This paper discusses the concepts and social dynamics of fashion imitation and custom imitation as put forth by French sociologist Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904). Specifically his 1903 book The Laws of Imitation will be introduced and used to argue that, and examine how, fashion has, since the turn of the …

Presentation given and game played at the house of the Dutch provincies in Brussel. Within the Energy Battle game four roles must reach a common goal of renewable production in their village and an individual goal per role. The roles in the game are People, Planet, Profit, and Balance. The group must …

La Prosperité is an old colonial timber plantation in the rural district of Para in Suriname, which was purchased by a group of former plantation workers after the abolition of slavery. It is occupied by the small village of Bersaba which consists primarily of descendants of those who passed it on as …

Both inhabitants and tourists of Ameland are in need for a new entry to the island. The lack of quality and adaptability of the current entry from the Wadden Sea makes separation between freight and passenger flows to and from the island necessary. The demand for aanew harbour creates new opportunities. …

Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron’s The Californian Ideology, originally published in 1995 by Mute magazine and the nettime mailinglist, is the iconic text of the first wave of Net criticism. The internet might have fundamentally changed in the last two decades, but their demolition of the neoliberal …

Het begrip circulaire economie staat voor een productie-consumptie‑systeem waarbij getracht wordt de grondstofstromen in een gesloten kringloop te houden. Het hoofddoel is het voorkomen van de uitputting van de eindige voorraad grondstoffen op de planeet door deze te herwinnen uit bestaande (afgedankte …

How to create a future proof established sea resort by facilitating the needs of elderly residents at the coast of Belgium

Sociale professionals begeleiden kinderen, jongeren en hun opvoeders in normale en in complexe opvoedingssituaties. Samen opvoeden helpt (toekomstige) professionals zich te oriënteren op hun voorkeuren, mogelijkheden en kansen binnen het pedagogisch beroepenveld dat aan verandering onderhevig is. Het …

Community forestry is a way to combine forest conservation with economic development of forest depending communities. In the Pacific zone of northern Peru, the rural population heavily relies on the endemic dry forest ecosystem as a source of firewood, timber and as grazing area. Bad management, overuse …

Connected through a screen, two classes that are an ocean apart take the same course and do the same assignments. Our course “ The Global Village” is a globally networked learning environment (Starke-Meyerring and Wilson, 2008) where students from two different universities work and learn together using …