CIE - Centre for International Heritage Activities
Centrum voor Internationale Erfgoedactiviteiten
Research and Academic Cooperation
Our Approach to Research and Academic Cooperation
CIE tries to encourage the development of academic and theoretical frameworks in order to support the practical work of our heritage activities. To fully achieve sustainability we must aim to, as well as improve upon academic and professional networks, seek to improve clarity and transparancy through breaking down barriers in heritage cooperation between academics, practitioners and communities. CIE wishes to stimulate research and understanding, encourage communication and knowledge exchange between individuals, practitioners, communities, institutions and countries. In order to achieve this aim, CIE tries to provide platforms and environments in which to bring people together in an arena which will inspire and foster cooperative and co-creative thinking. CIE also targets not only seasoned professionals but also works to facilitate exchange amongst young students, as well as practitioners and specialists from a variety of different professional environments.
As well as researching different aspects of history and heritage of the Netherlands and overseas, CIE also seeks to conduct research into the heritage profession itself. This research we believe advances the profession and improves our own knowledge and understanding, thereby influencing the sustainability of our projects in the future. CIE organises regular events, seminars and expert meetings that focus upon evaluating and researching our own activities, as well as attitudes to heritage within the Netherlands, Europe, and further afield. We like to think about and evaluate why it is we are doing what we are doing. These reflections and critiques fuel and drive our own research and approaches to our work. This is also a way of conducting the empowerment of ourselves as an organisation.
Our Track Record:
There are multiple ways in which CIE explores this core theme:
Archaeological Research in the field,
Underwater Archaeological Research.
Joint Institutions e.g. Leiden University and New York University Abu Dhabi
Expert Meetings,
Conferences,
Seminars,
Heritage Days,
Fieldschools,
Student Seminars,
Internships
Featured Activities
2018
The larger aim in this project is to connect the heritage production and cultural policy with the larger socio-economic milieu in which such policies are being shaped. Hence, in formulating this project it is assumed that political struggles can only be understood if the theoretical framework includes both the socio-economic reality on one side, and the politics of cultural inclusion/exclusion on the other.
This event was hosted by CIE and the Research Centre at the National Museum of World Cultures. It brought together museum experts, professionals, academics and students, to consider the central theme of National Museums in Colonial and Postcolonial Environments- transforming narratives in an age of change. Presentations were given by Dr. Bambi Ceuppens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Dr. Fanny Wonu Veys of the Museum Volkenkunde and Dr. Peter ter Keurs from the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. The speeches were followed by a lively debate, between the panel and audience members on the key issues raised during the event.
Eastern Cape Oral History Project, 'Whispers of the Sea'. At Port St. Johns and Msikaba River Mouth, South Africa
2014
CIE has a special interest and extensive experience in particular within the field of Maritime Heritage and Migration Heritage research.
To learn more about CIE's work in the field of Research and Academic Cooperation, please see the countries page.
Countries which CIE have worked with on this theme:
The United Arab Emirates