Kris Pint is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Hasselt University, Belgium. His teaching and research occupy the domains of cultural philosophy, semiotics and scenography. His research focuses on literature, (interior) architecture and visual arts, more specifically on the alternative possibilities of living, dwelling and knowing – fundamentals that artistic research helps to explore. He also examines how elements of creative (non-)fiction can be used in artistic research.
COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. There are three strategic priorities: promoting and spreading excellence, fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science and empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators.
Writing Urban Places proposes an innovative investigation and implementation of a process for developing human understanding of communities, their society, and their situatedness, by narrative methods. It particularly focuses on the potential of narrative methods for urban development in European medium-sized cities.