Projects
Towards a cultural sociology of sustainable citizenship: Understanding different ways of crafting sustainable citizenship through cultural repertoires. University of Antwerp
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 ...
Assessing and promoting newcomer children's psychosocial, linguistic, and cultural developmental outcome: A two-phased mixed-method interdisciplinary study KU Leuven
The Relationality of Feelings: A cultural comparison of affective patterns in Western and East-Asian relationships KU Leuven
Western and East-Asian cultures appear to emphasize different ideas about how to build and maintain relationships with others around us: Close relationships in Western cultures are marked by a strong focus on the individual, and are supposed to offer partners a space to foster self-esteem and meet their personal needs. In contrast, close relationships in East-Asian cultures are marked by an emphasis on the relatedness and social harmony ...
The rhetoric of cultural literacy Ghent University
The aim of this research project is to study how cultural literacy (i.e. the importance of knowledge about culture and the arts) is rhetorically constructed within contemporary cultural policy and practice. The project addresses questions about (1) the specific content of cultural literacy, about (2) the potential functions of cultural literacy and about (3) the specific role of cultural institutions.
Preventive Conservation of Historic Urban Areas Addressing Cultural Values and Socio-Economic Dynamics. Case Study of the Vista Alegre District in Santiago de Cuba KU Leuven
Historic urban areas are threatened continuously by time- and context-specific political, economic, socio-cultural and technological factors that determine the changing nature of socio-economic dynamics, which in turn, also influence the meanings and perceptions of cultural values attributed these areas. Therefore, the interrelationship between cultural values and socio-economic dynamics is essential in heritage preservation. In particular, ...
Cultural Differences in Breakdown of Social Cognition in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Western vs Chinese Consistencies and Specificities KU Leuven
Social cognition refers to cognitive processes during social interaction in which people understand others and respond to their emotional expressions. These processes are susceptible to cultural differences. These cultural differences are typically more pronounced in psychiatric and neurological conditions that are associated with symptoms in social interaction. This project aims to conduct a comprehensive assessment of social cognitive ...
Cultural differences in breakdown of social cognition in neuropsychiatric disorders: Chinese vs Flemish consistencies and specificities KU Leuven
Shaping “Belgian” Literature before 1830: Multilingual Patterns and Cultural Transfer in Flemish and French Periodicals in the Southern Low Countries KU Leuven
If still largely underexplored, proto-Belgian 18th-century literature in turn has to date mainly been described from a nation-state, monolinguistic perspective. The present project aims to broaden this perspective by investigating the extent to which proto-Belgian literature was subject to transcultural influences, as well as how it was in turn actively involved in the process of European literary exchange. The specific focus of the project ...