This thesis examines the ontological and ethical value of the post-industrial ruin. By engaging with an object that is generally deemed useless, I analyse our normative processes of value creation in the city. Demonstrating ...

This thesis was an exploration of how the existence and presence of a digital black supermodel named Shudu affected the standard of beauty for real life black women in the tangible world. The paper ultimately explored the ...

Embroidery can be a gateway to engage with the production of knowledge. This Master’s thesis follows the lead to delineate what kind of knowledge can be related to material culture and contemporary craft practices. This ...

In dit bachelorwerkstuk bespreek ik de representatie van borstkanker in foto's op Instagram van vrouwen in Nederland. Het werkstuk richt zich op de representatie van ziekte en vrouwelijkheid die verandert door borstkanker. ...

De industrialisatie heeft voor een snellere manier van produceren en consumeren gezorgd, terwijl aardse grondstoffen eindig zijn. Echter, de angst dat er een einde komt aan economische groei in plaats van het steeds groter ...

For a long time, children’s literature has been underrated and under-researched. During the past few decades however, a more critical scholarly interest has arisen. Children’s literature has its own parameters which allow ...

Fashion in museums has become an omnipresent phenomenon over the last decades. The history of exhibiting costume and fashion in museums for its own sake started around the beginning of the 20th century. Since then, fashion ...

During my cultural studies education I developed an interest for gender studies as well as Surrealism. When I came across the work of Claude Cahun, it quickly became clear that her self-portraits would become my object of ...

Volunteer tourism is a popular phenomenon among people from Western and developed countries who travel purportedly to ‘help’ people in presumed need, generally in the global South and developing countries. This research ...

In dit werkstuk probeer ik een manier te vinden om de "Grote Amerikaanse Roman" te vergelijken met de tv-serie Mad Men. Dit doe ik door door te kijken in hoeverre dit genre uit het verleden intertekstueel verweven is in de serie.