Professor Anke Coumans and her professorship Image in Context develop projects in which visual artists and designers are given the space to explore and develop new roles within social, political, educational or intercultural contexts.
Central to the research of Coumans and her team is the question of the added value of artists and designers: the qualities they bring to these new roles, the extent to which their artistic attitude can be shared, and how art schools can best prepare their students to fulfil such roles.
The professorship Image in Context is part of the Research Centre Art & Society and is affiliated with the bachelor's and master's programmes of Minerva Art Academy at Hanze University of Applied Sciences.
Anke Coumans has acquired work experience both in the Netherlands and abroad in a wide range of fields in art and culture, where design, film, media, visual art and journalism form the foundation. In 2010, she earned her doctorate from Leiden University with her dissertation 'Als een beeld ‘ik’ zegt… het dialogische betekenisvormingsproces van het publiek beeld'. Anke Coumans graduated in 1990 from the Catholic University of Nijmegen, where she studied Film and Performing Arts. She also studied Cinematography at the University of Paris.
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