This thesis examines the representation of stupidity within film. Stupidity is treated in relation to theories about moral perfectionism and remarriage as set out by Stanley Cavell. Matthijs van Boxsel’s optimistic theory ...

The festival sphere is changing in the Netherlands. New festivals as Down The Rabbit Hole and Best Kept Secret emerge. These festivals use different strategies to engage and entertain their visitors. At traditional festivals, ...

This thesis analysed the various ways in which stereotypes about tourists are represented in contemporary American films. Three different films were analysed as three case studies in order to cover a wide range of tourist ...

This thesis investigates how the creative character of Arnhem is used to promote the city regionally and internationally. Since the use of creative industries in the regeneration of post-industrial cities has shown ...

Today, virtually every museum in Europe and in the United States strives to present itself as a democratic institution. At the same time, scholarly literature puts much emphasis on the democratising potential of social ...

The Museum of African Design was the first museum of its kind in Africa. It was located in Johannesburg in a creative cluster turned neighbourhood, called the Maboneng precinct. After four years, the museum was eventually ...

In early 2018, Janelle Monáe released her (now Grammy-nominated) studio album Dirty Computer. The album and accompanying ‘emotion picture’ (a short, emotionally evocative film), tell the story of ‘Jane,’ a young black woman ...

Current changes in the fields of arts and culture have resulted in a proliferation of artistic collaborations. For various reasons, artists increasingly choose to organize themselves in art collectives as emergent ...

Recently, the niche of music tourism has become increasingly significant and widespread. Even though research into music tourism has also started to develop more broadly, the perspective of fans travelling someplace out ...

This research is concerned with the signs of Balkanism in the tourist industry of Sarajevo. According to Edward M. Bruner, tourists create narratives in three stages, namely pre-tour, during tour, and post-tour. By employing ...