Vroeger, toen kinderen nog niet bestonden (in mijn wereld), was kindermuziek misschien wel het ergste genre dat er bestond – nog erger dan kerstmuziek. Commerciële fastfood-meuk, altijd geproduceerd als goedkope dance. De tere kinderoortjes worden als eerste maatschappelijk gecorrumpeerd. Nu…
The goal of my postdoc is to experiment with and reflect on innovation in classical music practices, by doing experiments with a symphony orchestra. This year, we are going to do five experiments with the Southnetherlands Philharmonic. Together with the…
Together with colleague Veerle Spronck, I will give a presentation at the annual NWO Smart Culture conference. We’re going to give an update for our research into innovation practices in symphony orchestra’s. This year’s NWO SMART CULTURE conference is organised…
I’m still a member of the Centre for Ethics and Politics of Emerging Technologies (EPET). At our autumn conference, which is dedicated to the theme of ‘studying the game and playing it’, I’m going to reflect on what it means…
This Thursday, the launch of a new platform of my University takes place. The MPCER (Maastricht Platform for Community-Engaged Research) aims to function as a multidisciplinary platform for researchers at Maastricht University who are involved or interested in doing community-engaged…
Together with Imogen Even & Veerle Spronck, two of my great colleagues from our Artful Participation-project, we’ll be presenting an experiment during the upcoming artistic research symposium, organised by art ≈ research (kunst ≈ onderzoek), September 13th in the Tolhuistuin…
On Friday September 6, I give a public talk at the Maastricht PAS Festival, the opening of the cultural season in Maastricht. The talk is titled ‘What should we do with our brains?’ (Wat moeten we doen met ons brein?),…
On July 4, I will give a presentation together with my colleague Peter Peters, on the Orchestra as Lab, at the Audience Research in the Arts conference, organised by Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre (SPARC). Very much looking foward…
At the occasion of our colleague Prof. Dr. Ernst Homburg’s valedictory lecture, members of the Maastricht STS group (MUSTS, including me) have collected tips for cultural heritage destinations that are hidden gems, intriguing and highly worthy of visiting, but not…
