On-going projects

Culture Lab provides advisory services and technical assistance in the management of European and international cooperation projects in the fields of tangible and intangible cultural heritage (architecture, archaeology, museums, living traditions…), as well as in contemporary creation and cultural industries (visual arts, design, performing arts…).

CHEurope_Critical Heritage Studies and the Future of Europe

“Critical Heritage Studies and the Future of Europe_Towards an integrated, interdisciplinary and transnational training model in cultural heritage research and management” [CHEurope] focuses on developing a new integrated theoretical and methodological framework to enhance the academic and professional training and open future job opportunities in cultural heritage preservation, management and promotion. Heritage has commonly been…

Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale

Human Cities is a concept created in 2006 by the Belgian association Pro Materia and co-funded during the period 2014-2018 by the “Creative Europe” Programme of The European Union. It is shaped as a multidisciplinary European network composed of various profiles: universities, design centers and design weeks, ICT platforms, service design and creative design consultancies.…

SWICH_Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and Heritage

SWICH – Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and Heritage The project builds on the outcomes and success of three earlier EU-funded projects: READ-ME I & II, and the Ethnography Museums and World Cultures [RIME], funded by the EU’s “Culture” Programmes for the period 2008-2012. All were aimed at rethinking the role of Museums of…

Nearch_New scenarios for a community-involved archaeology

Over the last 25 years, archaeology and cultural heritage management have undergone significant scientific and professional developments. Coordinated by the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap), the NEARCH project, supported by the European Commission for 5 years (2013-2018) in the framework of the “Culture” programme, is a European-wide cooperation network of 14 partners…