In celebration of the anniversary of the Hanze University and Academy Minerva in the year 2013, the research group Popular culture, Sustainability and Innovation (Centre of Applied Research and Innovation Art & Society) and Academy Minerva presented the first edition of the Energize Festival for sustainable …

The divide between us and the rest of nature has been attributed to various root causes: the growing disenchantment of the world, the loss of direct experience and lately the replacement of the real with simulations of it. Modernity's move away from the natural world has also generated countervailing …

Tijdens dit ronde tafel gesprek werd de werkwijze van Cupudo besproken

Kunnen de kunsten een middel zijn om sociale doelen te bewerkstelligen? In deze lezing wordt de vraag beatwoord of kunst een tool kan zijn om een sociaal doel als inclusiviteit te bereiken. Waarom zijn kunst en samenleving gescheiden gebieden? En waarom is het voor de kunbst belangrijk autonoom te zijn? …

This first book in the Ebifananyi series that is part of the output of PhD research presents the legacy of Ugandan photographer Deo Kyakulagira (1940-2000) in an effort to diversify the hegemonic image of 'African Photographers' resulting from success stories like those of the late Malick Sidibé and …

In deze lezing en in dit artikel wordt de hedendaagse problematiek van het fotografische beeld beschreven vanuit de theorie van Vilem Flusser: beelden zijn concepten geworden die ons het zicht op de werkelijkheid ontnemen. Het expertisecentrum PRICCAPractice brengt artistieke praktijken bij elkaar waarin …

Over the past few years the terms 'fair trade', 'sustainable' and 'organic' have become more present in combination with tea products in the supermarkets. These terms are used for many different goals. Some suppliers actually try to provide the consumer with a product that has been produced following …

With the construction of a hydroelectric dam, especially in a fragile region like the Amazon rainforest, many aspects of the environment are affected. (Santos, Barbosa, & Hernandez, 2009) People living in the Amazon, in the vicinity of these construction site, are often very dependent on natural resources, …

Europe in general and Romania specifically has been increasingly a target of foreign and domestic investors. Due to its cheap land prices and agricultural policies supporting largescale agricultural investments Romania has become a country with high risks concerning land grabbing. However, the academic …