Projects
Analysis of the moral responsibility and its antropological foundations in the thought of Max Scheler and Karol Wojtyla: reconstruction and revaluation Ghent University
In the thought of both Max Scheler and Karol Wojtyla the concept of moral responsibility and its justification plays a crucial role. In my study I would like to examine to what extend a plea for moral responisibility within the framework of "global justice" and "global ethics" can be founded on the insights of both Scheler and Wojtyla and h ow these insights can be useful as a rejection of moral indifference and passivity.
ZAP Jakob De Roover Ghent University
A BOF-ZAP-mandate holder receives an appointment or appointment as a member of the Independent Academic Personnel with mainly research assignment. The wage costs are charged to the resources of the BOF.
Talking in the city. A historical-anthropological analysis of communication, urbanism and movement in postcolonial Kinshasa (1960-present). KU Leuven
The research program sets out to analyze the ways in which communication infrastructures have been co−producing the postcolonial society in Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960−present). This will be the first comprehensive study of the dialectics between communication technology (ICT), society and culture in an African urban context. The focus will be on information and communication technologies such as telegraph ...
Crossing borders: the lived experiences of Brazilians on the move KU Leuven
This research explores different aspects of Brazilians’ contemporary mobility.
Firstly, it looks at the history of mobility in Brazil and to the relevance of present-day (internal) mobility within the country. By doing so, it situates the intra- and international mobility of Brazilians in a broader perspective.
Secondly, the thesis focuses on the trajectories that Brazilians who currently reside in Belgium have pursued. Three ...
Tackling the ‘Triple Planetary Crisis’: Towards New Assemblages of Praxis KU Leuven
Science and technology alone are unable to solve the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. How does combining various types of knowledge and knowhow create new assemblages of praxis to tackle global environmental challenges? This research programme considers boundary-crossing initiatives in three interrelated domains: spiritual/religious praxis, local/Indigenous knowledge systems, and arts-based praxis. ...
Africa’s Silicon Landscapes: negotiating Information and Communication Technology in Lagos KU Leuven
To improve our understanding of the interactions and negotiations between society and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in sub-Saharan African ‘silicon places’, LAGOSTECH will investigate the experiences of technology in and the digital creativity emanating from two technological nodes (Yaba and Talent City) in Lagos. Nigeria is home to the largest number of tech hubs in Africa, but paradoxically is also where silicon places ...
Towards an Object-Oriented-Anthropology. Re-assessing Human Agency in New Materialist Ethics. University of Antwerp
Anthropological Aspects in the Gospel of John (AAGJ) KU Leuven
Physical anthropological study of selected skeletons excavated at the site 'Nieuwpoort - OLV church Vrije Universiteit Brussel
During the excavations 196 individuals could be ...