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Anja Veirman is a special guest lecturer at LUCA School of Arts (KU Leuven, Ghent) specializing in textile studies, global art history, and audiovisual ethnography. She holds a PhD focused on Senufo communities' knowledge systems and textile practices in West Africa. Her current research project 'Fluid Futures' explores decolonial methodologies for interdisciplinary artistic research. She teaches Anthropology of the Arts and initiated the seminar 'From Mono to Multiple. Decolonization and/in the arts.'
Her 30-year fieldwork with Senufo communities in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Mali underpins her work on embodied knowledge, human-plant-animal relationships, and relational ontologies. Recent projects include 'Female Neurodiversity in the Arts' (Co-promoter) and 'Third Landscapes and the Role of Dye Plants' (Promoter).
Key research themes include decolonizing narratives, multispecies perspectives, and co-creative practices. Her 2023-2024 publications address ritual textiles, decolonial epistemologies, and storytelling as tools for cultural regeneration. Projects emphasize transforming monolithic histories into pluralistic narratives focused on reciprocity and coexistence.
Veirman collaborates internationally on exhibitions, publications, and multimedia projects, often bridging heritage institutions and contemporary art contexts. She advocates for situated methodologies that challenge anthropocentric frameworks and prioritize intercultural dialogue.
