Dit onderzoek tracht de intellectuele geschiedenis van het ontstaan van de Nederlandse bio-industrie tussen 1945 en 1971 in beeld te brengen. Vanuit landbouwhistorisch perspectief is vaak...Show moreDit onderzoek tracht de intellectuele geschiedenis van het ontstaan van de Nederlandse bio-industrie tussen 1945 en 1971 in beeld te brengen. Vanuit landbouwhistorisch perspectief is vaak aangenomen dat het ontstaan van de bio-industrie een contingente gebeurtenis is. Deze scriptie bekijkt deze ontstaansgeschiedenis door de lens van de moderniseringstheorie volgens Nils Gilman.Show less
In oktober 2016 sloten de Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC, NL: Gewapende Revolutionaire Strijdkrachten van Colombia) en de Colombiaanse overheid een akkoord, dat een einde moet...Show moreIn oktober 2016 sloten de Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC, NL: Gewapende Revolutionaire Strijdkrachten van Colombia) en de Colombiaanse overheid een akkoord, dat een einde moet maken aan meer dan een halve eeuw geweld tussen beide partijen. Van oudsher zijn er tegengestelde beelden van de FARC aanwezig in Colombiaanse media. Enerzijds dat van een nobele boerenguerrilla, die veelal in de jungle vechten tegen de overheid, met als doel gelijke rechten en landhervormingen. Daartegenover staat het beeld van een staatsondermijnende terreurorganisatie, die rücksichtslos mensen ontvoert en aanslagen pleegt om er zelf beter van te worden.In dit onderzoek is onderzocht hoe de FARC in Colombiaanse media gerepresenteerd wordt. Het onderzoek werd uitgevoerd aan de hand van het concept framing.Een opvallend resultaat is dat het ‘politieke-partijframe’ niet eerder gevonden werd. Het ‘boerenguerrillaframe’, dat in voorgaande onderzoeken vaak gevonden werd, was nu niet aanwezig in het corpus. Een mogelijke verklaring hiervoor is de veranderde politieke situatie in Colombia. De FARC en de regering zijn niet meer met elkaar in oorlog en etaleren andere beelden van zichzelf en elkaar in de media.Show less
Deze masterthesis heeft het productieproces van gezondheidsnieuws inzichtelijk willen maken; een onderwerp dat in de Nederlandse wetenschappelijke literatuur nog sterk onderbelicht is. Door middel...Show moreDeze masterthesis heeft het productieproces van gezondheidsnieuws inzichtelijk willen maken; een onderwerp dat in de Nederlandse wetenschappelijke literatuur nog sterk onderbelicht is. Door middel van een kwalitatieve inhoudsanalyse is onderzocht welke rolopvatting de drie betrokken partijen - wetenschappers, universitaire persvoorlichters en journalisten - van zichzelf en elkaar hebben bij het maken van gezondheidsnieuws. Uit de resultaten bleek dat deze partijen veelal dezelfde, maar ook tegenstrijdige verwachtingen hebben, waardoor de samenwerking en kwaliteit van het uiteindelijke gezondheidsnieuws soms onder druk komen te staan. Deze unieke resultaten hebben expliciet gemaakt welke taken de drie partijen zichzelf en elkaar toeschuiven, en kunnen dienen voor vervolgonderzoek waarin bijvoorbeeld wordt onderzocht hoe breedgedragen deze ideeën zijn.Show less
La domanda affrontata in questa tesi è: Le caratteristiche descritte da Telmon (1990) trovano una conferma nelle lettere ottocentesche scritte dai briganti abruzzesi?
