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Item Connectivity in the Elderly Years(2023-12-29) Lee, Danielle vanThis study explores the role of shopping centres as crucial meeting places for independently living elderly individuals experiencing loneliness near Heusden and 's-Hertogenbosch municipalities. Emphasizing the societal shift towards 'Ageing-in-Place,' the research aims to promote elderly independence while alleviating pressure on healthcare institutions. Ten narrative interviews with lonely elderly, chosen in collaboration with the 'Alles voor Mekaar' foundation, reveal shopping centres as valuable hubs for informal conversations. However, mobility issues pose a significant barrier, limiting the universal appeal of these spaces. The findings highlight the complexity of emotional loneliness, especially after losing life partners, indicating that public spaces may not universally address diverse elderly needs. Mental health emerges as a key factor in social engagement, with positive-minded individuals showing greater willingness to connect and reduce loneliness. The study underscores the importance of mental health over physical health in elderly participation in public spaces. Recommendations include policy changes for municipalities, focusing on proximity to assistance, neighbourhood inclusion, and mobility improvement. Digital platforms are proposed to strengthen social ties. Future research should explore concrete interventions impacting mental health and assess the effectiveness of neighbourhood inclusion, considering local contexts and cultural variations. The overall goal is to foster a more inclusive and supportive environment, prioritizing mental health and reducing loneliness among the elderly.Item Creative Tourism in ‘S-Hertogenbosch: Exploring the Potential Impact of Creative Tourism on Traditional Place Identity(2024-10-14) Endhoven, Leanne vanThis study aims to answer how the creative tourist identity pitched by local place branding strategies aligns with, and possibly influences traditional place identity in ’s-Hertogenbosch. Through qualitative interviews, this research investigates how residents look at key concepts like place identity, creative tourism and branding. The findings reveal a complex relationship between the city’s efforts to attract creative tourists and resident’s attachment to traditions like carnival. While the economic potential of tourism is valued, there are concerns about maintaining the city’s unique character and the impacts of tourism. This study highlights the importance of incorporating residents’ views into branding to ensure authenticity, as they are a large part of the identity of the city.Item Evaluating Perceptions of Security Measures in Public Transport for Women in Brussels(2024-03-31) Trindade, JoaoThis thesis evaluates women's perceptions of security in Brussels' public transport through qualitative data from travel diaries and interviews with 10 women. It reveals how infrastructure, technology, and human interaction influence women's safety feelings, emphasizing the need for clear communication about security measures and the use of social media to bridge the information gap. The study addresses the question: "How do women perceive the effectiveness of security measures in Brussels' public transport?", highlighting the importance of diverse approaches to improve safety. Recommendations include infrastructural enhancements, increased staff presence and training, and utilizing technology for security information dissemination. These aim to create a safer environment for women, contributing to discussions on urban mobility, gendered safety, and the impact of technology on public transport security. This work adds to academic and practical insights into navigating urban spaces safely and inclusively for womenItem Museums and art galleries in Seoul's creative city policy(2023-12-31) Ianieva, VeraThis study discusses the role of museums and art galleries in the context of creative city policies in Seoul. Originating from Western urban experiences, the concept of the creative city has undergone notable transformations upon integration into the Korean context. The research aims to unravel Seoul's creative city policy and discern the role assigned to traditional cultural institutions like museums and art galleries. Employing grounded theory analysis, this research scrutinizes Seoul's policy documents to ascertain the prioritization of museums and art galleries within the creative city policy and identify institutions receiving higher precedence. A comprehensive exploration of Seoul's historical context precedes this analysis, shedding light on the unique features shaping the local creative city policy. Emphasis is placed on the characteristics of Korean museum policies, forged under an authoritarian political system but persisting today. The study reveals that, according to the analysis of policy documents, museums and art galleries receive limited prioritization, predominantly within municipal institutions, leaving a substantial number of private museums largely uninvolved. These findings underscore the imperative for a review and reassessment of the roles played by these institutions. They also suggest potential policy adjustments to align with the distinctive facets of the Korean cultural landscape and its evolving trends. Keywords: Creative City, Museum, Art Gallery, Seoul Art Museum, ARKO Art CentreItem Remembering against forgetting: Everyday memory practices in a site of Francoist repression in Spain(2024-10-31) Martínez Caldas, NunoPersecuted during Franco’s dictatorship (1936–1975) and purposely omitted after Spain’s democratic transition, thousands of everyday memory practices have been