There is a strong tendency in mainstream literature to discuss cross-strait relations in terms of security threats or growing economic interdependence. On the other hand, cultural exchanges have...Show moreThere is a strong tendency in mainstream literature to discuss cross-strait relations in terms of security threats or growing economic interdependence. On the other hand, cultural exchanges have received considerably less attention. Nonetheless, scholars that do elaborate on culture conceptualise culture as a fixed set of norms and values that fosters mutual understanding. Similarly, cultural exchanges between the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei and the Palace Museum (PM) in Beijing are lauded as signs of warming cross-strait ties. Michelle Jana Chan (2010) remarked that the museum directors have risen above politics to organise their first joint exhibition in 2009. Yet, this thesis argues that politics is firmly rooted in cultural exchanges across the Strait. Taiwanese and Chinese governments have purposefully (re)constructed culture to determine what “true” culture entails, what goal it serves and what it says about the relationship between people on both sides of the Strait. From a poststructuralist outlook, multiple truths need to be elucidated as “the truth” does not exist. Presidential statements and documentaries about the NPM are analysed from a spatial perspective to explain how culture and the NPM are constructed through the ‘One China’ discourses and the ‘Taiwan-centric’ discourse, struggling to define communities, boundaries and realities rooted in the broader background of the collaborations between the NPM and the PM. This study contends that competing and changing meanings and purposes of culture embedded in these cultural exchanges are the result of power struggles and should be acknowledged as sources of conflict in cross-strait relations.Show less
Paus Pius IX werd paus in een roerige tijd van revoluties. Liberale ideeën kregen veel invloed en de moderne bijbelkritiek kwam op. Pius IX raakte de kerkelijke gebieden kwijt en verloor dus zijn...Show morePaus Pius IX werd paus in een roerige tijd van revoluties. Liberale ideeën kregen veel invloed en de moderne bijbelkritiek kwam op. Pius IX raakte de kerkelijke gebieden kwijt en verloor dus zijn wereldlijke macht. Hoewel Pius gematigd liberaal begon, voer hij al snel een conservatieve koers. Zo vaardigde hij de encycliek Quanta Cura uit, waarin hij 80 moderne dwalingen veroordeelde, waaronder de moderne bijbelkritiek. Deze scriptie behelst de vraag waarom Pius IX de moderne bijbelkritiek veroordeelde.Show less
A multi-groups factor model is often used to study moderator effects. In many cases, the moderator variable is of a metric nature rather than nominal. In this paper, we propose a varying...Show moreA multi-groups factor model is often used to study moderator effects. In many cases, the moderator variable is of a metric nature rather than nominal. In this paper, we propose a varying-coefficient factor model. With the application of kernel smoothing, a number of varying-coefficient factor models exist, dependent on the smoothing parameter. The aforementioned factor models were fitted on a set of personality data. Through model selection, a factor model was chosen that best depicts the trends of model parameters of interest, with accompanying confidence bands, across values of a metric moderator variable.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Afrikaanse talen en culturen (BA)
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In deze scriptie wordt aan de hand van de begrippen Input-, Throughput- en Outputlegitimiteit de invloed van legitimiteit op het beloop en de potentiële uitkomst van de MINUSMA-vredesmissie in Mali...Show moreIn deze scriptie wordt aan de hand van de begrippen Input-, Throughput- en Outputlegitimiteit de invloed van legitimiteit op het beloop en de potentiële uitkomst van de MINUSMA-vredesmissie in Mali beschreven. Aan de hand van enkele praktijkvoorbeelden als ook de beschouwing van de oorzaken van het huidig conflict wordt ook de dynamiek die tussen deze begrippen bestaat geanalyseerd. Concluderend wordt gesteld dat de missie niet volledig voldoet aan de legitimiteitseisen en dat dit consequenties heeft voor het succes ervan, waarvan we een deel nu al in de dagelijkse berichtgeving terugzien.Show less
For decades, Japan has been entrenched in a nationalistic paradigm of war memories.Can this be overcome by providing a cultural approach or will Japan continue to show strong nationalistic...Show moreFor decades, Japan has been entrenched in a nationalistic paradigm of war memories.Can this be overcome by providing a cultural approach or will Japan continue to show strong nationalistic sentiments towards its neighbors?Show less
