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Digitalisation

Glamour ladies

Rethinking modernity by studying 20th century Asian divas.

Bart Barendregt • 25-06-2013

Diversity · Digitalisation

National imagination in two Dutch commercials

Print capitalism has played a crucial role in the making of nations in modern times. However, it is a technology which has drastically changed. By looking at two to recent Dutch commercials I would like to show how.

Andrea Cerda-Pereira • 17-06-2013

Diversity · Digitalisation

Is the UNESCO Office in Paris falling to pieces? Musings on Picasso

In 1958 Pablo Picasso painted a mural for the UNESCO office, but after its installation he refused to sign it. Is this unfinished, soulless work of art perhaps emblematic for the state the organization is in?

Marlous van den Akker • 10-06-2013

Digitalisation

Mummies and coffins in Leiden

Somehow mummies and coffins have always fascinated people. Why? From the moment archaeologists excavated many of them, mummies and coffins started lives that were not originally intended.

Pieter ter Keurs • 03-06-2013

Diversity

The problem of ‘culture’ in the New Economy

Governments around the world postulate digital entrepreneurship as the key to their nations’ economic future. Yet it seems that this call for more entrepreneurial citizens also goes hand in hand with a request to change culture.

Zane Kripe • 27-05-2013

Diversity

Youngsters and the new credit counter

In 2011, one in eight youngsters applied for debt counselling (schuldhulpverlening), with their debts running up to €30,000. Why do so many young people have such large consumer debts?

Erik Bähre • 13-05-2013

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