Music festivals are among the most affected sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, despite their precarious situation, several Dutch festivals have managed to innovate and transform during the crisis. This chapter seeks to understand how these festivals managed to bounce forward. Based on three case …

Drug consumption estimates are of relevance because of public health effects as well as associated criminal activities. Wastewater analysis of drug residues enables the estimation of drug consumption and drug markets. Short-term and long-term trends of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), amphetamine (speed) and …

In Antenne Amsterdam wordt sinds 1993 jaarlijks het gebruik van alcohol, tabak, cannabis en andere drugs in de hoofdstad in kaart gebracht. Dit gebeurt op basis van een combinatie van kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve methoden: interviews met een uitgaanspanel van insiders die vertellen over het trendsettende …

This paper explores and proposes a method for creating and presenting and using interactive 2D digital art in festivals, which is otherwise underused in the festival industry. The design thinking paradigm is used in the thesis, as well as desk research, quantitative and qualitative testing. The study …

In deze monitor is het totale Nederlandse live-aanbod opgenomen in de periode tussen de opkomst van streaming diensten (vanaf 2008) en de sluiting van de livesector als gevolg van de pandemie (begin 2020). In dit tijdperk heeft live (pop)muziek een onmiskenbare groei doorgemaakt. Met name tussen 2008 …

Glastonbury, het theaterfestival in Avignon, North Sea Jazz, Sensation White, de Duitse oktoberfeesten, het carnaval in Rio en Venetië of de Mardi Gras in New Orleans, de lancering van de nieuwste smartphone of gameconsole, de Fiesta in Pamplona, plaatselijke talentenjachten, de May Day Cooper’s Hill …

This paper seeks to understand the role of valuing in urban live music ecologies. It explains how multiple actors (e.g. directors of music venues, musicians, policy-makers, and real estate experts) in Dutch live music ecologies negotiate the different values of live music. To examine this dynamic, we …

Worldwide, plastic cups are used for serving drinks. Some typical examples of large-scale consumption are large concerts and festivals. As a part of the BIOCAS project, which focusses on the valorization of biomass through various routes, a PHA biobased festival cup was developed and created to reduce …