In 2008 werd de Chinese provincie Sichuan getroffen door een hevige aardbeving die een kracht van 8.0 op de schaal van Richter had en grote schade aanrichtte in verschillende gebieden. Naar...Show moreIn 2008 werd de Chinese provincie Sichuan getroffen door een hevige aardbeving die een kracht van 8.0 op de schaal van Richter had en grote schade aanrichtte in verschillende gebieden. Naar aanleiding van deze aardbeving zijn verscheidene documentaires gemaakt waarvan sommige algemene informatie geven en andere bepaalde kwesties aan het daglicht stellen. De informatieve en vooral propagandistische documentaires zijn afkomstig van de nationale staatstelevisiemaatschappij CCTV (China Central Television), terwijl in onafhankelijke documentaires vaak een specifieke boodschap centraal staat. Deze onafhankelijke filmmakers belichten enkele kwesties die na de aardbeving zijn ontstaan en voor flinke oproer hebben gezorgd onder de Chinese burgers. In deze scriptie worden drie documentaires geanalyseerd die verschillen en overeenkomsten in de voorstelling van elke filmmaker aantonen.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Nederlandse taal en cultuur (BA)
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Een vergelijking tussen de rijmversie van de Roman van Limborch uit de veertiende eeuw en de prozaversie van de Roman van Limborch uit de zestiende eeuw. De vergelijking richt zich vooral op de rol...Show moreEen vergelijking tussen de rijmversie van de Roman van Limborch uit de veertiende eeuw en de prozaversie van de Roman van Limborch uit de zestiende eeuw. De vergelijking richt zich vooral op de rol van het personage Margriete in beide versies.Show less
Economisch hoogleraren zijn voor journalisten met name vanwege de onafhankelijke duiding een belangrijke bron van expertise. In berichtgeving rondom de financieel-economische crisis (2008-2013) in...Show moreEconomisch hoogleraren zijn voor journalisten met name vanwege de onafhankelijke duiding een belangrijke bron van expertise. In berichtgeving rondom de financieel-economische crisis (2008-2013) in elf landelijke dagbladen worden 250 onderzochte hoogleraren bijna 13.000 keer bij naam genoemd. De journalistieke bronkeuze resulteert in een dominante elite van media-economen. Het zeer selecte gezelschap van vijf economen zorgt voor een kwart van de naamsvermeldingen, slechts twaalf personen voor de helft. De discrepantie tussen expertise zoals gepresenteerd in de media en het academische veld is groots. Geen van de economen in de academische top mag zich onder de veelgevraagde media-economen scharen. In het licht van het onafhankelijke karakter is het opvallend dat negen van de tien meestgevraagde economen een of meerdere relaties heeft met commerciële instellingen. Diversiteit in bronkeuze is onder de dagbladen van redelijk gelijke aard. De Volkskrant slaagt hierin het beste, Metro, De Telegraaf en Sp!ts vertonen grotere afwijkingen. Ten tijde van de economische crisis is sprake geweest van een groot, zichzelf versterkend, matteüseffect. Een elite van deelnemers aan het publieke debat is dusdanig zichtbaar dat zij almaar meer aandacht en macht krijgen toebedeeld. Ook inhoudelijk blijken zij eensgezind: 80 procent van de oordelen over het kabinetsbeleid zijn negatief van aard. De duidingsfunctie is verre van strikt evaluatief: niet de kritiek op een beleidsmaatregel staat centraal, maar de normatieve beoordeling van de uitkomst. De vervaging van de grens tussen de economische en politieke visie vraagt om een andere journalistiek. Een waarin veel kritischer wordt gekeken naar bronkeuze en de kleuring van het economisch publieke debat.Show less
Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
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A comprehensive and concise poetics of biblical Hebrew poetry—its poiesis or active making, the aesthetics of its genesis, the principles of its composition—is the goal of the present work. A...Show moreA comprehensive and concise poetics of biblical Hebrew poetry—its poiesis or active making, the aesthetics of its genesis, the principles of its composition—is the goal of the present work. A survey of the scholarship, past and present, is undertaken, before a cognitive approach is applied to the problem of biblical Hebrew 'metrics'.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Nederlandse taal en cultuur (BA)
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In the thesis it is argued that the tableaux vivants had a great impact on the additional meaning a play could have. By interpreting Rodenburgh's "Vrou Iacoba" it becomes clear that meaning...Show moreIn the thesis it is argued that the tableaux vivants had a great impact on the additional meaning a play could have. By interpreting Rodenburgh's "Vrou Iacoba" it becomes clear that meaning originates both in text and the tableau vivant.Show less
Een studie naar de wijze waarop de Japanse animator Miyazaki Hayao in zijn tekenfilms werelden weet te realiseren die zowel fanatasievol als realistisch zijn te noemen.
