Het thema waar het lectoraat zich de komende jaren op richt is generositeit. Als je genereus bent, dan geef je iets, dan ben je er voor iemand. Generositeit is voor ons kenmerkend voor de Maastrichtse stijl van artistiek onderzoek: de artistiek…

MERIAN invites established artists and academics to engage in collaborative research in between making and thinking. Mobilizing the powers and fragilities of artistic and scientific practices, selected candidates engage in research that is problem-based, methodologically innovative, and focuses on interdisciplinary topics…

Architecture and urban planning today are mostly characterized by the use of plans based on standardised notational systems and are therefore inefficient in the representation of specific and local spatial- and usage qualities. Urban space is always used in a…

Research projects in which artists and academics collaborate are increasingly common. In defense of the added-value of the arts in such collaboratory projects, several arguments may be invoked. For example, artists get invited on a team in order to help…

During a final event on Wednesday October 20, MCICM launched the website artfulparticipation.nl. The website showcases the findings of the 4-year project Artful Participation. In the Artful Participation project, funded by the NWO/SIA Smart Culture programme, research has been done…