ABSTRACT
This chapter is an analysis of the activist strategies of De Grauwe Eeuw. This protest group aims to disrupt the glorification of the Golden Age, through actions against colonial references in Dutch public space. On the one hand, De Grauwe Eeuw makes its anti-colonial voice heard through spray-painted slogans, blog posts, and social media participation. On the other hand, the group refuses to speak to the mainstream media about the motivation for their actions. Both the group’s voice and its silence are thus disruptive articulation strategies. They use their voices to disrupt the public discourse that glorifies colonial history, and they use their silence to disrupt the mainstream media’s attempts to appropriate and repress their voices of protest.
