Current many changes are taking place in the elderly care: care is changing from supply-oriented to demand driven, problems have to be more serious than previously to get a placement in a nursing home, furthermore the demand for heavier care will increase due to ageing. The aim of this study is to acquire …

Paper presented at the 31st European Seminar in Ethnomusicology ESEM, Limerick (Ireland), 18/9/2015. This paper presents a case study of ‘Belinda’, a Dutch woman in her early sixties who considers herself at the same time as ‘un-musical’ and musically hyper-sensitive. She is neither an ‘outstanding performer’ …

Paper presented at the 43rd ICTM World Conference, 16-22 July 2015, Astana, Kazakhstan. The paper discusses some aspects of the shanty choir phenomenon in the Netherlands and contains a methodological discussion concerning ethnomusicology-at-home, 'neo-classical fieldwork' and the place of participant …

What will a shopping street look like in 2025, when online shopping continues to show double-digit growth? And what will 3D printing do to factories and logistic companies, when we can ‘print’ more and more products at home or around the corner? The digital economy is one of the most pervasive game changers …

Stimulating physical activity behaviour in persons with a physical disability is important, especially after discharge from rehabilitation. A tailored counselling programme covering both the period of the rehabilitation treatment and the first months at home seems on the average effective. However, a …

Exergames, as one might infer from the name, are a combination of exercise and games. As such, they stimulate players to perform certain behaviours by providing them with engaging game mechanics (Whitehead, Johnston, Nixon, & Welch, 2010). While they can be used during physiotherapeutic rehabilitation …

De taalproblematiek van de autochtone achterstands leerling blijft een hardnekkig fenomeen. De achterstand van dit type leerling is sinds 1994 niet kleiner geworden. Vanaf 2002 is er zelfs een daling in het prestatieniveau van dit type leerling te ontdekken (Ledoux, Roeleveld, Driessen, Cuppen, & Meijer, …

Inmiddels is gemeenzaam bekend dat de onderwijskansen van kinderen toenemen als ouders en school een partnerschap ontwikkelen. Maar hoe leraren dat partnerschap tot stand kunnen brengen, daarover is veel minder bekend. Over die vraag gaat dit symposium. In de eerste deelpresentatie wordt aan de hand …