From a deep fascination for what shapes 'imagined communities' Frank Uiterwaal underwent a shifting interest from, consecutively, history (bachelors degree) to political culture (masters degree in cultural history) to, in conclusion, heritage studies. As a former student at the Radboud University in Nijmegen and, recently, at the University of Amsterdam, he has a special interest in the way cultural practices and political power interact (the culture of power and the power of culture) and, more recently, heritagetourism as a form of potential intercultural dialogue.
For the CIE, Frank will provide the database on mutual cultural heritage with additional theoretical and analytical depth by embedding local developments in heritagepractices within specific global contexts, for example: tourism, colonialism, ownership, and the degree of mutuality."