This thesis examines the role architecture has on learning in the “post-museum”. This is done through the analysis of several contemporary museums mainly located in the Western Europe. The...Show moreThis thesis examines the role architecture has on learning in the “post-museum”. This is done through the analysis of several contemporary museums mainly located in the Western Europe. The constructivist theory of education, which is employed to conceptualise learning in the “postmuseum”, recognises the spatial, embodied and contextual nature of meaning making. However, the relationship between learning and museum architecture still lacks attention. This thesis looks not only at the spatial organisation and materiality of museum buildings. It also sees architecture as a Bourdieusian “field of practice”, riddled with various tensions, and as a set of practices that range from design to appropriation. By emphasising the ways museum buildings can serve the needs of their users, the scope of this research is extended beyond the formal and stylistic developments in architecture. This thesis reveals how architecture can create physically and psychologically comfortable museum environment necessary for meaning making. Also, the museum public is understood as diverse and employing various modes of learning. So, the input architecture has in generating a socially and culturally inclusive as well as physically and mentally accessible museum space is of major importance. Museum buildings should also reflect the local realities, because this proves to support learning as a part of identity construction. Furthermore, architecture can create rich sensory experiences that affect visitors’ emotional responses and thus support museological narratives. These narratives are often communicated through theatrical environments that prompt embodied and performative learning. However, theatricality in architecture can also be overwhelming and thus weaken or even override the educational message. This poses a real risk as museums have ethical responsibility towards the society to communicate certain values and bodies of knowledge. Finally, this thesis also suggests that the research should not be limited to museum buildings. It could be extended to urban and natural museum settings in order to evaluate the impact of the physical environment on a bigger scale.Show less
The 'kizuna' discourse in Japan is about bonding as people. After the 3.11 disaster this bonding became more important. The women in the disaster areas were faced with the pressure this discourse...Show moreThe 'kizuna' discourse in Japan is about bonding as people. After the 3.11 disaster this bonding became more important. The women in the disaster areas were faced with the pressure this discourse placed on the gender role women have. With all the stress they themselves already went through, it was still their responsibility to care for everyone. There was hardly any particular attention for the needs of women in disaster areas. This thesis discusses first the theory on disaster and how such an event affects women in particular. Next a history of women and the role they take in society is discussed, followed by the situation of women after the disaster and during recovery.Show less
This investigation is the result of a resarch on Turkish and Italian archives through which an attempt is made to revive the story of the Turkish air officers training in Fascist Italy between 1930...Show moreThis investigation is the result of a resarch on Turkish and Italian archives through which an attempt is made to revive the story of the Turkish air officers training in Fascist Italy between 1930 and 1932.Show less
The Batavian society consisted of people of different nations. It was a society that started from scratch with the building and populating of Batavia in 1619. The process of people arriving in the...Show moreThe Batavian society consisted of people of different nations. It was a society that started from scratch with the building and populating of Batavia in 1619. The process of people arriving in the city and creating a living for themselves made visible the underlying organization: the formation of groups, leadership and the establishing of power. I relate and refer to texts on the topics of racialism, social biology, cultural communication and awareness, and colonial culture that allow insights in the Batavian situation.Show less
This thesis contains the results of my research on the topic of the Austrian town of Hallstatt and its Chinese replica Hallstatt see. My research will introduce China’s predilection for replicating...Show moreThis thesis contains the results of my research on the topic of the Austrian town of Hallstatt and its Chinese replica Hallstatt see. My research will introduce China’s predilection for replicating some of the biggest architectural achievements of the West by examining the case of Hallstatt. The main goal of this research will be to find out to what extent the Chinese copy town has influenced Hallstatt to date, regarding economy, tourism, atmosphere and quality of life. In that regard I especially focus on how the residents of the original Hallstatt have reacted to the fact that their town has been copied in China without consultation or permission. Furthermore, this thesis will discuss the history of copying in China, the emerging ‘duplitecture’ (copied architecture) trend in China and the Chinese meanings associated with the copy - with the aim of providing a complete overview of the copy phenomenon. Methodically, I will gather information by conducting empirical research in the form of an online questionnaire, which will be submitted to the residents of the Hallstatt area. Apart from that a lot of attention will be devoted to theory and the academic debate concerning the topic.Show less
