De Correspondent met Tim 'S Jongers: Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld
Tim 'S Jongers created a crash course in poverty in the form of a book, intended for people with money, because he discovered that many common perceptions of poverty are wrong. Now he is also bringing this crash course to the theater, convinced that poverty reduction is only possible when people learn to see things differently.
Festival Lieve Stad,
Location Rabozaal
Run time 120 minutes
Genre Perspective
Language Dutch
Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld
In a country ruled by affluent, educated people, poverty is viewed in a limited and sometimes even harmful way.
Poverty is your own fault.
Poverty is nothing more than a lack of money.
Poverty leads to stupid and unhealthy choices.
Tim 'S Jongers himself grew up in poverty. He lived in several hovels in Belgium and in a dislocated family, living in great financial uncertainty. He eventually went to college, climbed the social ladder in the Netherlands and researched poverty. Now he makes policy proposals to combat it.
In this theater lecture, Tim 'S Jongers takes the audience through the many misconceptions about poverty, of which there are more than people think. For example, he highlights how people with money often look down on Dutch people in debt, especially when they simultaneously have a flat-screen TV in their living room. The only way we can fight poverty is if they learn to look differently.
This theater lecture is a co-production of De Correspondent and Via Rudolphi.
Reactions to the book
Carola Schouten
'This book reveals the true nature of poverty and holds up a mirror to us all.'
Emine Uğur
'Recognizable from the first to the last word.'
Paul Verhaeghe, emeritus professor of clinical psychology and psychoanalysis
'Rarely have I read such an intricately woven story: the author's painful history is seamlessly interwoven with clear and highly useful social criticism.'
Sander Schimmelpenninck
'Confronting.'
About Tim ’S Jongers
Tim 'S Jongers (1981) is a political scientist, public administrator, and director of the Wiardi Beckman Foundation. He writes about poverty for De Correspondent; approximately 50,000 copies of his book Poverty Explained to People with Money have been sold so far.
Festival Lieve Stad,
This performance is part of Lieve Stad, 750, a joint theater festival of Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and Meervaart. In honor of 750 years of Amsterdam, we are celebrating an extra-large edition in May with more than 50 performances in 13 theaters throughout the city. The festival brings everything together: the artists, the stages, the stories and the audience. We honor the city's rich traditions, but also give space to new voices and perspectives. Together we make Amsterdam - and we celebrate it.
Celebrate art. Celebrate the city. Celebrate together.
Credits
text and play Tim ’S Jongers
direction Daniël 't Hoen
coproduction De Correspondent, Via Rudolphi