EN – Urban Paradoxes

Research into citizenship, diversity and the arts.

Research agency Urban Paradoxes is founded and run by Sandra Trienekens, human geographer (MA) and cultural sociologist (PhD). Since 1999 she has contributed to research and theory on citizenship, participation, diversity and the arts. In her work, she integrates her scientific and applied knowledge of the cultural sector and the changing social context.

Urban Paradoxes research combines questions on artistic form renewal, sector change, collaboration and on what works (methodology) in building a future-oriented, participatory and inclusive cultural sector. Currently, a prominent research question at Urban Paradoxes is: (How) does the concept of ‘cultural democracy’ offer us tools to truly move forward on the issues of cultural participation and diversity in cultural policy and in the publicly funded arts sector?

Trienekens worked at universities in Tilburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Manchester and London between 1999 and 2007. From 2007 to 2011 she was professor of applied science in ‘Citizenship and Cultural Dynamics’ at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science (HvA). Since 2011, she is fulltime committed to Urban Paradoxes.

To speed up the search process, as most of the work is in Dutch, below the links to Urban Paradoxes publications in English.

PUBLICATIONS

Sandra Trienekens & Juan Escobar Campos (2021) Concertgebouworkest Young. Interim report: comparing outcomes 2019 and 2021. Amsterdam: Urban Paradoxes. 20/04/2021

Sandra Trienekens (2021) Creating Potential for Change. Online publication, part of Re-imagine Europe. 20/04/2021

Sandra Trienekens (2020) Culturele diversiteit en inclusie. Benchmark. I.o.v. Het Koninklijke Concertgebouworkest. Amsterdam: Urban Paradoxes. 20/04/2020

Sandra Trienekens, m.m.v. Lizzy Schreijer (2019) Towards a sustainable audience development. Re-imagine Europe. 19/04/2019

Sandra Trienekens & Conny Groot (2016). Age Included. On Music, Generations, Diverity, and Freedom. Amsterdam: SWP Publishers. 20/04/2016

Philomena Essed & Sandra Trienekens (2013). ‘Who wants to feel White?’ Race, Dutch Culture and Contested Identities, pp. 115-135 in: Angela P. Harris (ed.) Race and Equality Law. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Group. (reprint). 20/04/2013

Philomena Essed & Sandra Trienekens (2011).’Race, Dutch culture and contested identities.’ In: C.A. Gallagher & F. Winddance Twine (eds.) Retheorizing Race and Whiteness in the 21st Century. London, New York: Routledge. (Originally published as an article in a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies). 20/04/2011

Sandra Trienekens & lectoraatteam (2009). Cultural interventions and multi-disciplinary teams to enhance ‘feeling at home’ in Krachtwijken. November 2009. Amsterdam: HvA Maatschappij en Recht. 20/04/2009

Philomena Essed & Sandra Trienekens (2008). ‘Who wants to feel White?’ Race, Dutch Culture and Contested Identities. In: Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol.31(1), January 2008 , pp. 52-72. 20/04/2008

Sandra Trienekens (2006). Making sense of diverse collectivities in contemporary cities: (Re)considering cultural identities, citizenship and role of the arts. In: A Prior Magazine, no.13, pp.133-143. 20/04/2006

Sandra Trienekens (2006). The struggle over cultural diversity in the arts. In: Vendela Heurgren & Mikael Morberg (eds.) Arts and Diversity. Policies, Research and Practice. Botkyrka: Mångkulturellt Centrum. pp.21-33. 20/04/2006

Sandra Trienekens (2004). Urban Paradoxes: Lived citizenship and the location of diversity in the arts. Amsterdam: Trienekens. 20/04/2004

Sandra Trienekens (2002). ‘Colourful’ Distinction: the Role of Ethnicity and Ethnic Orientation in Cultural Consumption. In: Poetics, vol. 30(4), pp. 281-298. 20/04/2002

Sandra Trienekens (2000) Creating Audiences? In: BamBOO!! Culture for audiences, no. 4, October 2000. Manchester: AAU. 20/04/2000