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Rotterdamse jongeren in beeld.:Profielschetsen als inspiratiebron voor begeleiding bij eenzaamheid.
Get PDFCybernetic Capitalism:A Critical Theory of the Incommunicable
No full textCybernetic Capitalism presents a groundbreaking synthesis of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory and critical theory. Overwijk examines how neoliberal capitalism now thrives on the management of incommunicability rather than the pursuit of total communicability, harnessing ecological complexity as its driving force. Contrary to earlier critiques that highlighted capitalism's push to render all social life fully communicable, the current era encourages market incalculability, profits from user unpredictability, and spurs service workers' creativity.This ecological logic resonates with the extractivist drive of the Anthropocene, reframing our understanding of capitalism as an adaptive, environment-attuned system. Cybernetic Capitalism also exposes how these dynamics intersect with the cultural rise of conspiracy theories and radical-right irrationalism. By illuminating capitalism's paradoxical reliance on both rationalist and irrationalist currents, Overwijk provides a vital new lens for interpreting the complex politics of our tim
Reframing Humanistic Education in the Anthropocene:Ideas inspired by Bruno Latour's philosophy
No full textCreating moral space:How military chaplains in the Netherlands support veterans with moral injury
No full textThe concept of moral injury has drawn attention to the role of military chaplains (MCs) in supporting veterans. While international research has explored military chaplaincy interventions, collaboration with mental health professionals, and institutional influences, longitudinal, process-oriented insights into military chaplaincy practice remain scarce, particularly in the Dutch context, which combines secularization, pluralized worldviews, and a unique institutional position of MCs
Doing socio-political work in chaplaincy
No full textThroughout this volume, spiritual care is conceptualized in terms of caring for processes of orientation in life. These processes are entangled in socio-cultural contexts as systems, structures, and developments at the macrolevel have an impact on the capacity of individuals and groups to imagine, strive for, and live a good life. In this view, chaplains, as the professionals who care for people’s attempts to orient in life, have the task of publicly exposing and questioning the dehumanizing effects of macrosystems and –structures on these attempts. In this chapter, the socio-political dimension of chaplaincy, in which chaplains speak and act in the public domain, is explored. In particular, a chaplaincy method for providing spiritual care to communities which are affected by challenging events or circumstances is described, consisting of four elements: presence, sharing community narratives, forging structural partnerships, and spiritual counseling
Mapping Leadership in a Person-Centred Care Context: A Scoping Review
No full textRecent decades have seen a significant increase in focus on person-centred care. However, its implementation is complex. Person-centred care is paradoxically simultaneously described as fundamental and as extra to the nursing practice. Although the significance of leadership for the delivery of person-centred care is recognised, less is known about what this entails
Opening up the black box of chaplaincy:a qualitative study into the reported workings of a narrative and interfaith spiritual care intervention in palliative care at home
No full textThis study investigated the reported workings of a narrative and interfaith spiritual care intervention in palliative care at home called “In dialogue with your life story.” It was developed to address clients’ spiritual needs in the religious plural context of the Netherlands. Thus far, how the intervention impacted clients’ spiritual well-being remained a black box. A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with and workbooks of clients (N = 75) and chaplains (N = 33) indicated seven intervention elements that promoted clients’ spiritual well-being in four ways: (1) they offered new insights and a better overview, (2) provided a place to connect and share experiences, (3) helped to reach deeper layers of meaning, and (4) brought out feelings of calmness and gratitude. The findings shed light on the intervention’s black box and encourage further exploration of associations between chaplaincy goals, processes, and outcomes
Engaging in moral learning:veterans' perspectives on how the moral dimensions of moral injury are addressed in one-on-one meetings with Dutch military chaplains
No full textINTRODUCTION: There is an increasing attention for the role of military chaplains (MCs) in supporting veterans with moral injury. However, research into how veterans experience the support of MCs remains scarce. Moreover, no studies to date have explored this question in a Dutch contex, while this is relevant as it can offer insight into what forms of care are helpful in predominantly secular societies.METHODS: This article presents a study from the Netherlands, involving 12 veterans. Using a longitudinal qualitative approach, we explored how the one-on-one conversations with MCs unfold over time.RESULTS: Our study shows that three types of moral questions underly experiences of moral injury. Veterans see the conversations with MCs as an opportunity to exchange thoughts and perspectives concerning these ongoing moral struggles, a process that we conceptualize as 'moral learning'. Over time, we found 5 types of change in veterans' experience of moral injury. The conversations with MCs helped veterans to: share their stories, thoughts and worries; grow personally; better understand and accept certain events; feel a stronger connection with others; critically engage with the Dutch Ministry of Defence.DISCUSSION: This study raises questions about the centrality of the morally injurious events in chaplaincy interventions that are described in the literature. It suggests that supporting veterans in dealing with questions about the good life and about the conduct of the military may be just as or even more important as reflecting on morally injurious events. Moreover, the study highlights the importance of engaging with seemingly mundane, everyday issues when addressing the moral dimensions of veterans' struggles. This counters the focus on grand concepts like "forgiveness," "acceptance," "reconciliation," "restitution" and "vindication" which are usually emphasized in the literature about chaplaincy in the context of moral injury. The study shows that it is through reflection on the everyday that these larger concepts gain relevance and meaning within veterans' lives.</p
In the Minor Key: The Minuscular Mycelium and its Implications for Citizen Science
No full textIn an era marked by ecological precarity and growing demands for knowledge systems that are more inclusive, situated, and responsive, grassroots initiatives have begun to challenge dominant models of science and expertise. Among these, citizen science has emerged as a powerful mode of inquiry that brings together university-based scientists with communities to highlight lived experience, local knowledge, and collective sense-making. One such initiative, which is grounded in a commitment to care, justice, and co-creation is the project Diamonds on the Soles of our Feet (DSF) which originated as a locally rooted water literacy project in the province of Limpopo in South Africa. Since its inception in 2019, the project has evolved in unexpected, generative and at times even unfathomable ways. From its start in one rural village, it grew into a multi-sited, transnational, and increasingly entangled exploration of environmental justice and relational care. This paper seeks to make sense of these developments through the conceptual lens of a ‘fungal turn’ and the aesthetics of care. Engaging with the entanglements of citizen science, we found, can open up forms of learning that stretch beyond conventional scientific frameworks. Here the image of the fungal as a (dis)organizing principle allows us to contrast it with the more rigid image of science as a container. As DSF networ(ld)s extend into uncharted geographical terrains, the application of an ethics of care, coupled with fungal imagery, offers a valuable lens to interpret the unexpected and indeterminate textures that characterize our unfolding DSF journey. By equipping both learners and educators, DSF aims to create a collaborative model that supports long-term behavioral change and where authentic, value-transparent conversations become the fertile ground for meaningful engagement. We thus aim to create a pedagogy of connection, one that links ecology, identity, and imagination, resisting the impulse to fix, explain away or simplify, but instead to cultivate the capacity to remain present with the troubling complexity of it all. Once we took citizen science out of the container, we began to inhabit a space where encounters became unpredictable, often uncomfortable and occasionally deeply troubling. By resisting the impulse to command, to classify and to control and by resting instead in the minor key, meaning in the unfolding process rather than the singular event, we allowed ourselves to become entangled. Mushrooms offer more than a biological metaphor; they become a lens to reimagine ecological entanglement and the often-invisible networks that shape our understanding of science, learning, and care