My thesis treated the lemmas hasta ‘spear’, vastus ‘vast, desolate’, aestās ‘summer’, ‑us ‘heat’, custōs ‘guard’, cēdō ‘to go, cede’, crēdō ‘to believe’, and audiō ‘to hear, understand’. Three...Show moreMy thesis treated the lemmas hasta ‘spear’, vastus ‘vast, desolate’, aestās ‘summer’, ‑us ‘heat’, custōs ‘guard’, cēdō ‘to go, cede’, crēdō ‘to believe’, and audiō ‘to hear, understand’. Three reflexes of dental clusters in Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *dh are recognized in Latin: A) ‑ss‑ (iussus < PIE *Hi̯ou̯dh‑to‑); B) ‑st‑ (hasta < PIE *ǵhasdh‑eh2‑); C) ‑V̄d‑ (crēdere < PIE *ḱred‑dhh1‑). The question arises what the distribution is of these reflexes. Cluster A) confirms the usual development of dental clusters ending in *t in Latin (clusters in PIE show an epenthetic *‑s‑, thus *‑TT‑ > *‑TsT‑). Clusters B) and C) are both claimed to be the outcomes of clusters ending in *‑(z)dh‑. However, this was questioned by Lubotsky (2004), who argued that the etymology of the B) clusters either points at a non-PIE origin, or that they underwent a later reanalysis. Szemerényi (1952) claims that the development of ‑st‑ argues for a medial devoicing and that PIE voiced aspirates first lost voicing in Latin (thus, 1) *dh‑ > *th‑ > *þ‑ > f‑, and medially *‑dh‑ > *‑þ‑ > *‑ð‑ > ‑d‑ (cf. Ascoli 1868). However, if the cluster in question does not yield ‑st‑, but rather ‑V̄d‑, Szemerényi’s claim will lose its strength. If so, the loss of occlusion (thus, a trajectory like 2) *dh‑ > *ð‑ > *β‑ > f‑, and medially *‑dh‑ > *‑ð‑ > ‑d‑ (e.g. Hartmann 1890; Rix 1957; Kortlandt 1978, p. 109) will be a more likely development. Although there is more evidence for 2) (e.g the formīca (βormīkā < *mormīkā‑ < PIE *moru̯‑o/ī̆‑ ‘ant’) argument by Meillet 1918), Szemerényi’s argument for 1) cannot be ignored. I looked into the probability of the reconstruction of the lemmas. Since Szemerényi, many new insights have surfaced on the lemmas in question. My survey showed that the evidence is much more in favour of an outcome of ‑V̄d‑, rather than ‑st‑.Show less
The concatenation of fully lexical verbs within a predicate, or verb serialisation, is prevalent in all Alor-Pantar languages (Klamer 2014: 27-9). This study provides a comparative overview of this...Show moreThe concatenation of fully lexical verbs within a predicate, or verb serialisation, is prevalent in all Alor-Pantar languages (Klamer 2014: 27-9). This study provides a comparative overview of this serialisation in two parts: (i) it describes the functions that may be carried out by Alor-Pantar serial verbs and (ii) it investigates the function and grammaticalisation of participant-introducing verbs. The functions carried out by Alor-Pantar serial verbs were compared to Aikhenvald’s (2006) function hierarchy. It was found that Alor-Pantar serial verbs do not fit Aikhenvald’s hierarchy particularly well, as it shows numerous breaches. Furthermore, it was found that stages of grammaticalisation exclude verbs from being classified as serial verbs, which would otherwise fit the hierarchy well. It was also found that the hierarchy is non-exhaustive, as Alor-Pantar serial verbs show myriad other functions. Verbs that serve to introduce clausal participants, as noted by (Schapper 2014a: 15), are prone to grammaticalisation. The second part of this study provides an overview of these verbs, with a focus on their degree and direction of grammaticalisation as well as the kinds of clausal participants they may introduce. It was found that the degree of grammaticalisation varies greatly both within and across languages, and that grammaticalisation occurs in two directions, resulting in the formation of postpositions with a nominal complement and the formation of VP-incorporated postpositions and applicatives. It was also found that VP-internal postpositions have different functions from postpositions heading their own PP, and that these functions tend to become more idiosyncratic in time.Show less
This work concentrates on the recent developments in digital technologies and the art practices that use these technologies fully or partially, such as photography, new media art and post-internet...Show moreThis work concentrates on the recent developments in digital technologies and the art practices that use these technologies fully or partially, such as photography, new media art and post-internet art. The status of images is always changing, therefore it seems necessary to have an outlook into the status of images in the context of continuous flow of media, which the internet and other digital technologies have created, as well as users’ and creators’ relation to them. By exploring the use of the still image within the context of technological advances, the goal of this thesis is to find out how still images work and circulate in the post-internet context.Show less