This thesis examines several uses of the French adverb 'seulement' that have been distinguished by French researcher Beyssade (2010). On the basis of a corpus study (Corpus d'Orléans) and speaker...Show moreThis thesis examines several uses of the French adverb 'seulement' that have been distinguished by French researcher Beyssade (2010). On the basis of a corpus study (Corpus d'Orléans) and speaker judgments, this thesis presents some new insights with respect to the theoretical classification of 'seulement'. Some classes have slightly different properties than Beyssade (2010) originally proposed. In this way, this thesis is extending the discussion that has been led on by multiple linguists with regard to the topic of 'seulement'.Show less
Contemporary development studies needs a 'processual shift' from development to developing in order to transcend the static problematisation of African underdevelopment. The Washington Consensus...Show moreContemporary development studies needs a 'processual shift' from development to developing in order to transcend the static problematisation of African underdevelopment. The Washington Consensus and the Beijing Consensus still approach African underdevelopment according to a teleological view that is rooted in the belief that economic growth is necessary for achieving prosperity. By applying complexity science to the economy, this research fills the lack within International Relations (IR) of critically revising African development in contemporary, changing contexts. A model of economic evolution is employed to conduct a transformative analysis of Kenya's developing within the twenty-first century New Silk Road (NSR). Utilising the process tracing method to examine combined data sets, the researcher explores manifestations of the interdependence between evolutionary technological, institutional, and strategic forces. The analysis provides an innovative account of how and why economic evolution has emerged in Kenya. Future research should refine the model, but not define it: evolution is an endless process from which the economy as a complex adaptive system emerges.Show less
This thesis explores twelfth to fourteenth century attitudes toward continuity and change in medieval stories about the Wild Man. Can these stories, dealing with the human-animal border, be seen as...Show moreThis thesis explores twelfth to fourteenth century attitudes toward continuity and change in medieval stories about the Wild Man. Can these stories, dealing with the human-animal border, be seen as an expression of discomfort? Could the Wild Man, like Ovid's poetry, be interpreted as a fascination with hybridity and metamorphosis? Or should we conclude that the Wild Man both frightens and fascinates in the way horror movies simultaneously repel and attract modern man? To provide a contrast to the half-way creature of the Wild Man, this work explores the way of presenting animals in Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It then analyses the twelfth century Vita Merlini, and the fourteenth century Sir Orfeo and Ywain and Gawain and argues that these texts, at least partly, express an unease with change and the loss of self.Show less
On the 21st June 2014, a Shintō shrine was inaugurated in the independent Republic of San Marino, as the second shrine outside the soil of Japan. The San Marino Jinja サンマリノ 神社 has been officially...Show moreOn the 21st June 2014, a Shintō shrine was inaugurated in the independent Republic of San Marino, as the second shrine outside the soil of Japan. The San Marino Jinja サンマリノ 神社 has been officially supported and recognised by Jinja Honchō 神社本庁, the administrative organisation that oversees about 80,000 Shintō shrines in Japan. However, what is mainly told about Shintō, still nowadays, is that it is the most antique and purely indigenous religion of Japan, a polytheism of immanent deities, defined as kami, strongly connected with the Japanese soil and centred around the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami, and the imperial family descending directly from her. But, if Shintō is actually such a not inclusive religion, is it possible to define this foreign shrine legitimately and consistently Shintō, on a theoretical and practical perspective? In other words, if the claims of Shintō are the ones of a Japanese religion for Japanese people only, why the San Marino Jinja has been officially inaugurated and how does a Shintō shrine operate in a different country and cultural context? Actually, as it will be possible to discover through this research, most of the pillars on which Shintō is based are not historically consistent or accurate. It will be also possible to demonstrate how historically inaccurate it is to consider Shintō an indigenous religion in the first place. Therefore to deconstruct these claims, which could obstruct a legit globalisation of it, in this research Shintō will be discussed first from a theoretical point of view. Firstly by deconstructing the general held idea of Shinto itself, following the academical debate of the last fifty years. Secondly, by presenting the new rhetoric promoted by Jinja Honcho about Shinto as the “World's new religion of ecology”, in order to increase its national and international popularity. With this theoretical background it will be then possible to analyse the phenomenon on a practical perspective. In order to do so a comparative analysis will be featured: the Ise Jingu, the oldest model reference of jinja, will be compared to the San Marino site. The result will demonstrate whether the European shrine presents the same operating patterns as the native one, and therefore whether is a legit instance of a successful Shinto globalisation.Show less
