dr. G. (Gwenda) van der Vaart

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Spatial Sciences

Telephone:

+31 6 5231 7254

E-mail:

g.van.der.vaart rug.nl

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Research interests

My research interests are related to community development, arts & culture, sense of place and creative and arts-based research methods.

Publications

‘It is not only an artist village, it is much more than that’: The binding and dividing effects of the arts on a community

van der Vaart, G. , van Hoven, B. & Huigen, P., Jul-2019 , In: Community development journal. 54 , 3 , p. 446–462 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Sustainable placeshaping: what, why and how: Findings of the SUSPLACE program; Deliverable D7.6 Synthesis report

Horlings, I. (ed.) & van der Vaart, G. , 2019 , Wageningen University & Research . 85 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

Arts & Resilience in a Rural Community: The value of arts-based community activities in resilience-building in Pingjum, northern Netherlands

van der Vaart, G. , 2018 , [Groningen]: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen . 139 p.

Research output: Thesis › Thesis fully internal (DIV)

Creative and Arts-Based Research Methods in Academic Research. Lessons from a Participatory Research Project in The Netherlands

van der Vaart, G. , van Hoven, B. & Huigen, P., May-2018 , In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 19 , 2 , 19.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The role of the arts in coping with place change at the coast

van der Vaart, G. , van Hoven, B. & Huigen, P., Jun-2018 , In: Area. 50 , 2 , p. 195-204 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The Value of Participatory Community Arts for Community Resilience

van der Vaart, G. , van Hoven, B. & Huigen, P., 2018 , Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places. Trell, E-M., Restemeyer, B., Bakema, M. M. & van Hoven, B. (eds.). Routledge , p. 186-204 19 p. (Urban Planning and Environment).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic

Resilience: just do it?! Governing for Resilience in vulnerable Places, University of Groningen, 9-10 October 2014

van der Vaart, G. , Trell, E-M. , Restemeyer, B. & Bakema, M., 2015 , In: Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses. 3 , 2 , p. 160-171 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review