This article provides a description of the emergence of the Spanish ‘Occupy’ movement, Democracia real ya. The aim is to analyse the innovative discursive features of this movement and to connect this analysis to what we consider the innovative potential of the critical sciences. The movement is the …

Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce examines the shifting economic, cultural, and technological trends in the modern workplace that are taking place as a result of the aging global workforce. Taking an international perspective, contributors address workforce aging issues around the world, …

Already for many centuries shoemaking exists as a craft. Orthopaedic shoemaking is a relative new profession that has emerged and evolved during the last century. Originated from the craft of shoemaking it has developed into a profession on the intersection between healthcare and technology. Important …

Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN) is an interdisciplinary field in which long established perspectives (literature studies, narratology, oral storytelling practices) and newer views (computer science, communication and digital media studies, artificial intelligence) intersect. This variety of traditions …

Natural disasters are a growing concern around the globe. In the Netherlands, water has always played an important role as both friend and enemy. To quickly analyze and visualise possible disaster outcomes has been really difficult. In collaboration with engineering company Tauw we improved this modelling …

In this lecture Nigten talks about processpatching where a range of methods and approaches are loosly combined. This approach is well known from art and design practice and is a key concept in Nigten's ideas about the role of artists and designers can play as agents of change in trans- and interdisciplinary …

This CIENS-report sums up the main findings from the project “Cultural heritage and water management in urban planning” (Urban WATCH), financed by the Research Council of Norway through the MILJØ2015 programme, and cofunded by the Directorate for Cultural Heritage in Norway (Riksantikvaren) and the Geological …

Worldwide, the mean age increases. In the nearby future health care professionals will face new challenges, resulting in professionals in the health care and social sector who are on an ongoing quest to define their professional role and diagnostic domains. Due to the onset of new health problems, new …

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 …

Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a Web Interface in the field of e-government