Projects
"Tonight, in the Grand Théâtre…": The reconstruction of the calendar of theatrical performances in Antwerp between 1680 and 1795 University of Antwerp
MELT (Multilingual Readers‘ Theatre) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Lesetheaterskript InformationResults of major reading performance studies over the past decade have shown ...
Audio Description for the theatre: preparing the stage University of Antwerp
More-than-Human Japanese Dramaturgies and their Performative Ends. University of Antwerp
Machine Learning for Genomic Data Fusion KU Leuven
It has been shown that while a single genomic data source might not be sufficiently informative, fusing several complementary genomic data sources delivers more accurate predictions. In this regard, genomic data fusion has garnered much interest across biological research communities. Consequently, finding efficient and effective techniques for fusing heterogeneous biological data sources has gained growing attention over the past few ...
Strategies for solving structured combinatorial problems in health care. KU Leuven
Towards a relational understanding of trauma narration in coping with collective violence and exile: The interdisciplinary development of community-based mental health interventions for refugee posttrauma care Ghent University
This research focuses on the development of refugee posttrauma care in the field of transcultural psychology and applied theatre in western host societies. With respect to refugee posttrauma care, both fields’ mental health interventions are dominated by similar practices underpinned by an individualizing notion of the process of trauma narration, in which verbally retelling traumatic experiences directly leads to recovery. However, analogous ...
Towards a Critical Posthuman Aesthetic: A Performance-Philosophical Research into the Configuration of Posthuman Figures on the Contemporary Stage of Kris Verdonck Ghent University
contemporary performing arts reflect on posthumanism and how they can communicate a critique of humanism. An analysis of Belgian artist Kris Verdonck’s performances, focussing on three aspects of posthumanism - the dehumanized figure, dematerialized performers, acting objects and human enhacement. Methodologically this research is inscribed in the philosophical turn in theatre and performance studies.
Text Theatricality. An integrated approach based on rhetorical narratology and performance analysis Ghent University
The present proposal takes its cue from the increasing trend to adapt novels to the theatrical
stage and from other innovative performance practices (reading performances, installations,
social immersion projects). The project aims to study the intersection between narrative and
drama both from a theoretical point of view and in contemporary performance practices.
Selected case studies from 20th and 21st century German ...