Dames en heren, het is mij een grote eer dat u met zo velen gekomen bent om te luisteren naar mijn openbare les in het kader van mijn benoeming tot lector product design & engineering. Ik begrijp best dat u gekomen bent, want product design & engineering is belangrijk. Zonder product design & engineering was u hier tenslotte niet eens geweest. De auto, trein of bus waarmee u hier gekomen bent, zijn mede tot stand gekomen dankzij product design & engineering. Dat u mij ook achter in de zaal kunt horen, heeft u te danken aan ditzelfde vakgebied. En dat u aan het eind van deze openbare les mogelijk pijn in uw rug heeft door een oncomfortabele zit is er ook een gevolg van. Kortom: product design & engineering is een belangrijk vakgebied waarmee we in ons dagelijks bestaan voortdurend geconfronteerd worden, aangenaam of niet. Mijn voordracht valt in drieën uiteen. Eerst sta ik stil bij de titel: Van vuistbijl tot mobieltje. Aan de hand van deze objecten illustreer ik de historische achtergronden van het vakgebied product design & engineering. Daarna ga ik dieper in op het begrip ontwerpen. Het derde deel van mijn openbare les gaat over de ambitieuze plannen van de kenniskring product design & engineering. Ik sluit mijn openbare les af met het mobieltje, maar hoe blijft nog even een verrassing.
The rapidly developing relationship between tourism and creativity, arguably heralds a 'creative turn' in tourism studies. Creativity has been employed to transform traditional cultural tourism, shifting from tangible heritage towards more intangible culture and greater involvement with the everyday life of the destination. The emergence of 'creative tourism' reflects the growing integration between tourism and different placemaking strategies, including promotion of the creative industries, creative cities and the 'creative class'. Creative tourism is also arguably an escape route from the serial reproduction of mass cultural tourism, offering more flexible and authentic experiences which can be co-created between host and tourist. However the gathering critique also highlights the potential dangers of creative hype and commodification of everyday life.
With a lack of a clear definition, though a normalized use, the discursive weight of the concept of integration is felt throughout policy and civic integration programmes. In wider societal discourse the term integration is used in a taken-for-granted way, with an assumed understanding of its meaning and the actions which one takes to display its attainment. Studies which aim to explore or measure integration, further reproduce these taken-for-granted realities, a fact which has contributed to the recent debates on the discursive power of ‘integration’ in migration studies. While the debate on integration unfolds within the academic sphere, it’s implementation and discursive power continue in practices which take place in everyday life. Practices which construct the ‘doing’ of integration and which shape the lived experiences of those who encounter them. Practices which contribute to the reproduction of Othering and racialized categories which accompany the concept of integration and its current discursive frame. This paper will thus explore how integration as a concept is shaped and promoted in practices, practices such as texts which migrants encounter in civic integration programmes as well as activities which are promoted during the integration pathway. This analysis allows us for an understanding of integration as it lives and is operationalized at the level of practice and enacted through daily activities one undertakes. This critical discourse analysis will shine light on how these practices contribute to strengthening of hierarchical divisions based on colonialist categories of modernity and Eurocentric depictions of a ‘successful’ everyday life.
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a delicacy fish and an integral part of the Dutch culinary history. However, the stock of adult eel has decreased significantly due to a precipitous recruitment of glass eel fall. This relates to multiple factors including obstacles in migration pathways, loss of habitat and chemical pollution. Consequently, Anguilla anguilla has become a critically endangered species and is protected under European legislation. One possible solution, explored on laboratory scale, is the captive reproduction of eels and growth of glass eel in aquaculture. A big challenge of this technique is the limiting aspect of possible nutrients for the eels in the larval stage, as the diet must be delivered in micrometric capsules (< 20 µm) with a high protein content. Such diets are not yet available on the market. Electrohydrodynamic atomization (EHDA) is a novel option to prepare a micro-diet suitable for eel larvae. EHDA is especially interesting for its narrow size distribution capabilities and for applications which require submicrometric sizes. This project aims to evaluate the use of EHDA to produce high protein content micrometric size capsules for feeding larval eels. If successful, this would assist in the captivity production of glass eel and to make the eel culture independent of wild catches, restoring the culinary market. The project will be conducted in two phases. Firstly, tests will be conducted to evaluate the necessary conditions of the capsules using EHDA. Subsequently, the obtained capsules will be tested as feed for eel larvae. The main objective is to favour the development of a more sustainable eel culture, regarding the possibilities of investigating the current fish in natura option and exchanging it for a captivity one.
