The theme of multi-voicedness in the search on the path of life is explored. It will be argued that we, as human beings, not only live within an ambiguous world, but also have to deal with an ambiguous self. In the quest for happiness it is the challenge to acknowledge all inner positions, each with …

About 30 years ago the ruin of a church became the starting point of an ongoing journey that brought together strangers, strangers of different nationality and confession and with different languages and cultures. Strangers that once faced each-other as enemies. But strangers with one common ground. …

In this paper, we explore the ways in which we can employ arts-based research methods to unpack and represent the diversity and complexity of journalistic experiences and (self) conceptualisations. We address the need to reconsider the ways in which we theorise and research the field of journalism. We …

This book brings together contributions that analyse how subcultural myths develop and how they can be studied. Through critical engagement with (history) writing and other sources on subcultures by contemporaries, veterans, popular media and researchers, it aims to establish: how stories and histories …

This booklet presents twenty-one impact stories of Ethiopian and Kenyan alumni of Dairy (Livestock) trainings in the Netherlands. The Dutch trainings consists of Master courses conducted by Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL) in Wageningen or Velp, short courses or diploma courses …

All experience/knowledge comes from three sources: (1) perception, (2) the past (consolidated perception in memory, or mediated by "technology": stories, writing, photo, etc.), or (3) judgment/argument based on perception and past (analogy). There is something special going on with our 'judgments '. …

The enriched data in this study, based on qualitative research, confirm on one hand the “goodness” of sustainable tourism development (STD) in developing regions. On the other hand, local stories in the community of Vicos in Peru undermined the “good actions” that were claimed by groups who represented …

La Place is een Nederlandse restaurantketen, opgericht in 1987, met meer dan 75 restaurants in Nederland. La Place trekt op dit moment een doelgroep aan met een gemiddelde leeftijd van 48 jaar. Het bedrijf is sinds het begin van 2018 bezig met een herpositionering om een jongere doelgroep aan te trekken, …

Adviesrapport en verantwoordingsdocument. Onderzoeksvraag: Hoe kunnen user-generated stories op Instagram de koopintentie en de merkattitude veranderen?

Waar gaat deze blog over? - Verhalen zijn met name effectief in het beïnvloeden van mensen, als ze zorgen voor narratieve transportatie. In dat geval gaan mensen geheel op in de verhaalwereld. - Uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat commerciële verhalen er bijzonder goed in slagen om mensen te beïnvloeden …