dr. S.L. (Leonieke) Bolderman

Research Projects

• Kiemen in Drentse Grond (2026 - 2027): Contract research for Van Gogh Drenthe, to explore the role of heritage in regional identity, community wellbeing, and local pride. Postdoc: dr. Imogen Humphris.
• Country Roads, Take Me Home. How music contributes to belonging in contemporary rural communities (2025-present).
• Chronourbanism and the arts (2025-2026): exploring how urban planning theories intersect with arts-led development.

PhD supervision

Ongoing projects

• Yuxuan Zhu (2022 - 2026). The management and preservation of living heritage: a study of traditional Dong villages in the South-West of China.
• Nour El Alam (2022 - 2026). An Urban Destination in Transition: Development, resilience and the role of tourism in Beirut.
• Sissal Dahl (2024 - 2027). Who Cares? Sustaining everyday life through formal and informal care infrastructures.
• Kjelda Glimmerveen (2024-2028). Imagining the North. Media-related heritage and placemaking practices in the Northern Netherlands.
• Moqing Bian (2025-2029). Urban Imaginaries of Hong Kong through Cantopop: Music, Space, and Cultural Practices.
• Mohamad Wahyu Hidayat (2026 - 2030). Transmission and Transition of Traditional Islamic Songs in the Contemporary Context

  of Muslim Java.

Completed projects

• Januschka Schmidt (2019-2025). People-Place Relationships. Relational adaptive place-making processes at sacred heritage sites in Kyoto, Japan.