Expeditions

Contact

Marc Vanlangendonck
Herfstlaan 18, 3010 Leuven
Belgium - Europe

E-mail: Marc.Vanlangendonck@wet.kuleuven.be

Born in Leuven (Belgium), 1959
Chairman of Expeditions, Research in Applied Anthropology

Degrees

MA in Modem History, Catholic University of Leuven
MA in Social and Cuttural Anthropology, Catholic University of Leuven
Doctor in Anthropology, Catholic University of Leuven

Teaching/Research

Teaching
- Aspects of Anthropology, Master in Tourism (appr. 50 students), Faculty of Science, KUL
- Integrated cases, (a) seminar company and (b) seminar community, Master in Tourism (appr. 40 students), Faculty of Science, KUL
- Philosophy, Bachelor (1) in Social Work (appr. 400 students), Department Social Work, XIOS, Hasselt
- Social Philosophy, Bachelor (2) in Social Work (appr. 150 students), XIOS, Hasselt

Research
- Founder of and directing the research unit LISE, Qualitative Research in Social Work, XIOS, Hasselt
- Research Fellow of IMMRC, Department Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, KUL
- Chief Editor of OMERTAA, online Journal of Applied Anthropology, Expeditions (www.omertaa.org)
- Anthropologynet.com (Expeditions, with Sam Janssen en Yves Goris)
- Member of the editorial team of KOLOR, Journal on Moving Communities
- Annual Expeditions Malta Summer School “Off the beaten track” in July-August

Research fields
- Interculturalism, development and social work, ethnicity, tourism as ethnic relations, oral history (narratives)
- Laureate of the Queen Paola Contest, Belgium 2004 with the Oral History project in KA Aarschot (1999-2004)
- A special interest in island cultures (Caribbean, Mediterranean, Pacific)

Founder

1985, Founder of "Cufture and Development", cross cultural trainings for Flemish development workers, Iteco, Brussels
1989, Founder of "Culture and Development", Caïro, Egypt
1992, Founder of "Meeting the people in Crete", intercultural communication between Cretans and international tourists, Rethimno-lerapetra, Crete, Greece
1993, Founder of MPW, an educational centre for non-Belgian parents in Flemish schools, NCOV-VCOV, Guimardstraat, Brussels
1996, Founder of Expeditions, Research in Applied Anthropology, Leuven, Belgium (www.xpeditions.be)
2000, Founder of Oral History at School, pilot project Aarschot. More information on: www.oralhistoryopschool.be.
2005, Founder of the Applied Anthropology Summer School "Off the beaten track" in Gozo, Malta (with Sam Janssen)
2006, Founder of the Night of Anthropology (with Sam Janssen)
2006, Founder of the group LISE, Qualitative Research in Social Work, Department Social Work, Xios
2007, Founder of www.anthropologynet.org (with Sam Janssen and Yves Goris)
2007, Founder of Omertaa, on-line Journal of Applied Anthropology, Expeditions (with Sam Janssen)

Main fieldwork in 2004

- "We are from Molenbeek". 35 years of Foyer in multi-ethnic Brussels. Brussels, Foyer, 155p. (with Steven Laporte)
- Oral History, Explorations of daily life in Hageland, KA Aarschot, IV, Aarschot, RAGO, 278p. (with Liesbet Meuwis)
- "This is our world". 20 years DBSO. Brussels, 176p. (editor, an oral history about Flemish youngsters (14-18 years) part-time - working/part-time studying in special DBSO schools)
- Security/insecurity notions and feelings in
1. School culture in Aarschot;
2. Tourist culture in Koksijde, De Panne;
3. Recreation and leisure culture in Kessel-Lo. March-December 2004.
- Three confidential reports. In cooperation with Whole Systems, Brussels. Created for the King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels, 115p.
- Preparing Expeditions Summer School Anthropology in Malta, Gozo.
- Preparing Expeditions exhibition about Andes cultures, La Paz. (with Márnix Vanlangenaeker)
- Tourism as ethnic relations in the Azores, Ponta Delgada.

