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Energize festival 2015

This working paper is the introduction and exploration of the theme 'Value of waste' for the Energize festival 2015. What is the value of waste? Based on ideas concerning the lifecycle of materials it depends on where you are in this cycle: have you consumed material, then what remains is usually waste that has no value. But if the remains can function as raw materials for a product, then this same waste may turn out to be valuable. When you think in cycles like this, can you say that there is such a thing as waste at all? Or is ‘waste’ simply the stage in which materials are temporarily without value? And if so, who or what determines when something is waste?

Definitions, key themes and aspects of ‘ageing in place’

The purpose is to give an overview of the extent, range and nature of existing definitions of the concept ‘ageing in place’. Providing such an overview may be helpful, for policy makers, researchers, communities and service providers, to make sense of the versatility and uses of the concept, and allow the improvement and increase the success of efforts to contribute to the quality of life of older people. The overview was created using Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping review methodology. Out of 3,692 retrieved articles, 34 met the inclusion criteria. These studies concentrate on the following five key themes concerning ‘ageing in place’: ‘ageing in place’ in relation to place, to social networks, to support, to technology and to personal characteristics. Each of these key themes consists of other aspects, like physical place and attachment to place for the keyword place. This study concludes that the concept ‘ageing in place’ is broad and can be viewed from different (i.e. five) key themes. A more thorough understanding of ‘ageing in place’ provides knowledge about the existing key themes and aspects. These findings might provide practical support for professionals and governments when they develop their policies about ‘ageing in place’ integrally and to develop fit policies.

A theme park revisited

Ergens halverwege de winkelpassage zijn een man en een vrouw in gesprek. De vrouw draagt een rode winterjas en heeft een vouwfiets aan de hand. De man is gehuld in ruimzittend donker pak met op de revers een zilverkleurig insigne. De vloer strekt zich onder hun voeten uit als een vers geboende ijsbaan. Na een korte woordenwisseling werpt de vrouw vertwijfeld haar handen in de lucht en begint sputterend haar fiets op te vouwen. Nadat de vouwfiets volledig is ingeklapt geeft de beveiliger, die al die tijd bewegingloos heeft staan toekijken, een instemmend knikje en kan de vrouw haar weg richting het station vervolgen.

Conceptualizing the dark ride experience through the Dark Ride Cube: Evidence from the EMEA region.

Dark rides are archetypal theme park attractions that provide compelling experiences through carefully structured experience designs. In a literature review, we follow and slightly modify Langhof and Güldenberg’s conceptualization of the dark ride experience (DRE) and suggest that the DRE mostly consists of narrative transportation, presence, flow, and emotions. However, to what extent these conceptualizations match actual dark ride supply remains unexamined. Therefore, we evaluate 238 dark rides in the EMEA region on product determinants of the DRE and compare literature-based conceptualizations of the DRE against actual dark ride supply. Findings indicate that dark rides highly vary in terms of storytelling, theming, and pervasive interactivity, thus questioning whether all components of the DRE always apply to the full dark ride spectrum. Proposing the Dark Ride Cube as a dark ride typology, Langhof and Güldenberg’s conceptualization of the DRE is largely confirmed, as well as the currently suggested modifications.

Teaching Game Design in the context of Greening Games: ‘Theming’ and ‘systemic’ messaging in video games.

A short presentation summarising the activities of BUas in the Greening Games project, primarily focused on the ideas of 'systemic' or 'theming' of pro-environmental content in video games.