Project Details
Description
How to be Church in a gentrifying city? Project on belonging and dividing lines in the Staatsliedenbuurt, a neighborhood in Amsterdam. Goals: strengthen social relations in the neighborhood, relations between Church and others in the neighborhood, theological foundations for these relations and developing an urban theology of gentrification. The project consisted of an exhibit, a journal, storytelling and political debate and took place in october and november 2021.
Key findings
Importance of creative, arts-based research methods in diaconal studies.
Collaborations Churches and other social, non-Christian Organizations, Alliances Diaconia and Community Art, Exposure.
Collaborations Churches and other social, non-Christian Organizations, Alliances Diaconia and Community Art, Exposure.
| Status | Finished |
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| Effective start/end date | 21/09/21 → 20/08/23 |
| Links | https://thuisindestaats.nl/ |
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A praxis of Grace, Desire and Resistance: Methodology for a Eucharistic Diaconia
Meijers, E., Apr 2025, Diaconia: Acts, understandings and stories of service in a pluralistic Southern Africa. Knoetze, J. & Beukes, J. W. (eds.). Wellington: Barnabas Academic Publishers, p. 212-228 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Belonging to the city: alliances between community art and diaconia as a means to overcome segregation in a gentrifying neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Meijers, E., 20 Jun 2023, In: Religions. 14, 6, 28 p., 811.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Walking in the city: Christian spirituality in Amsterdam through the eyes of Michel de Certeau
Meijers, E., 26 Jul 2023, In: Religions. 14, 21 p., Online 968.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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