Artwell Cain

Artwell Cain is a cultural anthropologist and writer focused on the themes of ethnicity, representation and identity. He obtained his PhD in 2007 at the University of Tilburg. From 1991-2000 he directed the Foundation for the Furtherance of the Well-being of Antilleans and Arubans at Rotterdam. He has published extensively on citizenship, the aftermatch of trans-Atlantic slavery and social mobility. He is the former director of NiNsee (National insitute of Dutch Slavery Past and Legacy, 2009-2012) and currently the director of the Institute for Cultural Heritage and Knowledge.The ICHK advises and provides the field with knowledge and information. Cain analyzes the factors that have contributed to the upward mobility of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands and the way in which young people express their sense of belonging.Cain grew up on the Windward Islands of St Vincent and The Grenadines.