Main fieldwork in 2005

- 335 Oral History student projects Xios, Department Social Work, mainly situated in the Belgian province of Limburg
- 49 Oral History student projects KUL, Master of Tourism, Aspects of Anthropology
- Expeditions Oral History project Neerpelt, "anthropological ecology of the Dommelvallei" (first arrangements)
- Expeditions Oral History project Oostende, "research about tradition vs. modernization concentrating on the local popular folk singer Lucy Loes"
- Expeditions Oral History projects at School: Sint-Claracollege (Arendonk), Redingenhof (Louvain), Sint-Wico College (Neerpelt)
- 30 "tourism as ethnic relations" student projects in Belgium, KUL, Master of Tourism,
- Aspects of Anthropology - Expeditions interculturalism project in Redingenhof, project KATE
- Expeditions Summer School of Malta, 2005; preparing Summer School of Malta in 2006
- Co-ordination of the research project: "a social analysis of the welfare of Flemish youngsters (Hageland)" with Miek Vandenberk, CAW Diest, 2005-2006
- Co-ordination of the student project "The state of mind of US Expats in Brussels and Antwerp", KUL, Master in Tourism
- Promotor of:
"Tourism and cultural heritage, a case-study of Hadrian's wall in Great-Britain" by Elien Meuwissen;
"Children of host cultures looking at national and international tourists, a case-study of the city of Bruges" by Diederik De Bruycker, KUL, Master in Tourism
- Expeditions Training Intercultural Communication (ETIC) about Chechens in Belgium for Commissioner General's Office for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Brussels (with Sam Janssen)
- Preparing interactive DBSO-network on line, Limburg (with Sam Janssen)
- Lectures and seminars about Oral History, "tourism as ethnic relations" and intercutturalism for diverse audiences (KBS round table conversations and others)
- Tourism as ethnic relations, Barbados and Cuba


Main fieldwork in 2006

- 312 Oral History student projects, XIOS, Department of Social Work, mainly situated in the Belgian province of Limburg
- 41 Oral History student projects, KUL, Master of Tourism, Aspects of Anthropology
- Editor of “Verkenningen van het dagelijkse leven. Oral History in de Dommelvallei. Project 2006.” Leuven, 2006. An Oral History in the perspective of anthropological ecology, academic presentation September 29 (with Gaby Bollen, Sam Janssen, Hans Proost)
- Editor of “Luisteren naar het verleden. Oral History in Arendonk. Project 2006.” Listening to the past in the region of Arendonk, academic presentation September 22 (with Lutgarde Govaerts, Sam Janssen, Walter Pelckmans)
- Making preparations for: Oral History Neerpelt 2007; Oral History Arendonk 2007; Oral History project Aarschot SIMA 2007 (with Sam Janssen)
- 32 “tourism as ethnic relations” student projects in Belgium, KUL, Master of Tourism, Aspects of Anthropology
- Supervisor of following theses (KUL, Master in Tourism): 1. Refugees and tourism, a case study of the Chechen society in Flanders (Belgium) by Myriam Fierens, 2. Tourism and cultural identity, a case study of female students from Turkish origin in Brussels and Louvain by Marjon Valkeners; 3. Profiles of the contemporary Japanese tourist in Gent by Geneviève Delefortrie; 4. Tourism as ethnic relations in Barbados, a case study of the confrontations and interactions between female western tourists and local groups by Liesbeth Valkeners
- Commissioner of following theses: 1. “Inleefreizen: postmoderne pelgrims en de ex-primitief” by Tobias Lancsweert, Master in Social and Cultural Anthropology (supervisor René Devisch), KUL; 2. Het toerisme en de actieve rol van de lokale bevolking in ontwikkelingslanden” by Miet Vandebroek, special education program Culture and Development, Social and Cultural Anthropology (supervisor Steven Van Wolputte), KUL
- Co-supervisor of following cases in the Master of Tourism (KUL): 1. Low cost in air traffic (with Thérèse Steenberghen and Norbert Vanhove), 2. Profiles of traffic problems through tourism in Planckendael (Mechelen, Belgium; with Thérèse Steenberghen and Jeroen Bryon), 3. Incentives, looking for a new brand (with Norbert Vanhove and Patrick De Groote).
- Workshop Connecting Global and Local Tourism for Value Creation, Leuven, April 26-27, Intro & Chair of Session 3: Cultural Heritage – Territorial Identities – Tourism Economies (with Myriam Jansen-Verbeke)
- “Jack, the beach is mine!” The dynamics of international mass tourism out of the perspective of ethnic relations. An article written for KOLOR, Journal on Moving Communities (2006), vol. 6, nr. 1, 59-69
- Leading professor of the Expeditions Malta Summer School “Off the beaten track” in Gozo, July-August 2006 (team: Jeroen Bryon, Wes Fack, Sam Janssen)
- Leading Expeditions research team X, fieldwork about “the disease of cancer concerning immigrants (first, second, third generation) in Belgium (Flanders)”; for: Vlaamse Liga tegen Kanker (with Sam Janssen)
- Leading Expeditions research team X, fieldwork for Icarus, an organisation for persons with a physical handicap (with Sam Janssen)
- LISE research: 1. a social analysis of the welfare of Flemish youngsters, congress Province Vlaams-Brabant, June 19 (with Miek Vandenberk), 2. The (medical/paramedical oriented) needs of elderly people in the province of Limburg, congress Province Limburg, September 29 (with Katrien Meireman, Liesbeth Leynen, Jan Valy), 3. Making preparations for a research project with CAW ‘t Verschil, Hasselt, 4. Mission Statement of LISE (IWT-project)
- Making preparations to launch (vol. 1 of) OMERTAA, Expeditions on line Journal of Applied Anthropology (with Sam Janssen)
- Network Anthropologynet (with Sam Janssen and Yves Goris)
- Creating KiKi, a marketing unit for the Expeditions projects Oral History on School/Oral History for Companies, Flanders (with Kim Boschmans, Krissy VanMellaert and Sam Janssen)
- Night of Anthropology, March 17, Vooruit Gent, Expeditions (with Sam Janssen)
- Expeditions photo exhibition, Ronse (Belgium), October (author Daniël Maekelberg)
- Lectures and seminars about Oral History, the impact of tourism on cultures and interculturalism for diverse audiences
- Moderator of the debate about the movie Congo River Beyond Darkness (Thierry Michel), May 3, Kunstencentrum STUK Leuven (with Stefaan Marysse, Johan Hoornaert, Zana Mathieu Etambala, Daniël Desmet)
- Diverse meetings about new Expeditions initiatives, with Roos Willems (Vredeseilanden, Africa), Kristof Dewaele (Focus Brasil), Walter Lotens (Suriname) and others

