This bachelor thesis explores the utilisation of environmental cues in video games to convey personality traits of non-playable characters (NPCs). The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of employing set dressing and props within game environments as a means of communicating the …

In this report, the question “How can gamification elements be used in data visualizations that are aimed at children ages 6 – 12 in The Netherlands, to communicate the most current topics of sustainability within the household?” is answered through extensive desk research, surveys, and brainstorm workshops …

Copenhagen-based menswear brand Isnurh decided to collaborate with mental health awareness platform Community of Real People (further called CORP) to produce a non-profit collection, from which two styles should be released during mental health awareness month in May 2023 and sold to raise donations …

Object-based media gaan grote invloed hebben op hoe we media maken en verhalen vertellen. Daar ben ik van overtuigd sinds ik in februari bij een NPO Innovatie -sessie hoorde over deze manier van werken. Het maakt interactieve storytelling mogelijk en stelt de maker centraal in een werkveld waarin AI-tools …

Dit is een Onderzoek naar Praktijk over de storytellingtechnieken die gebruikt worden in YA-boeken en hoe je deze kan gebruiken in journalistieke teksten om jongeren te bereiken. In alle boeken worden storytellingtechnieken ingezet om een tekst mooier en aantrekkelijker te maken voor de lezer. Op macroniveau …

Innovations in digital storytelling techniques have spurred on the development of new journalistic and audience practices. The production processes of interactive and immersive journalistic narratives are highly technological and require specialist knowledge of both journalism and design, and require …

Story from the project Land-shapes, Sooth-scapes for a publication of VU Amsterdam presented at COP28 in Dubai 2023.

The Feral Drifting with Lonja Wetlands workshop involved a 4-day feral, performative investigation of multispecies relations and spatio-temporalities of care that shape the flow of life and death in Lonjsko Polje (or Lonja Wetlands), the largest protected wetlands in Croatia. Together with 19 workshop …

Dit onderzoeksrapport richt zich op de bevordering van economische zelfstandigheid bij vrouwen in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, met specifieke aandacht voor de rol van het ontwikkelingscentrum Vrouw en Vaart. Het rapport onderzoekt de factoren die bijdragen aan of belemmeren de arbeidsmarktpositie van vrouwen, …

Because major depressive disorder (MDD) has a strong negative impact on patients' lives, well–designed treatment programs are needed that address the lasting effects of MDD. Previous work has shown that such programs should not only focus on symptomatic recovery, but also on the subsequent personal recovery …