39 search results for “heritage” in the Public website
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Perpetuating Bhutan Highland Heritages
This 4-year research project focuses on vernacular and unacknowledged heritages of the highlands of Bhutan. It seeks to make a major contribution to the preservation of these heritages, to create a cultural resource for current and future generations.
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At Home Otherwise: Rethinking Heritage through Diversity
This project investigates diversifying and democratizing heritage through practices of “home-making”. We propose to research ‘home-making’ as a non-binary practice of combining memories of roots and routes, dwelling in the present, and desires for the future.
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Water Management in Ancient Mexico: Archaeological Heritage and Sustainable Development
This project investigates ancient water management of streams, springs and runoffs on the archaeological site of Monte Albán, Mexico, as a means to contribute with different stakeholders in the development of sustainable solutions to water problems today such as floods and scarcity.
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Monique van den Dries
Faculteit Archeologie
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Willemijn Waal
Faculty of Humanities
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Sophie Starrenburg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marcel Cobussen
Faculty of Humanities
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Sybille Lammes
Faculty of Humanities
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Martin Berger
Faculteit Archeologie
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The Social Museum in the Caribbean
Grassroots heritage initiatives and community engagement
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Time and persistence
Contemporary Maya Calendars
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Siyun Wu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Aris Politopoulos
Faculteit Archeologie
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Mariana De Campos Francozo
Faculteit Archeologie
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Elena Paskaleva
Faculty of Humanities
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Rick Honings
Faculty of Humanities
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Stijn Bussels
Faculty of Humanities
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Marika Keblusek
Faculty of Humanities
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Erik de Maaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Angus Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Landscape change, community wellbeing and small island contexts
How has landscape and land use changed in these two case studies since independence? What has caused these changes, whether anthropogenic or natural? How do local communities in the areas of study perceive these changes? How can community knowledge be integrated with mapping tools (GIS) to contribute…
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Start of reconstruction indigenous village in St. Vincent
In 2010, the remnants of a 16th century indigenous village were discovered in St. Vincent, on the construction terrain of the new International Argyle Airport.
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The Van Loon Project
The Van Loon project sets out to safeguard the archives of Dutch archaeologist Maurits van Loon (Amsterdam, September 22, 1923 - Montpellier, October 12, 2006) and make them accessible for further study.
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De schaduwzijde van erfgoedbescherming
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms such as ‘the cultural heritage of mankind’.
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More than the Story
Considering Mesoamerican Precolonial books as material objects
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Publication on video games and archaeology made possible by Kickstarter
VALUE (Videogames and Archaeology at Leiden UnivErsity) is publishing an edited volume on the intersection of archaeology, heritage and video games. In this volume, both scholars and game creators are collaboratively writing to raise academic awareness, address a variety of research opportunities and…
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Peter Pels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Caroline Waerzeggers
Faculty of Humanities
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Dilara Erzeybek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel van Groesen
Faculty of Humanities
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
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In touch with the dead
A study of early medieval reopened graves
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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Changing Approaches Towards Restitution and Return of Colonial Heritage: Tracing Experiences and Identifying Shared Decolonial Practices
INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
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Het Indo-Europese landschap. Een trektocht door het verleden van de taal.
Inaugural lecture
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
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Svetlana Gorshenina will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in February 2018
Svetlana Gorshenina, Associate Lecturer at Collège de France, Paris, will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar from 17 February until 25 February 2018. Svetlana Gorshenina will deliver a guest lecture on Tuesday, 20 February and a masterclass on Friday, 23 February within the Central Asia Initiative…
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Janine Ubink
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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