This MA thesis aims to analyze the relationship between Japan and Korea from the point of view of Cultural Heritage Studies and Art History. The case study I took into consideration is the Korean...Show moreThis MA thesis aims to analyze the relationship between Japan and Korea from the point of view of Cultural Heritage Studies and Art History. The case study I took into consideration is the Korean Goryeo Buddhist Paintings, a painting tradition which is almost disappeared by its homeland, but which conserves the majority of its last surviving examples in Japanese temples and museums. This case study has no precedents and it is an interesting tool to understand the political dynamics behind the discussion of cultural properties return in East Asia. This thesis will consider the study of the subject throughout various fields: it starts from the historical debate on the paintings, then it will move to the colonial period policies for the protection of cultural properties in Japan and Korea, to the modern legislation on the return of cultural properties, the creation of a Japanese scholarship around the Korean painting tradition and lastly, it will end with an art historical analysis of the items.Show less
In this new millennium, the world is facing many drastic changes. Technology has revolutionized our lives and we are still trying to grasp the essence of this new age. Many traditions are fading,...Show moreIn this new millennium, the world is facing many drastic changes. Technology has revolutionized our lives and we are still trying to grasp the essence of this new age. Many traditions are fading, one of them being the practice of oral storytelling, used in pre modern societies by common folks to amuse themselves and to educate children at the same time. This essay analyzes the transition from traditional storytelling to mass communication, and its implications, through the case study of Japanese snake and dragon lore. The dragon, a well established symbol of Eastern Asian cultures, is the mythical evolution of a snake, considered to belong to the same species. The two animals are treated, however, in very different ways: the first is venerated as a kami , a god, while the second, even though object of worship too, is so feared that speaking about it is still considered a taboo. During the last century oral storytelling practice has been fading out, overpowered by the attractiveness of new medias. However, while the traditional practice is slowly dying out, storytelling itself is, I argue, just changed media. This essay will look into modern portraying of snakes and dragons, comparing tradition with new media. Through the example of Oscar winner movie Spirited Away (2001) and especially through the character of the white dragon Haku, it will be shown how anime and manga can represent a new way for the transmission and preservation of folk tales and beliefs. The director, Hayao Miyazaki, created the movie with the precise aim of educate children about Japanese values and traditions. Manga and anime can be considered a new form of storytelling, accessible simultaneously by anybody and anywhere in the world, that at the same time crystallizes a set of stories and beliefs.Show less
Wie denkt aan de Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Nederland’ en de Rotterdamse Lloyd, ziet meestal de grote mailboten voor zich die voeren op de lijndienst tussen Nederland en Indië. Dat de tropenschepen...Show moreWie denkt aan de Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Nederland’ en de Rotterdamse Lloyd, ziet meestal de grote mailboten voor zich die voeren op de lijndienst tussen Nederland en Indië. Dat de tropenschepen eveneens voor zeecruises werden ingezet, is een veel minder bekend gegeven. Dit werkstuk onderzoekt deze plezierreizen, die beide koloniale rederijen zowel binnen als buiten de lijndienst organiseerden. Het uitgangspunt van het onderzoek is de vraag waarom de SMN en de RL zeecruises aanboden in de periode van 1870-1940.Show less
This thesis contains a textual and contextual study of Ibn Taymiyya's famous anti-christian polemical work, and connects it to the most important socio-political and religious development in the...Show moreThis thesis contains a textual and contextual study of Ibn Taymiyya's famous anti-christian polemical work, and connects it to the most important socio-political and religious development in the Mamluk age: the muslim reaction to the crusades on the one hand and internal friction in the muslim society due to the popularity of heterodoxy on the other hand.Show less
Seks in Chinese films kwam in de afgelopen eeuw slechts zeer uitzonderlijk voor; zelfs zoenen werd niet vaak in beeld gebracht. Er is nooit sprake geweest van een rijke traditie van seks in Chinese...Show moreSeks in Chinese films kwam in de afgelopen eeuw slechts zeer uitzonderlijk voor; zelfs zoenen werd niet vaak in beeld gebracht. Er is nooit sprake geweest van een rijke traditie van seks in Chinese films. In dit eindwerkstuk komen twee films aan de orde die juist wel veel expliciete seksscènes bevatten: Lust, Caution (2007) en Summer Palace (2006). Deze scènes worden uitvoerig beschreven en geanalyseerd om de vraag te beantwoorden of ze vooral bedoeld zijn om het publiek te vermaken en choqueren of dat ze een belangrijke functie vervullen in het verhaal van de films. Daarnaast wordt gekeken of de films passen in een traditie van vrije seksuele moraal in China.Show less
