This study will analyze how hunger and famine are thematised in Borana folktales in the context of wider practices of storytelling. Situated at the intersections of oral literature and oral ...read more
This project examines the intersection of local religious practices, environmental policies, and waste management in Sikkim, with a particular emphasis on the influence of Buddhist rituals and beliefs on the ...read more
This PhD project pursues a comprehensive study of Anyue (Sichuan) stone carvings related to Esoteric Buddhism during the Tang and Song dynasties, using a mixed methodology of iconographic analysis and tracing Esoteric Buddhist ...read more
The Anyue Buddhist 安岳 sites can be mainly dated between the Tang (618–907) and the Ming (1368–1644) dynasties and consist of locations of great importance when studying Buddhism in the Sichuan ...read more
This bilateral research project investigates how embodied sounding practices can be transmitted, experienced, and critically re-activated within immersive digital environments. Focusing on the vocal and performance traditions of LUME Teatro ...read more
This project redefines the understanding of sgraffito in Belgium during the Belle Époque (1870–1914) by uncovering the networks, techniques, and collaborations that shaped its creation. Moving beyond the focus on ...read more
Eight Years: Joseph Kosuth in Ghent from 1990 to 1998: a cross-reference exhibition of information on the presence of an American artist in a Belgian city: consisting of a spatial ...read more
This project explores the process of transnational identity construction among Latin American migrants in transit through Mexico. Facing significant challenges in an increasingly hostile political climate towards migration, migrants actively ...read more
Over time and space, languages can change fundamentally in their structure (morphosyntax). A key example of such variation is the change between analytic and synthetic morphosyntax. Such variation is clearly ...read more
The impact of hunter-gatherers on the environment has been a controversial topic since at least the 1960’s. In Northwestern-Europe it is generally assumed that humans only started influencing their environment ...read more