Projects
Satire across borders: production, content, and audiences of pan-Arab news satire Vrije Universiteit Brussel
diffused in many countries and contexts. This project aims to deepen,
and expand, the burgeoning scholarship on news satire by looking at
the transnational processes that underlie the production, content and
consumption of pan-Arab news satire. The inherently transnational
nature of pan-Arab news satire in its production and
consumption—as it ...
Congo-Arab Heritage in Historical Narratives -CAHN KU Leuven
During the second half of the nineteenth century coastal merchants from the Swahili city-states on the African Indian coast engaged in the trade of slaves and ivory and gained control over the Upper Congo Basin in eastern Congo. The Congo-Arab War (1892-1894) between the colonial troops of King Leopold II and the coastal merchants ended the Swahili-Arab hegemony in the eastern Congo. The war became embedded in the narrative of the ...
Learning Network on Decolonization – Faculty of Political and Social Sciences Ghent University
The Learning Network on Decolonisation of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences aims to initiate activities to decolonize education, research and services to students and staff. The network brings together students and staff from the different departments and programs at PSW, to colearn and co-create knowledge and practices to help reform both the curricula and teaching and research practices, as well as student and staff policies at ...
Critical Archives of Ordinariness: Vernacular Moving Image Practices and Migrant Identity in Polish Chicago KU Leuven
This project explores home movies and related oral histories of Polish Chicago before the digital era (1960s–2000s) to challenge and broaden our understanding of evolving migrant and diaspora identities. Following critical archive studies’ call to empower communities underrepresented in historiography by developing and interrogating archival collections, the project juxtaposes home movies – “ordinary” motion pictures created for family and ...
Contextualizing Conspiracy Theories: A Qualitative study of Conspiracy Theories in and about Armenia(ns) KU Leuven
Just kidding? – A qualitative research into the sociocultural role and meanings of humorous representations of ethnic diversity in Flemish television comedy. Ghent University
To this day, comic imagery that revolves around ethnic differences may create intercultural
conflicts and polarize public debates. The research project wants to explore these cultural tensions
over humour and identity in a Flemish climate that is marked by ethno-cultural tensions, colourblind
ideology and a lack of visibility for diaspora audiences in public, mediated and academic
spheres (Adriaens, 2012). As such, ...
Motherhood and Lived Religion: Empirical Study on Perceptions and Experiences of Shiite Mothering in Belgium Ghent University
This project seeks to research the relationship between lived religion, perceptions and experiences of motherhood among Shiite women in Belgium. Under the umbrella notion of motherhood, the research includes women with and without children. The project develops a comprehensive multi-method qualitative research plan using content and critical discourse analysis, interviews, and ethnography. It investigates how Shiite women in the diaspora ...
Just kidding? – A qualitative research into the sociocultural role and meanings of humorous representations of ethnic diversity in Flemish television comedy. Ghent University
To this day, comic imagery that revolves around ethnic differences may create intercultural
conflicts and polarize public debates. The research project wants to explore these cultural tensions
over humour and identity in a Flemish climate that is marked by ethno-cultural tensions, colourblind
ideology and a lack of visibility for diaspora audiences in public, mediated and academic
spheres (Adriaens, 2012). As such, the ...