From 1478 to 1485 Desiderius Erasmus studied at the Latin school in Deventer. In 1509 he wrote his  amous work In Praise of Folly in London. In this work the goddess Folly decides to write an eulogy about herself, which she defends by saying that this is much better than the aristocrats, who pay someone …

The European policy emphasis on providing informal care at home causes caregivers and home care professionals having more contact with each other, which makes it important for them to find satisfying ways to share care. Findings from the literature show that sharing care between caregivers and professionals …

Recently several attempts were undertaken to unite the field of metaphor studies, trying to reconcile the conceptual/cognition and linguistic/discourse approaches to metaphor (Hampe, 2017b). The dynamic view of metaphor espoused by amongst others Gibbs (2017a) as a way to unify the field of metaphor …

The main research question of this project was:Which of the four chosen algae is the most suitable for the rearing of Artemia, and ultimately Diadema antillarum larvae, at Van Hall Larenstein University of applied sciences? This question led to several sub questions which could in turn be operationalized …

Technologization contributes to the illusion of a makeable world, in which coincidence apparently no longer plays a role. However, in how long we live, and how much appreciation we get, coincidence plays a much greater role everywhere than our ingrained illusion of control and rationality makes us believe. …

This article is about the Virtual Reality-Head Mounted Display (VR-HMD) as a model for contemporary ways of disciplining. The VR-HMD makes the observer discipline herself through the triggering of performance. Through specific strategies the VR-HMD addresses the body of the observer to perform in the …

Don’t mind me while I drive through your neighborhood taking photo’s of your house, gathering your emails, passwords and other private information from your wifi network. It’s nothing personal, I’m doing it to everyone, in every street, in over 30 countries. Perhaps you can also excuse me while I give …

Sunflower is a one of the cash crops in Tanzania. It’s agronomic advantages are tolerant to drought, low disease vulnerability and easy to cultivate compared other oil crops. High demand for sunflower cooking oil makes for huge potential in subsector economic growth and poverty reduction. However, the …

Strukton Rail wants to try new training methods for their employees by creating a virtual reality simulation where the workers can practice in a safe environment. Strukton employees have to do maintenance work in heights in the rail track. Besides the risks related to the actual job of working in heights, …

The topic of this thesis is the translation of 2D concept art to 3D final asset and what the process of such a workflow, especially in the case of unclear or inconsistent concept art in terms of design and style. The concept art provided for the Fortnite project isn’t always as clear as it preferably …