In this essay, the smartphone as a new technology and medium is analysed with regards to its effects on individuals and society. McLuhan’s tetrad serves as a framework for analysis, consisting of a set of four effects to examine media in their historical context and present environment as well as the …

Introductory essay for Jan Van Den Dobbelsteen's artist's book on his picture disc collection

Op dinsdag 21 juni 2016 nam lector Martin Stam afscheid van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en van zijn lectoraat Outreachend werken en Innoveren. Ter gelegenheid daarvan schreef hij zijn afscheidsrede, tijdens de receptie in verkorte vorm uitgesproken. In dit essay komen outreachende professionals aan het …

In: Frank Gadinger, Martina Kopf, Ayşem Mert, and Christopher Smith (eds.). Political Storytelling: From Fact to Fiction (Global Dialogues 12) This essay presents a summary of important perspectives concerning the distinction between what counts as truth or fiction. As a source of …

Dubbel-essay van de Vereniging Hogescholen : een essay van Carola Hageman met de titel 'Wie schrijft die blijft : open access publiceren van praktijkgericht onderzoek' en een essay van Daan Andriessen met de titel 'Werk aan de winkel : uitdagingen voor de volgende 15 jaar praktijkgericht onderzoek in …

Up until 2005 Peter Mak was involved as pedagogy teacher in the instrumental teacher education of the Bachelor of Music of the Prince Claus Conservatoire. The programme’s pedagogy section consisted of modules developed by Peter including ‘Didactics’, ‘Learning processes’, ‘Study skills’, and ‘Exceptional …

This essay addresses the relationship of improvisation and identity. Biographical research that was conducted by the author into professional musicians’ lifelong learning showed the huge importance of improvisation for personal expression. Musically, the concept of sound appeared to serve as a strong …

Europeans live their lives at a time when certain collective expectations of how the world should function no longer seem to describe their experience of what actually happens. This bifurcation of experience and expectation is causing some severe symptoms of dislocation. Truth turns relative and his- …

'The best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of Google search results.' For some time now the image above has been circulating online. The joke accurately introduces the core question of this essay. What is the effect of the list as the most used structure of presenting online information on the way …