Projects
When does ethnicity become important? Toward a comparative analytic of processes of symbolic boundary work and ‘ethnicization’ in two Flemish cities. KU Leuven
This project proposes a comparative, ethnographic study of ethnic
boundary work in two Flemish superdiverse city-contexts: Antwerp
and Ghent. By ethnic boundary work we mean that actors use ethnic
categories to distinguish between in- and out-groups ('us' and 'them').
The study aims to shed light on the dynamics of group-formation and
ethnic division in superdiverse contexts and is informed by somewhat ...
Chinese Philosophy and its Religious Minorities: ethnicity, religion, and national identity in modern Chinese thought and the discipline of "ethnic minority philosophies" Ghent University
This project seeks to rethink the history of modern Chinese thought by providing the first ever study of the academic discipline of U+201Cethnic minority philosophiesU+201D in the PeopleU+2019s Republic of China. It will focus on the much neglected relation between the imported categories of U+201CphilosophyU+201D and U+201CreligionU+201D and conceptions of ethnicity in twentieth-century and contemporary Chinese thought. The field of ethnic ...
Perceptions of the Self and the Other in contemporary Burundi. The salience of ethnicity in everyday interactions in a post-transition context. University of Antwerp
Research into the experiences of LGB's at the intersection of ethnicity and sexual identity. University of Antwerp
Ethnicity after mass violence. A study of the nature and transformation of ethnic 'groupness' in Rwanda and Burundi. University of Antwerp
Ethnicity after mass violence. A study of the nature and transformation of ethnic 'groupness' in Rwanda and Burundi. University of Antwerp
Ethnicity, politics and State in popular sectors in contemporary Argentina. Ethnography of a conflict over relocations in a neighborhood of migrants and indigenous populations. University of Antwerp
Perceptions of the Self and the Other in contemporary Burundi. The salience of ethnicity in everyday interactions in a post-transition context University of Antwerp
The Ethnic Groups in the Fourth Gospel: A Historical-Literary and Social-Scientific Reading of the Dynamics of Identification and Representation Within a Contested Ethnicity KU Leuven
This project seeks to understand who the ᾽Ιουδαῖοι are and how they relate and negotiate their ethnic borders with the Ἕλληνες, Σαμαρῖται, ῾Ρωμαῖοι, and Γαλιλαῖοι as found in the Gospel of John. Applying a historical-critical approach on selected Johannine texts, it attempts to explain the dynamics of self-designation and border-crossing vis-à-vis some related literature (both biblical and extra-biblical) and studies of ethnic groups in the ...