The purpose of this thesis is to examine the existence and behavior of translation universals in Dutch subtitles. The corpus that will be used in this research is the television series Sherlock....Show moreThe purpose of this thesis is to examine the existence and behavior of translation universals in Dutch subtitles. The corpus that will be used in this research is the television series Sherlock. The reason of this choice of corpus is that I believe that the distinctive vocabulary and attitude of the protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, will provide interesting translation issues. This thesis will explore how the subtitles deal with these issues and whether translation universals are present in the solutions. In chapter one, the concept of ‘translation universals’ will be explained and a variety of different categories will be put forward. Chapter two will examine the Dutch subtitling process to understand the possibilities and constrictions of this form of audiovisual translation. Finally, chapter three will combine the theory presented in chapter two and three by analyzing instances of translation universals found in the subtitles of Sherlock.Show less
Sherry Turkle, Jaron Lanier and Douglas Rushkoff have studied the effects of digital technology on our social lives for over thirty years. This thesis links their ideas and provides an overview of...Show moreSherry Turkle, Jaron Lanier and Douglas Rushkoff have studied the effects of digital technology on our social lives for over thirty years. This thesis links their ideas and provides an overview of the central themes in their thinking. It will turn out that digital technology was met with great enthusiasm in the twentieth century but has turned out to be increasingly downgrading our social interactions over time.Show less
The topic of this thesis is the translation of civil procedure terminology. It contains a lexicon of translated terminology from Dutch to English. The main research question is which translation...Show moreThe topic of this thesis is the translation of civil procedure terminology. It contains a lexicon of translated terminology from Dutch to English. The main research question is which translation procedure can be used best for the translation of such terminology. It also discusses why I have chosen a thematic approach for the lexicon, what kind of terminology the lexicon deals with, the possible translation procedures, and how different text types are important for translation.Show less
A theory that can give us another perspective of the world we live in is the constructivist theory. Although constructivism, like realism, takes the state as the centre of its research,...Show moreA theory that can give us another perspective of the world we live in is the constructivist theory. Although constructivism, like realism, takes the state as the centre of its research, constructivism offers different insights in world politics. By analysing Russia’s policies through both theories, this research tries to offer new ways of understanding Russia under Putin and how Russia positions itself in world politics. This paper will focus on Russia’s policies under Putin, because Putin made several policy changes in Russia on both a domestic and international level.These policy changes raised questions about how to understand Russian politics and position in the world. Whereas these policy changes are often explained through a realist lens, constructivism can offer new insights. Furthermore, this paper will focus on Russia’s policies towards the Middle East, because the Middle East can be seen as a cockpit of confrontation in international politics between states. Events in the Middle East are often viewed from a realist perspective, which makes it interesting to shine a different light on the events in the Middle East. Consequently, the research question of this paper will be; “What does Russia’s position in the Middle East under Putin reveal about how Russia positions itself in the world.”Show less
In the past five years, a variety of social movements have used the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in ways that were not foreseen in order to coordinate, debate, denounce and...Show moreIn the past five years, a variety of social movements have used the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in ways that were not foreseen in order to coordinate, debate, denounce and protest. The participants in these actions have brought publicity to practices of hacktivism, an integration of activism and ICTs (mobile phones, Internet, computers, and dedicated applications) which aims to expand political, social and economic freedom. The aim of this paper is to identify which aspects of hacktivism are problematic in regulatory terms, hindering the fulfilment of its positive effects. This study conducts a preliminary, descriptive and analytical account of these problems focusing, first, on hacktivism internally (its conceptualisation, typology and consequences), to proceed to the problems linked to its context (global Internet governance, EU multilateralism and self-regulated regulation). Lastly, these challenges are briefly categorised and attention is paid to how new directions in decision-making methods may be incorporated into EU Impact Assessment in order to systematically identify new problems that may arise in the future.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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In 1444 schrijft Enea Silvio Piccolomini, de toekomstige paus Pius II, de Chrysis, een komedie in het Latijn waarin hij duidelijk teruggrijpt op Terentius en Plautus. In deze scriptie staat de aard...Show moreIn 1444 schrijft Enea Silvio Piccolomini, de toekomstige paus Pius II, de Chrysis, een komedie in het Latijn waarin hij duidelijk teruggrijpt op Terentius en Plautus. In deze scriptie staat de aard van de verwijzingen naar de Romeinse komedies centraal, geanalyseerd aan de hand van de literatuurtheorie van Gérard Genette om op die manier antwoord te geven op de vraag of de Chrysis uiteindelijk bedoeld is als een vrijblijvend of een literair werk.Show less
