Projects

Missionary Work and Architecture in the Belgian Congo (1908-1960). Identity (re)construction between the transmission of culture and dialogue.

This FWO (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) project analyzes the process which leads to the settlement of specific missionary spaces in colonial Congo. These spaces are conceived as architectural areas and cultural interactions ones as well. This project recently led the Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, (K.U.Leuven), to organize an international workshop on ‘Spatializing the Missionary Encounter. The Interaction between Missionary Work and Space in Colonial settings’. This will lead to a Dissertation ((Bram Claeys, ASRO/K.U.Leuven)

Principal investigator:

Sabine Bompuku Eyenga-Cornelis

Dates:

2005 2008

Museum staff:

Sabine Bompuku Eyenga-Cornelis

External collaborators:

Promoteur: Bruno De Meulder (K.U.Leuven), co-promoteurs : Jan De Maeyer (KADOC) ; Johan Lagae (UGent), Nicholas Bullock (Cambridge University), Sabine Cornelis (MRAC). PhD candidate : Bram Claeys (ASRO/K.U.Leuven), FWO