We had been involved in the redesign of the 4 Period Rooms of the Marquise Palace, also called the Palace of Secrets, in Bergen op Zoom. This design was based on the biography of a historical figure: Marie Anne van Arenberg, whose dramatic life was marked by secrets. Each of the 4 rooms represents a turning moment in Marie Anne’s story: the official marriage, the secret marriage and the betrayal, the dilemma and choice, with, in a final room, the epilogue. These different episodes are reflected in the way the rooms are furnished: the ballroom, the bedroom, the dining room. The Secret Marquise as design and exhibition has brought more visitors to the museum. As designers and researchers, however, we were interested in understanding more about this success, and, in particular, in understanding the visitors experience, both emotionally and sensorially at different moments/situations during the story-driven experience.In the fall of 2021, the visitors’ lived experience was evaluated using different approaches: a quantitative approach using biometric measurements to register people’s emotions during their visit, and a qualitative one consisting of a combination of observations, visual imagery, and interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).Qualitatively, our aim was to understand how respondents made sense of Marie Anne’s story in the way in which this was presented throughout the exhibition. We specifically looked at the personal context and frame of reference (e.g., previous experiences, connection to the visitor’s own life story, associations with other stories from other sources). In the design of the rooms, we used a combination of digital/interactive elements (such as a talking portrait, an interactive dinner table, an interactive family painting), and traditional physical objects (some 17th century original objects, some reproductions from that time). The second focal point of the study is to understand how these different elements lead the visitors experience.
In TOX FLOW ontwikkelen we proefdiervrije methoden om de invloed van giftige stoffen en complexe mengsels op de voortplanting en ontwikkeling van embryo's te bestuderen.Doel We willen met het project TOX FLOW dierproefvrije methoden ontwikkelen om de invloed van giftige stoffen op de voortplanting en ontwikkeling van embryo's te kunnen voorspellen. Het kost veel tijd en geld om veel verschillende chemische stoffen te testen mbv dierproeven. Bedrijven en overheden willen daarom graag dat er betrouwbare dierproefvrije methoden worden ontwikkeld, die ook geaccepteerd worden door regelgevende instanties in Europa (en daar buiten). Resultaten We brengen de inzichten uit het onderzoek in praktijk door: Standaardprocedures voor verschillende testmethoden beschikbaar te stellen Wetenschappelijke artikelen en presentaties voor onderzokers, bedrijven en overheden Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling (EFRO) is daarnaast bedoeld om economische groei te stimuleren. Er is veel aandacht voor commerciele toepassing van de resultaten Protocollen en stageplaatsen voor studenten uit het bachelor onderwijs. Looptijd 01 december 2018 - 31 december 2022 Aanpak In dit project worden eerder ontwikkelde methoden (met de worm C elegans, zebravisembryo’s en stamcellen) gecombineerd met in vitro huidmodellen om de effecten van complexe verbindingen te kunnen testen. Huidmodellen worden gebruikt om de blootstelling aan deze stoffen via de huid te kunnen meten. Dit onderzoek is van belang voor bedrijven die (chemische) producten ontwikkelen of hun producten op dierproeven laten testen door contract laboratoria (CRO's). Dit onderzoek is een vervolg op het project PreDART. DART staat voor Development And Reproduction Toxicology en wordt ook wel ontwikkelings- en reproductietoxicologie genoemd.Vrijwel alle bedrijven in de chemische industrie moeten hier op verplicht hun producten testen vanwege de Europese wet REACH.