In eukaryotes, three quarters of the DNA is wrapped around histone proteins, forming a string of nucleosomes. This organization condenses the DNA considerably, and at the same time restricts it...Show moreIn eukaryotes, three quarters of the DNA is wrapped around histone proteins, forming a string of nucleosomes. This organization condenses the DNA considerably, and at the same time restricts it accessibility for DNA binding proteins. Conformational dynamics of the nucleosome, like partial release of the DNA, called nucleosome breathing, plays an important part in regulating this accessibility of the genetic information. To study the wrapping and unwrapping in DNA breathing we followed the Förster Resonance Energy Transfer of a pair of fluorophores placed in the nucleosome, in time. We selected a single nucleosome immobilized on glass from an image acquired by a scanning confocal microscopy. Data acquisition and analysis software was developed to record and process time trace of individual nucleosomes with sub ms resolution. Although we can now reach the required temporal resolution to resolve nucleosome breathing, we did not observe it. A large fraction of the nucleosomes did not show FRET after surface immobilization suggesting partial disassembly, which prevented statistical analysis of large numbers of nucleosomes.Show less
Eind zeventiende eeuw ontstond er binnen de Gereformeerde kerk in de nederlandse gebieden op Indonesië een discussie in welke vorm Maleis de bijbel gebruikt voor de zending moest worden vertaald....Show moreEind zeventiende eeuw ontstond er binnen de Gereformeerde kerk in de nederlandse gebieden op Indonesië een discussie in welke vorm Maleis de bijbel gebruikt voor de zending moest worden vertaald. In het literaire Hoog Maleis of in de spreektaal, het Laag Maleis. in de scriptie word deze discussie geanalyseerd binnen zijn historische context en word er gekeken naar de beredeneringen voor de keuze voor de druk van de Hoog Maleise versie van de Bijbel.Show less
To sense the movement or piling up of single charges, a system interacting strongly with these charges is required. An available system, having these properties, is a single electron transistor ...Show moreTo sense the movement or piling up of single charges, a system interacting strongly with these charges is required. An available system, having these properties, is a single electron transistor (SET). The electric fi eld caused by the charge, strongly changes the resistance of the SET. Yet experiments opt for a less invasive charge sensor. Such a proposed charge sensor is a single fluorescent dye molecule. The distinguishable zero phonon lines (ZPL's) of the fluorescence of the molecules shifts strongly by the Stark e ffect. The lineshift of each molecule can be tracked with an excitation laser, allowing to observe the change in charging. Tracking the ZPL's of multiple molecules allows the observation of slow charge movement. The optical charge sensing method needs to be tested on devices fabricated on a glass substrate. In particular devices, which exhibit single electron charging. These devices have been constructed with electron beam lithography (EBL). Nanoparticles, representing an island to hold the charge, have been trapped between nano-electrodes using dielectrophoresis. The nanogaps have been created by electromigration or by EBL. Eventually, nano-electrodes were also fabricated on glass by coating the glass with a 1,5 nm Cr layer. This coating was removed afterwards with plasma etching. The project focused on the fabrication of the devices. The deposition of fluorescent dye molecules and tracking the lineshifts was left for subsequent experiments. A fluorescence microscope, also necessary for the lineshift measurements, was used to observe quantum dots. Proposed experiments with quantum dots are the tracking of the movement of quantum dots in a strong alternating electric fi eld or the eff ect of a high electric field on the fluorescence of a quantum dot in a nano-electrode junction.Show less
This thesis examines the theme of gender hierarchy in William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1592). The gender relations in the play are complex: its title, referring to the...Show moreThis thesis examines the theme of gender hierarchy in William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1592). The gender relations in the play are complex: its title, referring to the taming of Kate by her husband-to-be Petruchio, already suggests that women are going to be put down as the inferior sex. However, it is not as simple as that. Throughout the play, the question remains of whether Petruchio actually does tame Katherine. If he does, moreover, it is worth examining the precise meaning of this ‘taming’, and the ‘taming’ methods which Petruchio employs. In addition, the meaning of the play depends to a significant extent on the staging decisions made by the director. For example, different stagings may invite different responses to the wager, in the closing scene, on who has the most obedient wife. All of this has caused scholars and directors alike to interpret this play in very different ways, attributing widely divergent labels to it, ranging from ‘patriarchal’ or even ‘misogynistic’, to ‘satirical’ and ‘pre-feminist’. I have studied commentaries by scholars with interpretations on both ends of the spectrum to identify the foundation for their particular analyses. I also offer a close-reading of the play, focusing especially on those scenes which have drawn attention with regard to gender relations. Thus I shed light on how the play allows for such different readings. In chapter 2, I have applied this knowledge to a recent Globe production of the Taming of the Shrew, directed by Toby Frow. There I examine how this staging interprets the questions surrounding gender hierarchy that are so central to The Shrew.Show less