performed by relatives of victims of the regime along with memory organisations in the many sites throughout Spain where repression took place. However, despite being done for decades, trauma-addressing practices have seldom been considered by the few reparatory policies concerning Francoist crimes that the central Spanish government has adopted to date. As a result, almost fifty years after the death of dictator Franco, legislation directed to tackle past injustices continues to fail to meet victims’ needs. This masters’ thesis follows an everyday justice lens to investigate how everyday memory practices have been used to address dictatorship trauma by focusing on a representative site of Francoist violence: the mass graves at Guadalajara cemetery. To this end, a qualitative approach involving bibliographical research, photographs, and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders connected to memory practices at Guadalajara was carried out. The work concludes that remembrance was done largely in private during the dictatorship whilst becoming a public activity from the mid-seventies onwards, merging recently with inter-scalar memory stakeholders as memory organisations, the local municipality, or an Argentinian lawsuit demanding the exhumation of victims’ bodies.Item Storying Care with the Dommel. A place-based engagement with more-than-human care ethics(2024-04-22) Graef, LeaDuring the last decades, the benefits of urban greenery and water have increasingly moved into focus as means to make cities more healthy, sustainable, and liveable. As a growing number of scholars sees the well-being of humans and nonhumans as intertwined, they demand urban planning to be more sensitised to diverse more-than-human needs in order to better respond to social and environmental conditions. Considering this demand, this research sets out to explore challenges and opportunities for spatial interventions in urban nature by focusing on a specific site along the river Dommel in Eindhoven. Integrating care ethics with theories of more-than-human storytelling, this ethnographic and narrative study explores how Eindhoven’s capacities to care for biocultural diversity are facilitated and restricted by discerning the social, cultural, environmental, historical, and political stories that take place at and with the Dommel. Through this approach, it becomes apparent that the diverse stories that the Dommel affords can be both enabling and disabling for the city’s caring capacities depending on their role in and relation with the material landscape.Item Sustainable tourism in Breda: a strategy analysis of attracting the creative city lover(2024-08-09) Kemp, Wout van derThis thesis analyses the strategy of Breda Marketing (BM) and its partners to attract the Creative City Lover (CCL), a postmodern tourist who seeks authentic and unique cultural experiences. Breda, a city with a rich history and vibrant culture, aims to position itself as a destination that aligns with the preferences and values of the CCL. The CCL is characterised by a desire for genuine, off-the-beaten-path encounters that emphasise local culture and creativity. Alongside three main ambitions that Breda has set: Green, Borderless, and Hospitable, it aims to become a sustainable, creative/innovative, and inclusive city. This thesis argues that the consumer behaviour of the CCL resonates with Breda’s ambitions. Through a mix of stakeholder interviews, policy document analysis, and existing academic research, this thesis explores how Breda’s tourism strategy targets the CCL and how this shows potential impact on Breda’s residents. A SWOT analysis indicates that there are opportunities for inclusivity and economic growth, as well as multiple challenges regarding the risk of commodifying authenticity and worsening social segregation in Breda. This thesis emphasises the importance of inclusive co-creation processes, ensuring that Breda’s strategies represent all residents of Breda, ensuring sustainable urban development.Item Tourism and the Authenticity of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Community Perspectives of Ceramic Craft in Margarites, Crete(2023-08-25) White, EleanorCrete is one of the most popular European tourism destinations, in part due to its rich culture. Growing numbers of tourists daytrip to Margarites village to experience its intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of ceramic craftsmanship, placing pressure on community members to meet demand for authentic cultural outputs. Significant research gaps exist for studies into community perceptions of the relationship between tourism and ICH authenticity. This study utilises a qualitative approach involving interviews and auto-photography to investigate the impacts of tourism on the perceptions and practices of Margarites community members regarding the authenticity of their ICH. This study adopts an interpretivist approach to authenticity that integrates constructionist and existentialist thinking. It concludes that Margarites community members acknowledge numerous, diverse, and simultaneously operating interpretations of authenticity in a mosaic of interlocking place- and people-related elements. Although intra-community tensions arise between practitioners with conflicting values and approaches to authenticity, tourism demand sustains local ceramic craftsmanship and stimulates cultural revival by making practicing ICH economically viable. Concerns arise regarding the long-term authenticity of ICH due to lack of collaboration and generational knowledge transfer among ceramicists. The study findings could inform local tourism management to preserve the authenticity of ICH through culturally sustainable tourism practices.