MACCH Services
Consultancy, contract research and other service activities directed towards the larger society and in collaboration with private and public partners make up the third pillar of MACCH. With its interdisciplinary approach and by bringing together researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law, the School of Business and Economics, the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, the Sociaal Historisch Centrum voor Limburg and the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, MACCH responds to the demands of the increasingly multi-layered and complex challenges facing the fields of arts and heritage today. Its combination of legal, historical, philosophical, economic and practical expertise is unique in Europe. Firmly embedded in the region and operating on an international level, the Centre aims to function as a flywheel in the cooperation between arts and heritage organisations, creative industries, business, and societal partners. MACCH operates practice oriented and demand-driven, combining academic rigor and creativity.
Research areas include: cultural policy evaluation; project monitoring; property law and intellectual law; art market research; re-use of industrial heritage; public participation; conservation and documentation of art.
Recent examples of successful contract research and consultancy work are:
On the invitation of the Province of Limburg, the vision document ‘Sjiek is miech dat!’ Visie op taal als erfgoed (‘Language as Heritage’) was written to provide input for the upcoming Provincial Heritage Policy Document. The vision document is written by prof. L. Cornips (Leerstoel Taalcultuur in Limburg) and dr. V. van Saaze (MACCH), drs. M. Frencken, E. van Nieuwenhoven, drs. T. van de Wijngaard (Huis voor de Kunsten Limburg), and prof. R. van Hout (Raod veur ’t Limburgs) in close cooperation with several local language organisations.
‘Verkenning van de toestand van de industriële Rijksmonumenten in Limburg in 2014-2015’. Researchers: Prof. dr. Ernst Homburg et al., Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. Commissioned by: Province of Limburg.
‘Behoud historische buitenplaatsen in Limburg. Een vergelijkend onderzoek tussen Nederland, Vlaanderen en Duitsland’. Dr. Joop de Jong et. al, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. Commissioned by Huis voor de Kunsten, Limburg, and Stichting Limburgse Kastelen.
Contact: Dr. Joop de Jong and Dr. Vivian van Saaze