Olbrechts Award presented to Silke Jacobs en Lamia Kocaman

On June 8th 2024, Silke Jacobs and Lamia Kocaman received the annual Olbrechts Award at the MAS for their master's thesis “Transnational home-making in Ghent: Women with Turkish Migration Background (Re)Building in Wondelgem. Volume I: The Observation, Volume II: The Analysis” supervised by professors Luce Beeckmans and Johan Lagae.

Since 1969, the Olbrechts Society has supported European cultural-historical and anthropological research. In 2023, a significant shift was made: with a broadened perspective, the society now also focuses on research concerning non-European heritage. Each year, the society awards the Olbrechts Award, providing funds for research in these domains.

Part of the award-winning research project by Silke Jacobs and Lamia Kocaman, submitted within the Master of Science in Engineering: Architecture, is featured in the exhibition Wie bewaart, die blijft! Koru ve yaşat! This exhibition is free to visit at the STAM plein in Ghent until December 30th, 2024.