To what extent do art students profit from cultural diversity within their group?

"Hello, do you want me to take a picture?" Fotograaf Ahmet Polat werkt momenteel in de Groningse Korrewegwijk aan zijn project "Hello, do you want me to take a picture?" Recentelijk ontstonden in deze wijk beelden en een verhaal welke de aanzet vormen voor de publicatie die hier als presentatie te zien …

In many cities, pilot projects are set up to test or develop new technologies that improve sustainability, urban quality of life or urban services (often labelled as “smart city” projects). Typically, these projects are supported by the municipality, funded by subsidies, and run in partnerships. Many …

Het onderzoek behandelt informeel leren in coöperatieve kunstpraktijken. Het beschrijft hoe kunstenaars en gedreven amateurs samenkomen, cultuur produceren en daarmee vorm en inhoud geven aan hun eigen publieke leven. De kunstpraktijken van deze "gemeenschappen van creatieve burgers" vormen op verschillende …

A short article reflecting on working with archives as an artist in a post-colonial setting.

Stormwater flooding and thermal stresses of citizens are two important phenomena for most of the dense urban area. Due to the climate change, these two phenomena will occur more frequently and cause serious problems. Therefore, the sectors for public health and disaster management should be able to assess …

Although urban agriculture as a way to come to sustainable urban food systems can be questioned and we have to be aware not falling into a ‘local trap’ regarding its benefits (Born & Purcell, 2006), initiatives for urban agriculture emerge all over the world. Some of these primarily focus on achieving …

Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte doet praktijkgericht onderzoek naar de gebouwde omgeving in Noord- Nederland. Daarbij richten wij ons op de thema’s aardbevingen, krimp, duurzaamheid en gezondheid en welzijn. Onze aanpak is integraal. Onze lectoren, docent-onderzoekers en studenten verbinden de vakgebieden …

April 2015 Sudanese photographer Elsadig Mohamed and I tried to relate the photographs that Paul Julien made when traveling through the country in 1933 and 1948 to stories and realities alive in present day Sudan. This initial research was pretty successful and we thought a first presentation of the …

The question of how to make a city or government better by exploiting information and communication infrastructures, referred to as smart city, entails an emerging field of research. Large quantities of data are generated from these infrastructures and infusing these data into the physical infrastructure …