Main fieldwork in 2007

- Editor of Sprekend Verleden. Oral History in het Hageland. Project 2007. Expeditions : Sima. An Oral History project about a Flemish region around the city of Aarschot, academic presentation June 19, 134 p. (with Anne Armirotto, Hans De Keyser, Sam Janssen, Christie Rutten)
- Editor of Luisteren naar het verleden. Oral History in de Kempen. Project 2007. Expeditions : Sint-Claracollege. An Oral History project about a Flemish region around the communities of Arendonk, Retie, Dessel, etc., academic presentation September 21, 188 p. (with Lutgarde Govaerts, Sam Janssen, Walter Pelckmans, Gilsi Smolderen)
- Research supervisor and editor (with Sam Janssen) of Allochtonen en kanker. Een gids voor hulpverleners. Expeditions/LiSE : Vlaamse Liga tegen Kanker. A guide for medical, paramedical and social workers dealing with migrants in the Flemish country who have cancer, academic presentation September 20 attended by the Minister of Welfare Steven Vanackere and Minister Marino Keulen, 155 p. (see also articles in Xmagazine, December 2007; newspaper De Morgen, September 21; etc.), also a presentation on “The Day of Research”, XIOS College University Diepenbeek, November 23
- Editor of Verkenningen van het dagelijkse leven. Oral History in de Dommelvallei. Project 2007. Expeditions : De Wulp. An Oral History project about a Flemish region around the communities of Neerpelt, Overpelt, etc. academic presentation October 12, 201 p. (with Gaby Bollen, Sam Janssen, Hans Proost)
- Editor (with Johan Leman) of Tourism as Ethnic Relations, thematic KOLOR issue, Journal on Moving Communities, 2007 (2), November with two articles; Tourism and Cultural Change: an Empathic Understanding Approach. An Introduction to Tourism, Anthropology and Ethnicity (with Johan Leman); The Expeditions Malta Summer School for International Students and Scholars: Some Outlines (with Sam Janssen). Articles by Marjon Valkeners (Turkey), Myriam Fierens (Chechnia), Tobias Lancsweert (Africa), Liesbeth Valkeners (Barbados), Diederik De Bruycker (Brugge) and Dominique Vanneste (policy of the Master in Tourism, director)
- Chief-editor of three Omertaa volumes (www.omertaa.org); Omertaa 2007: (1), editor Sam Janssen, The Barruf Experience with articles by Steven Daly, Adrian Foster, Sara Rich (a and b), Ian Tangert, Adam Thompson; Omertaa 2007; (2): editor Rosely Gomes, Gender & Sexuality with articles by R. Gomes Costa, V.L. Pereira Alves, E.R. de Souza, C.R. Muniz, L.F. Rojo, P. Rogers Ferreira, V. Silva, J. Segata, A.P. Uziel; Omertaa 2007; (3): see KOLOR issue 2007 (2)
- Creating ECOL (with several others), a co-operation between KHLim, PHL and SAW, XIOS (three university colleges in the Flemish province of Limburg) to set up educational programmes and diverse trainings (concerning communication, empathy, etc.) for workers in Limburg retreats for the elderly
- 42 Oral History student projects, KUL, Master of Tourism, Aspects of Anthropology
- 16 Anthropology students projects (in teams) concerning “particpant observations” in tourism in the Flemish region, diverse subjects, KUL, Master of Tourism, Aspects of Anthropology
- 345 Oral History student projects, XIOS, Department of Social Work, mainly situated in the Flemish province of Limburg
- Making preparations for Oral History projects in Mechelen Wollemarkt (2008) and Schoten (2008), Belgium
