Maartje Janse (Historian), Sjoerd Sijsma (Film maker & Photographer)

Being young in times of Duress in the Central African Republic

A forthcoming project on youth experiences with violence and outcomes of…


by Sjoerd Sijsma (Film maker & Photographer), Jonna Both (Historian, Anthropologist)

Croquemort: A biographical journey in the context of Chad

A co-creative anthropological journey describing the biography in context of…


by Mirjam de Bruijn (Anthropologist), Sjoerd Sijsma (Film maker & Photographer), Didier Lalaye (Slam poet & Medical Doctor), Lucia Ragazzi (Editor)

Bridging Humanities is a partnership of Brill Publishers, the Voice4ThoughtFoundation, LeidenASA and the African Studies Centre Leiden. © Bridging Humanities 2020