Projects
Dialogue for Cinema as Cultural Heritage: Identification, recognition and community-based inventory of cinemas as the intangible cultural heritage in Adana via cross-border dialogue Ghent University
The overall objective: to promote civil society dialogue and networking between the CSOs and stakeholders in Adana and the EU, by focusing on the field of historic cinema places and cinemagoing experiences as intangible cultural heritage values in Adana. Specific objectives: (1) to raise awareness, especially amongst youth and European civil society, on the cultural heritage value of historical cinema places and experiences in Adana, (2) to ...
Women in the Wave: A content and visual analysis of the representation of female characters in Yugoslav New Cinema and Black Wave Cinema. University of Antwerp
The state of the nation in Belgian cinema. A research project on contemporary cinema and (trans)national identities in Belgium. University of Antwerp
Cinema Ecosystem (CINECOS): an open access data platform for cinema history in Flanders and Belgium Ghent University
CINECOS will develop an open access platform for sharing, enriching, analysing and sustaining data on cinema history in Flanders and Belgium from 1896 onwards. Integrating 14 existing datasets covering key aspects of production, distribution, exhibition, programming, censorship and reception, the CINECOS platform will significantly improve the understanding and further exploration of cinema as a dominant public entertainment industry and as ...
Cinema Located. A study on place, space and social experience of cinema in Ghent (1982-2012) Ghent University
The multiplex celebrated its 30th anniversary, yet very little empirical research has been done on the place, space and experience of cinema culture since its emergence (Hanson, 2007; Klinger, 2006; Acland, 2003). The workings of Hollywood, cross-cultural reception and the Americanisation of the cinema culture in non-American domains have been subject to many critiques (Krämer, 2011; Trumpbour, 2002; Vasey, 1997; Thompson, 1985; Guback, ...
Belgian cinema from a postcolonial perspective. An interdisciplinary study of interculturality in Belgian cinema from 1960 till now with a focus on Belgian representations of Congo. University of Antwerp
Cinema Located. A study on place, space and social experience of cinema in Ghent (1982-2012) Ghent University
The goal of this postdoctoral research project is to get an understanding of the working of cinema as a social site, and an amalgam of economic, cultural and political structures through empirical research on the structure of cinema culture and the experience of
moviegoing in the multiplex in Ghent using a variety of methods and a combination of research results.
Capital cinema and film flow: An historical research into the distribution, exhibition and experience of cinema in Brussels Ghent University
The proposed research project focuses on key aspects of the film culture and industry in the city of Brussels. The Belgian capital, which was widely renowned for its vibrant film culture (cf. a wide range of commercial film venues, art-house cinemas, festivals, as well as Catholic, socialist and other kinds of ideological film exploitation), was considered to be the heart of the Belgian film industry (cf. production, distribution, ...
Cinema and diaspora. A comparative study of diaspora film cultures in Antwerp: Indian, North African, Turkish and Jewish cinema. Ghent University
This projects aims at researching diaspora film cultures of etnic minorities in Belgium. Using a case study (Antwerp) Indian, North African, Turkish and Jewish film cultures are analysed and compared. A structural analysis (distribution and exploitation) are combined with audience studies. Especially the way these film cultures are part of the construction of a cultural identity are stressed in this research.