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Home is where the heart is

2014 / 0 comments

A qualitative investigation in the transnational experience of ‘home’ among Turkish migrants in the (Southern) Netherlands. How dynamic has, since migrating, this meaning of ‘home’ been proven throughout the years? And how space-specific is home to someone whose life takes place across borders? Can a sensation of home be carried in a particular object or…

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Museumstraat

2009 / 0 comments

The Museumstraat (or Museum Street) was an open-air exhibition on the boarded facades of abandoned houses in Volta Galvani, Woensel West, awaiting demolition. In the manner of a public archive, the Museumstraat tells about the history and the personal stories that have taken place in this part of the district. Some of the empty homes…

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