Having studied in the United States, where cultural diversity is an inherent quality of liberal education, Anastasia is curious about the ways in which liberal arts and sciences programs in the Netherlands approach cultural diversity among students. Her research examines positionality in interdisciplinary scholarship and pride within subscenes in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. She is a member of the research networks Subjects in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (SILT) and Urban Interfaces at Utrecht University.
key words: diversity, ethnicity, postionality, higher education, subscenes, Rotterdam
[urban interfaces] is a research platform for a critical investigation of urban interfaces for creative and participatory engagement at the crossing of academic research and creative practices. Focusing on mobile and situated media, arts, and performances, [urban interfaces] fosters critical reflections on, and interventions in, these socio-spatial and somatechnical activities and their shaping and staging of urban culture.
[urban interfaces] is an initiative of the Department for Media and Culture Studies (MCW) and seeks collaboration with an expanding local and international network of academic and cultural partners.
For more information, see urbaninterfaces.net.