Touch and interactivity is becoming increasingly popular in museums countering decades of traditional museum styles and creating new ways to experience culture. This paper examines five cultural...Show moreTouch and interactivity is becoming increasingly popular in museums countering decades of traditional museum styles and creating new ways to experience culture. This paper examines five cultural heritage institutions in the Netherlands and specifically focuses on the use of handling and interactivity with collection and display objects for the general public. Niel Kotler's 2004 article "New ways of experiencing culture: the role of museums and marketing" provides the basis for the ideas on where museums fit into a cultural framework and the importance of experience for education. By exploring this idea this paper answers questions about what modern museums and collections are doing to meet the growing public demand and general necessity of increased accessibility to and understanding of objects with importance to cultural heritage. How these methods for allowing touch and interactivity contribute to the learning and understanding of participants about the objects and their cultural importance is one of the main focuses. Each institution is discussed thoroughly under a division of themes between how handling is introduced through an educational lens and an exhibition lens. The paper concludes that museums are far more open to interactivity with collection objects than is often assumed by both museum studies and by the public. A positive outlook is concluded on behalf of the efforts which provides an understanding of the importance of the work being done to increase public knowledge and understanding of historical and cultural objects through the ability to handle and closely interact with objects. These efforts will be essential for the continued preservation of objects as well as technqiues, stories, cultures, and histories for years to come.Show less
De Tweede Boerenoorlog in Zuidelijk Afrika aan het einde van de negentiende eeuw bracht veel teweeg onder de gemoederen in Nederland. Veel mensen steunden de Boeren, die grotendeels afstammelingen...Show moreDe Tweede Boerenoorlog in Zuidelijk Afrika aan het einde van de negentiende eeuw bracht veel teweeg onder de gemoederen in Nederland. Veel mensen steunden de Boeren, die grotendeels afstammelingen waren van Nederlandse kolonisten. Door middel van een bottom-up benadering van nationalisme richt dit onderzoek zich op de steun die van onderaf ontstond voor de Boeren, zowel als het gaat om liefdadigheidsinitiatieven als om advertenties voor de Boeren en hoe die tot uiting werd gebracht. Concluderend toont dit onderzoek aan dat, ondanks onderlinge verschillen, mensen uit allerlei verschillende zuilen, klassen en hoeken van Nederland steun betuigden aan de Boeren. Het is het bewijs dat het Nederlandse nationalisme was gegroeid en uitgebreid naar gebieden en mensen die buiten de welgestelde, protestantse en stedelijke elite van Holland vielen.Show less
This bachelor-thesis concerns artefacts made of the French Grand-Pressigny flint, found in the Netherlands. The thesis covers the distribution, datings, archaeological contexts, socio-economic...Show moreThis bachelor-thesis concerns artefacts made of the French Grand-Pressigny flint, found in the Netherlands. The thesis covers the distribution, datings, archaeological contexts, socio-economic meanings and status of this French flint in the Netherlands based on an inventory of the Grand-Pressigny flint finds known from the Netherlands and a literature study. De central case-study in this thesis is a Grand-Pressigny flake scraper found near Eibergen (Gelderland). This scraper is a surface find and lacks original archaeological context information. The artefact originates probably from a settlement site rather than a burial context. This interpretation is mainly based on the fact that no other late SGC grave gifts have typo-morphological similarities with this object. It is an exceptional find; no other Grand-Pressigny flake tools or scrapers are found in the Netherlands. A total of 32 Grand-Pressigny objects are known from the Netherlands. The majority of these artefacts were found in the eastern Netherlands. Most well-known are the long Grand-Pressigny blade daggers, which were exported in small quantities to the Netherlands from roughly 2800 to 2300 BC., although they were presumably longer in ‘circulation’. In the Netherlands these artefacts are associated with the later SGC, or AOO phase. A number of these objects were found in burial contexts (barrows or flat graves) after presumably having served as highly valued or even ‘ritual’ items. This flint type originates from the Touraine region, near Le Grand-Pressigny (central France). From there great quantities of flint objects were exported to several regions within and out of France. Significant differences between distribution regions are seen regarding the number of findspots, find quantities per site, artefact types, archaeological contexts and use-wear traces on these artefacts. From this data can be concluded that the socio-economic status of these artefacts varied strongly between the regions. A general distribution trend is the further from the place of origin, the lower the find densities and the number of artefacts per site and the smaller the range of tool types. Furthermore, the status seems correlated to the geographical distance to the place of origin as well. Nearby Le Grand-Pressigny, these artefacts were presumably mainly used for domestic purposes. In more distant regions, like the Netherlands, hardly any artefacts were used in this way. Almost all Dutch Grand-Pressigny artefacts can be interpreted as high-prestigious items.Show less
This thesis sets up a model for political tolerance among minority groups in the Netherlands, which consists of two dimensions. The first determines whether the group has been a victim of...Show moreThis thesis sets up a model for political tolerance among minority groups in the Netherlands, which consists of two dimensions. The first determines whether the group has been a victim of discrimination and because of their struggles the individuals have grown more tolerant towards others. The other dimension is the division between bridging and bonding networks, with the latter making people less tolerant. This research confirms the second assumption, but not the first.Show less
