Maastricht Experimental Research In and through the Arts Network

MERIAN invites established artists and academics to engage in collaborative research in between making and thinking.

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5 December 2024 in News, Research

Christian Ernsten co-published an edited volume on walking methodologies

Christian Ernsten co-published an edited volume on walking methodologies in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Walking as Embodied Research. Drift, Pause, Indirection explores walking as a form of embodied research…
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14 November 2024 in News

MERIAN receives collaboration grant from Maastricht University and Zuyd University

MERIAN has received a €29.000,00 grant from Maastricht University and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. This will be used to develop a shared learning environment in which students and lecturers…
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7 November 2024 in Research

Inge Römgens successfully defends PhD thesis: Taking Seriously Collaborative Artistic Research Practices

On 10 October 2024, Inge Römgens, vice-member of the MERIAN steering committee, successfully defended her PhD thesis titled Taking Seriously Collaborative Artistic Research Practices. In her book, Römgens writes about…
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MERIAN Maastricht

MERIAN is a space for collaborative research in between making and thinking. PhD candidates engage in innovative styles of research, utilizing the powers and fragilities of artistic and scientific practices. Their research addresses urgent matters of societal concern apparent in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. This collaboration between Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and the Jan van Eyck Academie – department of Research & Education, builds on existing expertise from the research, arts and higher education networks in Maastricht.

MERIAN currently has three candidates: Marlies Vermeulen, Antye Guenther and Valentina Curandi. Vermeulen’s research focuses on the place of place in daily life and on maps and secondly the consequences of using maps as research instruments. Guenther’s research focuses on biopolitics of neuroscientific imagery and imaginaries. Curandi’s research will look into the capability of art practitioners to leave dispositions upon the eventuality of death. For more information about the individual research, please visit our Research section.