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Diversity · Digitalisation

The urge to forget: collective amnesia as a byproduct of the Westgate Mall attacks

On Saturday 21 September the Westgate Mall in Nairobi was taken over by militants. They killed and injured a shocking number of visitors and occupied the building for days. Kenya fought back by emphasizing the unity and solidarity among its citizens.

Marlous van den Akker • 02-10-2013

Diversity

The peculiar case of (non) creativity

Creativity is one of the buzzwords everyone seems to be after - individuals, businesses, education institutions and even states. Some seem to succeed better than others. But is that really the case? What are our views on what is creative and what is not?

Zane Kripe • 10-09-2013

Sustainability · Diversity

Walking and protesting in Brasília

Protests in Brazil are heating up preparations for the football World Cup. These demonstrations and other ways of using the streets of Brasília emphasize that the future did not turn out to be as utopian and rich as imagined before.

Erik Bähre • 15-07-2013

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

Kidzania: object lessons for children in consumer societies

Kidzania is a multinational chain offering educational entertainment to children around the world. It is set up in a sort of theme park that recreates city life on a child’s scale. Is this ‘edutainment’ or ‘advertainment’?

Andrea Cerda-Pereira • 15-04-2013

Blogs

The urge to forget: collective amnesia as a byproduct of the Westgate Mall attacks

The peculiar case of (non) creativity

Walking and protesting in Brasília

National imagination in two Dutch commercials

Kidzania: object lessons for children in consumer societies