Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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Met mijn paper wil ik ingaan op de verschillende manieren waarop gender wordt ingezet als een middel om te reflecteren op turbulente politieke, maatschappelijke en religieuze ontwikkelingen in het...Show moreMet mijn paper wil ik ingaan op de verschillende manieren waarop gender wordt ingezet als een middel om te reflecteren op turbulente politieke, maatschappelijke en religieuze ontwikkelingen in het Egypte tussen de late jaren vijftig tot aan de vroege jaren zeventig. Waar het mij hier om gaat is dat bepaalde noties van gender hun herkomst vinden in terugkerende symboliek. Culturele representaties van vrouwelijkheid en mannelijkheid dienen meer doelen dan alleen het weerspiegelen van vraagstukken rond emancipatie. Ze kunnen óók politiek of religieus ingezet worden, of reflecteren op existentiële vraagstukken die iets zeggen over de menselijke conditie in zijn algemeenheid.Show less
The trade in humans for forced labor is the fastest growing criminal industry, with estimated annual profits of $150 billion, whereby trafficking for commercial sexual services (henceforth sex...Show moreThe trade in humans for forced labor is the fastest growing criminal industry, with estimated annual profits of $150 billion, whereby trafficking for commercial sexual services (henceforth sex trafficking)generates $100 billion alone and hereby is responsible for the largest proportion of the profit (Luscombe, 2014). Advanced communication and widespread Internet access, often considered positive outcomes of globalization, in fact help the trafficking industry to function efficiently. Popular tourist destinations in Panama and Mexico with high demand for sex tourism are researched to assess their role as sex hubs in the trafficking debate.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Nederlandse taal en cultuur (BA)
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Jacobs van Lennep's work "De Lotgevallen van Klaasje Zevenster" discusses several hot issues of the early eightteenth century, chief among them the lawgiving in prostitution, the importance of the...Show moreJacobs van Lennep's work "De Lotgevallen van Klaasje Zevenster" discusses several hot issues of the early eightteenth century, chief among them the lawgiving in prostitution, the importance of the closed family and the education of women. Van Lennep explicitly utilizes his authorship and the storyteller within the book to express his opinion on these subjects. I have first distinguished three levels of 'author's commentary' and then applied these levels to selected parts of the novel. Van Lennep assumes the role of the public intellectual to take the reader by the hand and see what he wants the reader to see.Show less
This paper expostulates on the results of testing Cognitive Load Theory and the Modality Principle of Multimedia Teaching on Dutch secondary school pupils who were exposed to Old English literature...Show moreThis paper expostulates on the results of testing Cognitive Load Theory and the Modality Principle of Multimedia Teaching on Dutch secondary school pupils who were exposed to Old English literature for the first time. The research supports the findings of experts in the field of pedagogy and psychology as long-term memory proved to be critical to the success of cognitive processing of new information.Show less
Recent fairy-tale film releases by Disney show that the company is attempting to retell the classical fairy-tale films from new perspectives, especially featuring stronger fairy-tale heroines. This...Show moreRecent fairy-tale film releases by Disney show that the company is attempting to retell the classical fairy-tale films from new perspectives, especially featuring stronger fairy-tale heroines. This change is the result of a cry for subversion after feminist writers discovered values of a strictly patriarchal society in fairy tales, and they therefore campaigned for the abolition of female passivity in Disney’s fairy-tale films. This thesis will examine the theme of female agency and villainy in Disney’s fairy-tale films. Comparing and contrasting the original Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty (1959) adaptation with the same studio’s most recent film version Maleficent (2014), this thesis argues that the two movies reveal an apparent shift in the way they explore and present female identity, from valuing passivity to celebrating agency, and closely related to this, a growing sympathy towards the figure of the morally ambiguous villain who appears to seek redemption through motherhood. The notion of moral ambiguity will be discussed in relation to the villainous female character, and the differences in the portrayal of their agency compared to the agency attributed to the heroine.Show less
This thesis considers the role of social capital in the post-disaster recovery of fishermen and farmers in a coastal and rural region. Primarily focusing on two towns in Miyagi prefecture which...Show moreThis thesis considers the role of social capital in the post-disaster recovery of fishermen and farmers in a coastal and rural region. Primarily focusing on two towns in Miyagi prefecture which were affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the resulting tsunami in 2011, this thesis considers how the possession of cultural and social capital can hinder or enable recovery and company growth. Through the use of three case studies involving local fishermen and farmers who were affected by the disaster, this thesis argues that social capital plays an important role in enabling the recovery and growth of affected individuals and companies. In addition, not only the possession, but also the characteristics of said social capital determines to what extent and for what purposes social capital can be used to achieve recovery.Show less
