This article explores the perceptions of development through metaphor use by students of International Business Management Studies at The Hague University. Students’ reflections upon the concepts of nature and development before and after educational intervention are examined through discourse analysis …

This article reflects on implications of presenting nature as a social construction, and of commodification of nature. The social construction of nature tends to limit significance of nature to human perception of it. Commodification presents nature in strict instrumental terms as ‘natural resources’, …

Ethnographic fieldwork is a balancing act between distancing and immersing. Fieldworkers need to come close to meaningfully grasp the sense-making efforts of the researched. In methodological textbooks on ethnography, immersion tends to be emphasized at the expense of its counterpart. In fact, ‘distancing’ …

Ethnographic fieldwork is a balancing act between distancing and immersing. Fieldworkers need to come close to meaningfully grasp the sense-making efforts of the researched. In methodological textbooks on ethnography, immersion tends to be emphasized at the expense of its counterpart. In fact, ‘distancing’ …

The research in this assignment focuses on Baloe Mode, a Groningen based fashion store, and on Plus size women. First, the current corporate identity of Baloe Mode is analysed by looking at their behaviour, symbolism and communication. This reveals the personality of the plus size fashion store and the …

"'If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life' (Maria Montessori). Onderzocht is of het aanbrengen van samenhang in de leerstof door middel van mindmappen, met een op onderwijsbehoeften afgestemd leerdoel, ervoor zorgt …

Regional news media are facing tough times, as they lose readers and advertisers rapidly. In The Netherlands, circulation decreased from 2.7 million in 1990 to 1.8 million in 2010, household penetration declined from 47 percent to 25 percent, and the number of titles went down from 35 to 18 in the …

It is generally assumed that competition increases welfare. The main idea behind this assumption is that competition in a market is the best incentive mechanism to produce efficient market outcomes. This is good for social welfare and therefore stimulating competition is welfare increasing. According …

Description of the evolution of navigation from a restricted field of application (nautical) and executed by a select group of navigators working in almost splendid isolation to a wide field of application (nautical, aeronautical, CRM) executed by groups of people sharing different knowledge and skills …

Landmines are explosive remnants of war that remain active long after the conflict has ended. Explosion can be triggered easily by human input and its consequences can be devastating. Landmines don't discriminate between soldiers and civilians. Once laid on the ground, they pose immediate threat for …