Projects
What Does Style Do? Neoclassicism and the Performativity of Style Ghent University
Everything humans do or make has style. By style we mean the visual and formal characteristics of an action or an artefact. The style of an action or artefact is the most direct, visible and basic tool that we use to stage and adorn ourselves and our environment. It appears on the surface of actions and artefacts, but is far from superficial. Style facilitates social relationships, while it is also an instrument to visualize, to enforce, and ...
Imagineering Violence - Techniques of Early Modern Performativity in the Northern and Southern Netherlands (1630-1690) (ITEMP-violence) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Between performance and performativity: Where does gender lie? An experimental approach to determine the effects of identity content and audiences on gendered attitudes, behaviors, and cognitions. KU Leuven
Social psychology has generated substantial knowledge on the relationship between gender identification and domains such as aggression, health behaviours, risk-staking, emotional health and prejudice. Despite an increasing diversification of gender roles, however, there is currently no theoretical model that can accurately explain how the personal content people assign to gender identities interacts with norms associated with them. Moreover, ...