This project uses contemporary art as a lens to write the history of Antwerp, a port city with an arthistorical reputation, between 1980 and 2000. The study examines a corpus ...read more
The fall 2023 archival presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (M HKA) is devoted to the triptych of exhibitions of contemporary art that was part of the ...read more
This project explores the transformations in cattle production in Southern and Central Africa during the colonial and early postcolonial period. During this period, (post)colonial governments, scientists, entrepreneurs and settlers promoted ...read more
Loneliness, which can be defined as the negative mental states (e.g. sadness, despair) that people experience when they feel that they do not have enough relationships, or not the right ...read more
Although gender-neutral 3rd person pronouns (3PPs) are increasingly appearing in media discourse, studies of how readers interpret and evaluate them are currently still scarce. This project therefore aims at conducting ...read more
This study is part of the 'Translations and Open Science' project, which explores the possibility of using machine translation (MT) to disseminate research results in different languages. In 2020, the ...read more
Due to current political and demographic developments, multilingual psychotherapy for refugees and migrants is becoming increasingly relevant. Interpreters are often indispensable in bridging the language barrier between patient and therapist. ...read more
One of the universal properties of human language is that it changes over time. Understanding the mechanisms of language change is therefore key to understanding the properties of natural language ...read more
When translators and interpreters render a given text in another language, they first need to comprehend the input, then transfer its meaning, produce an output, and lastly edit the output where ...read more