This thesis tries to combine characteristics of identity building in a community with the existence of gotōchi hīrō ご当地ヒーロー (local heroes) in Japan. Throughout Japan, almost every prefecture and/or...Show moreThis thesis tries to combine characteristics of identity building in a community with the existence of gotōchi hīrō ご当地ヒーロー (local heroes) in Japan. Throughout Japan, almost every prefecture and/or city has its own hero that represents the specific traits of the region it belongs to. The heroes speak in dialect, visit famous locations and constantly use and refer to local products. One of the primary reasons for creating these heroes is to strengthen the regions community identity. Television plays an important role in the distribution of imagery surrounding the local heroes. Because of cultural proximity, local television programmes are often very popular and consequently, so are the local heroes. To exemplify this connection between identity construction and local heroes, this thesis analyses Ryūjin Mabuyā 琉神マブヤー, a local hero from Okinawa prefecture. By looking at the locations, language, cultural references used and the intentions of the creators of the programme, it becomes clear that Ryūjin Mabuyā was created to introduce and emphasize Okinawan community identity.Show less
Research master thesis | Asian Studies (research) (MA)
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This thesis has focused on the transition of the 798 Dashanzi factory from 'artist village' to 'art zone' to show the positive and negative effects of the implementation of creative industries in...Show moreThis thesis has focused on the transition of the 798 Dashanzi factory from 'artist village' to 'art zone' to show the positive and negative effects of the implementation of creative industries in the Chinese urban context. I traced its evolution from its origins as an electronics factory, to an appropriation of urban land by artists and workers of the creative field, to an institutionally-accepted and promoted centre for 'creativity' and innovation. This evolution is deeply intertwined with socio-economic factors which the Chinese government supported as vehicles of (urban) development since Deng's 1978 'Open-door Policy': the dismantling of the danwei (work unit) structure; urbanization; the emergence of a real-estate market, and the rise of an urban upper-middle class. In addition, since the mid-2000s and following the explosion of Chinese contemporary art in the global art market, the government has supported the implementation of Culture Creative Industries as a strategy to build Chinese soft-power and capitalizing on intellectual property. If, on the one hand, these policies had indirect positive effects, such as the preservation of former industrial structures and the incrementation of the local economy, on the other hand they had dramatic consequences on the social environments which were subjected to them. In particular, in the case of 798, the artist community that gave rise to the artist village has been dismembered in favour of commercialization and gentrification of the area. Contemporarily to 798, the Caochangdi artist village sprang up as an urban village on the fringes of Beijing and has constituted itself as an independent reality, taking advantage of the semi-regimented rural status and falling into the cracks of Beijing's residential administration system. Thanks to its semi-illegal configuration, it has managed both to take advantage of the new creative policies implementing local economy, and to maintain the local community somewhat untouched by top-down urban rehabilitation. By adopting a perspective from the theories of place-making and place-branding, the comparison among the two artist villages and the analysis of their transformations helped me to stress the importance of the role of communities in the management of these areas.Show less
In the last few years, the question of land expropriations has become a major source of discontent in Taiwan. Even if these kinds of policy have had a long history, it is particularly in the last...Show moreIn the last few years, the question of land expropriations has become a major source of discontent in Taiwan. Even if these kinds of policy have had a long history, it is particularly in the last decade that they have triggered rural unrest, causing a dramatic increase in rallies and protests against seizures and inadequate compensations. As a result, land grabs are perceived as one of the biggest threats to the stability of the entire system. This thesis analyses the case of the rural social movement in Dapu Village in Taiwan’s Miaoli County, well known for the high number of people involved and the court victory against the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and the Miaoli County Government. In doing so, it argues that in order to evaluate the outcomes of a social movement it is also necessary to take into account other factors such as the nature of the issue, the perceived opportunities and threats, and the interactions between the movement’s actors and the authorities. As such, this thesis begins by exploring the reasons for land conflict, describing how neoliberalism impacted on Taiwanese land governance to create two different but simultaneous forces driving the process: the central government’s need (and right for public interest) to expropriate land in order to create developmental zones, and underfunded local governments’ power in the reallocation of lands, ultimately leading to cases of corruption and misallocation of resources. Following this, through the application of political opportunity structure and resource mobilization theories, this thesis will answer the main question: how did the social movement and the authorities mobilize their resources during the conflict over land grabs in Dapu? In doing so, a more nuanced view of the conflict’s outcomes will be gained as well as a deeper insight into the overall successes and failures of the movement.Show less
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has seen less conflict than initially expected. One of the anticipated sources of conflict has been the uneven distribution of natural...Show moreSince the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has seen less conflict than initially expected. One of the anticipated sources of conflict has been the uneven distribution of natural resources between the five states. The theory of the relationship between resource abundance and scarcity and conflict are examined here and applied to the distribution of hydrocarbon and water resources in the region. Though especially water has become a serious issue in the region, it is concluded that it is as yet not acute enough to spark interstate conflict and dependence management policies that might spark internal conflict is largely not followed. However, should the situation continue to worsen or be compounded with other causes for conflict, this status quo may change.Show less
This thesis concerns a new edition of the manuscript Recollections of a Few Days Spent in Holland in August 1826. This manuscript is preserved in the Special Collections of Leiden University...Show moreThis thesis concerns a new edition of the manuscript Recollections of a Few Days Spent in Holland in August 1826. This manuscript is preserved in the Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries (BPL 3204). It was written by the Englishman William Geary who, together with his sister Sophia, visited Holland for a week in 1826. Brother and sister embarked at Great Yarmouth and after a rather uncomfortable crossing their Dutch tour started in Rotterdam. In a short period of time they also visited The Hague, Amsterdam and a few small villages such as Scheveningen, Broek in Waterland and Katwijk. Geary really made an effort to make his journal entertaining for the reader, and he criticized the dullness and wordiness of many travelogues. Some sights such as the Huis ten Bosch palace and a workhouse in Amsterdam are described in detail, but he never loses himself in endless lists of facts. Here and there Geary even adds an amusing anecdote and he describes the Dutch customs and habits that strike him. In this edition the text of the original manuscript has been edited to enhance readability. A theoretical framework concerning editing has been included to account for the editorial choices that the editor has made. Additionally, a historical context and explanatory annotations are added to provide the reader with more tools to interpret the manuscript’s content.Show less