This thesis investigates both political and military responsibilities of Maarten van Rossem (1498?-1555), stadholder of the province of Luxemburg between 1553 and his death in 1555. The research is...Show moreThis thesis investigates both political and military responsibilities of Maarten van Rossem (1498?-1555), stadholder of the province of Luxemburg between 1553 and his death in 1555. The research is based upon an extensive corpus of original correspondence.Show less
Based on the legal base of the SSM, Council Regulation (EU) no 1024/2013 and a literature overview, this thesis will approach the main question: Is there a need to change accountability practices...Show moreBased on the legal base of the SSM, Council Regulation (EU) no 1024/2013 and a literature overview, this thesis will approach the main question: Is there a need to change accountability practices of the ECB now that it has new tasks regarding prudential supervision? This new Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) will divide the European Central Bank (ECB) tasks into a monetary function and a supervisory function. Hereby the ECB and the national central banks (NCBs) of all Member States of the euro zone form the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). The debate involving the ECB independence and its new integrated supervisory tasks alongside monetary policy raises a number of questions. This particularly relates to central bank independence, since the possibility of trade-offs between monetary policy and supervisory tasks could lead to conflicts of objectives. Hence, reputational risks are significant challenges and threats, which need to be overcome. Moreover, when executing the two tasks during crisis situations within the euro zone, the ECB must have a high incentive to improve its accountability practise towards the European public to strengthen its credibility. Therefore, the existing accountability framework of the ECB must be critically reviewed. Thus the ECB could take certain extra measures to maintain its high standard of accountability.Show less
De afgelopen decennia is het politieke domein langzaam door vrouwelijke politici en leiders veroverd. Dat gaat niet zonder slag of stoot; in de media krijgen zij het vanwege hun vrouw-zijn vaak...Show moreDe afgelopen decennia is het politieke domein langzaam door vrouwelijke politici en leiders veroverd. Dat gaat niet zonder slag of stoot; in de media krijgen zij het vanwege hun vrouw-zijn vaak flink te verduren. Afbeeldingen spelen daar een belangrijke rol bij; vrouwen worden bijvoorbeeld vaker dan mannen afgerekend op hun uiterlijk. Tegelijkertijd is het gebruik van portretten voor alle politici, dus ook voor vrouwen, een doeltreffende manier om een electoraal publiek te bereiken. Om te zorgen dat de kiezer de juiste boodschap krijgt worden de foto’s van (vrouwelijke) politici vaak tot in de puntjes geregisseerd. Ook in Opzij is dit waarschijnlijk het geval. De doelstellingen van dit feministische maandblad wijken echter wel wat af van die van de conventionele media. Het ligt in de aard van het blad om vrouwelijke politici in een positief daglicht te stellen. Maar tegelijkertijd sijpelen de heersende maatschappelijke (mannelijke) normen onbedoeld ook door in de inhoud van dit blad. In deze thesis wordt onderzocht wat het volgens de portrettering in Opzij betekent om een vrouwelijke politicus te zijn. Om dit te onderzoeken wordt er gebruik gemaakt van een kwantitatieve inhoudsanalyse waarbij de resultaten vervolgens op een kwalitatieve manier worden geïnterpreteerd. De centrale vragen van deze thesis zijn: - Kan er in de periode 1982-2012 aan de hand van het analysemodel van Vinke (2012) een significante verandering in de gemiddelde social distance worden waargenomen in de portrettering van vrouwelijke politici/leiders in Opzij? - Is er in deze periode aan de hand van een gender-interpretatie van het model van Vinke (2012) een verschuiving op de schaal masculien-feminien waar te nemen? - Op welke manier passen de resultaten van deze analyses in het historisch perspectief van het Opzij-feminisme? Voor het onderzoek zijn in totaal 313 foto’s uit tien jaargangen van Opzij in de periode 1982-2012 geselecteerd. De foto’s zijn gescoord op variabelen die (gedeeltelijk) afkomstig zijn uit uit het analysemodel van Glassman en Kenney (1994). Uiteindelijk zijn er vijf variabelen onderzocht: point of view, ‘gezichtsuitdrukking’, image act, ‘interactie’ en ‘afstand’. Vervolgens is er in navolging van Vinke (2012) aan de hand van deze variabelen onderzocht of er een ontwikkeling was waar te nemen in de social distance (Hall, 1966). Ook zijn de variabelen van het model van Glassman en Kenney (1994) gekoppeld aan feminiene en masculiene waarden volgens de definities van Rosenkrantz et al. (1968, p.291) om te achterhalen of er een verschuiving in deze waarden is waar te nemen. Vervolgens is onderzocht in hoeverre de uitkomsten van deze analyses op een kwalitatieve manier zijn in te passen het een historische kader van het Opzij-feminisme. Uit het onderzoek vallen geen significante verbanden te destilleren, maar er valt wel te stellen dat resultaten in ieder geval sterke aanwijzingen leveren dat het mogelijk is dat de social distance is afgenomen en dat de feminiene waarden zijn toegenomen. Deze aanwijzingen passen goed in de ontwikkelingen van het Opzij-feminisme. Het blad was begin jaren ’80 nog radicaal feministisch, maar werd gedurende de jaren ’90 en ’00 steeds milder. Dat lijkt zichtbaar te worden in de portretten van vrouwelijke politici in Opzij doordat die gedurende de onderzochte periode steeds persoonlijker en ‘vrouwelijker’ werden.Show less
This is a study on Madness beginning from the Insane Asylums, to the Shakespearean stage, to films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Dark Knight. We take a look at different types of...Show moreThis is a study on Madness beginning from the Insane Asylums, to the Shakespearean stage, to films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Dark Knight. We take a look at different types of fools in King Lear, the confined "insane" man, and the crazy misunderstood Joker of Gotham. Parallel to the study there are echoes of Michel Foucault's study on madness and how it is shaped by institutions and by the culture and society it is found in. It is brought into the time of 9/11 and how even the 'evilest' characters can be a direct reflection of what is happening in the world outside of the films, and how art is influenced by the state of mind of those living in this society. Be it behind bars and confined, or running free causing chaos the madman is a projection of expectations cast upon them by others.Show less
This thesis is an initial attempt to investigate the Chinese perspective in the ivory trade debate, which often falls short in Western representations. The author used a qualitative analysis of...Show moreThis thesis is an initial attempt to investigate the Chinese perspective in the ivory trade debate, which often falls short in Western representations. The author used a qualitative analysis of various sources such as white papers, academic articles, newspaper articles and websites in order to analyse Western depictions of the Chinese role in the ivory trade, which were then contrasted with a Chinese actors' depiction of their involvement and motivations. Finally the thesis discusses NGO awareness campaigns aimed at Chinese consumers. Through the analysis it was found that NGOs generally take into account Chinese customs and realities in their targeted campaigns. It was furthermore concluded that the depiction of China's voracious ivory consumers does not reflect the reality, as the extent of consumption is overemphasized due to China's population size.Show less
This thesis is concerned with the question why social democratic parties in Western Europe have shifted their socio-economic policies towards the right of the political spectrum in the 1990s. In...Show moreThis thesis is concerned with the question why social democratic parties in Western Europe have shifted their socio-economic policies towards the right of the political spectrum in the 1990s. In particular, labour market reforms that substantially conflict with social democratic ideology and conduce to the gradual erosion of the welfare state are under scrutiny. Building on the theoretical innovations of discursive institutionalism, it contributes to the academic effort of resolving the research gap on the motivation of social democratic parties legitimising this shift by focussing on the communicative discourse of social democratic parties governing in the Netherlands (PvdA) and Germany (SPD). Moreover, communicative discourse is posed as the independent variable explaining the strong difference in the degree of societal protest to the respective national reforms – within a timeframe of similar socio-economic challenges and with (ideologically) similar reforms. The thesis concludes, firstly, that the motivation of the PvdA and the SPD are generally alike in terms of their emphasis on the necessity to reform/modernise the labour market given internal and external challenges to the welfare state. Secondly, subtle but significant differences in the consistency, cognitive soundness and considerateness of the conveyance of the respective discourses explains why public protest in Germany was stronger than in the Netherlands.Show less
This thesis investigates the authorship of the Dutch Beke continuation (written ca. 1420-1432). The chronicle is studied within the historical culture of the Low Countries and specifically the...Show moreThis thesis investigates the authorship of the Dutch Beke continuation (written ca. 1420-1432). The chronicle is studied within the historical culture of the Low Countries and specifically the episcopacy of Utrecht during the first half of the fifteenth century. Through the discourse the author displays, it is argued that he was working for the city council of Utrecht.Show less
