My Port City Rotterdam: Navigating Identities in a Sea of Cultures invites readers to journey across Rotterdam through 18 walking routes, each inspired by the life story of someone who has navigated the space between arrival and belonging in the port city. Together, these stories show how diverse lives, memories, and encounters shape Rotterdam’s cultural fabric and its ever-changing relationship with the port.
Interested in a physical copy?
To place an order, send an email to Maurice Jansen (m.jansen@ese.eur.nl) or Yi Kwan Chan (y.k.chan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl) with the following details: your full name, postal address, and email address.
Price: €25 (excl. 9% VAT)
Shipping costs: at the receiver's expense
Proceeds will be donated to charity.
About the Authors
Yi Kwan Chan, from Hong Kong, has lived in Rotterdam for several years. She is a human geographer and researcher exploring how everyday culture and lived experience build resilience in port-city communities.
Maurice Jansen grew up with the port of Rotterdam in his backyard. Now a port researcher at Erasmus University, he focuses on people-centred perspectives on port development.
The open-access book is part of the project “Views from the Outside: Towards a Resilient Port City Future in Rotterdam” — developed within PortCityFutures’ Human-Centred Port-City Transition research group, and supported by the Resilient Delta Initiative.