- Leading professor of the Expeditions Malta Summer School “Off the beaten track” in Gozo, July-August 2007 (team: Wes Fack, Sam Janssen, Boruc Juvanec (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Sara Rich); with following student-participants: Shevawn Von Tobel, University of Nevada, Reno; Katharine Power, University of Cambridge; Allison DeHart, Missouri State University, Sean M. Dubhghaill, National University of Ireland at Maynooth; Emily Mahon, Suny Potsdam; Holly McCready, Millersville University Pennsylvania; Chelsea Hutchinson, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania; Florian Frey, University of Zurich; Camilla Massara, University of Roma and Universities in the UK, with expertise in cultural heritage; Zarlashtah Ludin, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Supervisor of following theses (KUL, Master in Tourism): 1. How eco is the eco-tourist?, a case-study in Etosha National Park, Namibia, Ibrich Weymans; 2. “Le Mémorial de la Résistance, Vercors, France, an analysis about “selling the past”, Maya Windels; 3. Tourist valorisation of local identities, a case study concerning narratives in farm tourism, Heuvelland, Belgium, Katrien Hanssens (with Jeroen Bryon)
- Commissioner of following theses, 1. (KUL, Master in Tourism), Bokrijk and living history, Annemie Debruyne; Perceptions of cyclists in Scheldeland, An Perdieus; Impact of movies on tourist images: The Beach, Thailand, A.E.M. Kouwenberg; The impact of children concerning choices of tourist destinations, Liesbeth Uyttersprot; Second homes in Oostduinkerke, tourists or inhabitants?, Els Roose; 2. (KUL, Master in Anthropology), Ad Fundum, Ayahuascatourism in Ecuador, Bart Vanderstraeten; and others
- Applied cases in tourism (KUL): Hotel Only, Thomas Cook Group (with co-ordinators R. Govers and N. Vanhove); Social trends in tourism (with co-ordinators N. Vanhove and Gilles); Creating Mobility, images of “the friendly airport” of Brussels South in the Flemisch region (with co-ordinators Thérèse Steenberghen and E. Bovijn)
- Supervising an OCMW research in the Flemish Province of Limburg (Belgium) concerning a general survey about 800 OCMW-participants, September-December 2007, integrated in the course Social Philosophy as PAR (with Filip Lammens, Sam Janssen and the Research Unit of the Province Limburg, Management Welfare)
- Supervisor of diverse LiSE projects, see www.groeplise.eu,
esp. with the outcome of the creation of new websites in social work (with Filip Lammens) or the set-up of new projects in social work as “motherhood” with Jenne Tanse in association with SEN (www.senvzw.be)
- Lectures and seminars about Applied Anthropology for diverse audiences as e.g. the preparation of congresses as “The future of historic Spa towns, the role of cultural heritage in the process of urban revitalisation and re-imaging”, an international symposium (March, 2008, Spa) or guest lectures in the Department of Anthropology guided by Prof. Dr. Johan Leman
- Member of the jury, Eustory, Koning Boudewijnstichting Brussels, co-ordinators Mrs. Frie Dierickx Visschers and Delphine Saudoyer, 2007-2008
- Follow-up fieldwork in loco in Slovenia, March 23-28, about the social fieldwork of Maja Brouns (LiSE) concerning diverse refugees, University of Ljubljana (with Sam Janssen)
- Creating a student course “Philosophy”, for SAW students (XIOS), 269 pp., 30 essays about “philosophy” in the perspective of social work, from Socrates to more recent philosophers as Frisch, Latour and Roger-Pol Droit
- Anthropological studies of Chechen people in Belgium (with Josée Goethals, Expeditions, LiSE)
- Making preparations for LiSE fieldwork in the Ukraine (with IMMRC and Expeditions)
- Discussing the base of a profound Appreciative Inquiry in social work with CAW ‘t VERSCHIL (Marina Punie) and CAW Hageland (Miek Vandenberk), and others, concerning diverse subjects
- Creating LiSE as a new dynamic research group in social work from an applied anthropological (interdisciplinary) perspective in Belgium, Europe and abroad, diverse meetings
- Tourism as ethnic relations, Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica (back to my roots, 1986-1987)