Through a correspondence between two scholars, this paper explores and critiques various ways in which scholars working in ethnography and cultural analysis frame and construct their methodology and object of study. Through the close reading of theoretical accounts of methodology in ethnography and cultural …

What does sustainability mean in equestrian sports? What changes can be made to ensure we continue to prioritize horse welfare and high-level performance? In this podcast Dr. Inga Wolframm, professor 'Sustainable Equestrianism' at Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences, talks about her research …

This thesis is written on behalf of AFRIEK. AFRIEK is a fashion brand based in Rwanda which has the vision to show the power of cross-cultural collaboration based on equality. AFRIEK became much more of a research project than only a commercial brand: trying to be as sustainable as possible while keeping …

Sensing technology is increasingly used to collect data about the workplace to provide insights into building performance and work activities. While such systems provide meaningful insights, they are a ’black box’ in nature considering people as passive data subjects with no input into the sensing and …

This research project explores possible circular strategies for the sustainable denim-specialised brand Kings Of Indigo in the frame of the upcoming Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles in the Netherlands. A look at notions within the industry, possible collaboration partners, and a case …

This report is a study about the pig slurry problems on Reunion Island and its feasible solutions. It was done with the Coopérative des Producteurs de Porc Réunionnais (Cooperative of Reunionese pig producers) and their pig farmers, between the end of September and the beginning of December 2021, in …

In this article, we reconstruct a Dutch case in which policymakers, experts, and professional organizations proposed to amend a law so as to differentiate between different kinds of nurses and the work they do. In doing so, they specifically sought to support and reposition higher educated nurses. The …

This paper theorizes the spiritual processes of community entrepreneuring as navigating tensions that arise when community-based enterprises (CBEs) emerge within communities and generate socio-economic inequality. Grounded on an ethnographic study of a dairy CBE in rural Malawi, findings reveal that …

The aim of this paper is to understand how employees, in their role of follower of change, frame upcoming change by studying the prospective stories they tell (n=110). This study complements the dominant retrospective approach to the research of employees’ change sensemaking. We incorporate forward-looking …

Het testen van hydraulische componenten en samenstellingen wordt gedaan op een gedateerde testbank welke niet voldoet aan de huidige veiligheidseisen en -normen. Het doel van de afstudeerstage is het creëren van een veilige werkomgeving voor de tester. Daarbij wordt de volgende vraag gesteld: “Hoe wordt …