Pascal Gielen developed three thematic lines around which a range of writing, book, film and research projects are set up. The first line Arts in Society examines the role of the arts in society. An ...
The Belgium based Nadar Ensemble is a new music ensemble specialized in performing curated and integrated concerts. In this case ‘integrated’ infers that all aspects of the concert are taken into consideration. Questioning, developing, and ...
BOK (bodies of knowledge) investigates how public space can be activated through artistic intervention in order to transfer non-dominant (forms of) knowledge.How can you create a safe space within the public space for the exchange of ...
In his PhD research project ‘Unfolding Solidarity Poetics’, Robin Vanbesien explores the poetics and imaginaries of various self-organized and emancipatory social practices. Doing so, he aims to shed light on the intricate reciprocities between artistic ...
The PhD research project “Disarming Design from Palestine” questions how design can be a vehicle for empowerment and solidarity in oppressed realities. How can one through the practice of design develop sustainable positions in fractured societies? Building upon relations of trust ...
Aart van der Maas’s socio-cultural PhD research focuses on the relationship between the inclusive city and the concept ‘culture common’ – a term that refers to collective, cultural practices initiated by citizens, without direct involvement ...
Bart Caron researches the foundations, characteristics and conditions of a progressive cultural policy. The pursuit of a cultural policy – arts, heritage, social-cultural work, participation … – cuts just as much through the ideological and ...
The general purpose of this project is to elucidate psychological and social risk factors for low back pain in dancers. We will explore perceived causes of low back pain in female pre-professional dancers. The novelty ...
Cultural policy and emotional clusters in the post-global context Performing arts and emotions between top-down and bottom-up negotiations This dissertation focuses on the role that emotions play in the negotiations between top-down cultural policymaking and ...
