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Exploring the ICTY as Cultural Heritage: From Frozen Archive to Multidirectional Memory Practice
No full textThe past decennia have shown an increase in ad hoc international law institutions. Although some of them are now reaching the end of their lifespan, the afterlife of tribunals remains relatively unknown. How can the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), located in The Hague, as a site of cultural heritage representing layered narratives, be transformed into a place of multidirectional memory? This entry starts with identifying six narratives that the ICTY has accumulated during its lifespan and explores which areas of peace and justice were not addressed by the ICTY—but could be in a place of cultural heritage. We then conceptualize the potential of this afterlife of the tribunal as both a legal institution and an archive. The entry concludes by exploring how artistic representations of the ICTY can help understand its potential as a heritage site and develop it into a multidirectional place of memory that will keep growing and expanding our imaginations during its afterlife. The ICTY-as-heritage might gain a richness in relations and stories that could result in a deeper understanding of its history and future. Starting with the (material) evidence and (archival) silences and moving to reflections on the more symbolic meaning of the tribunal as a promise for peace and justice, artistic interventions complexify the ICTY’s narratives. These interventions also have the power to change the story of the tribunal. The ICTY has had a very specific trajectory. Nevertheless, it could inspire more creative thinking on the cultural afterlife of tribunals everywhere
Bridging Knowledge Gaps: Advancing Cybersecurity Education via Absorptive Capacity & Collaboration
No full textThis work, based on my dissertation (Esmaili, 2024), investigates the growing knowledge gap between vocational cybersecurity education and the cybersecurity industry, driven by rapid technological advancements and the increasing demand for skilled professionals. This gap challenges educators’ ability to deliver current and relevant training, limiting their capacity to prepare students for the dynamic and evolving needs of the cybersecurity field (Yusuf, 2024). Absorptive capacity (ACAP)—the ability to recognize, assimilate, and apply external knowledge—serves as the conceptual framework to address this challenge.By integrating perspectives on absorptive capacity, knowledge creation, and collaboration, this study examines mechanisms that enhance effective learning within partnerships between vocational education programs and the cybersecurity industry. This research employs an action research methodology, structured across four iterative cycles: i) establishing partnerships, ii) implementing collaborative learning environments, iii) engaging educators as active learners, and iv) developing an innovation lab for knowledge co-creation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with educators, students, and cybersecurity professionals, and analyzed using open and axial coding to identify key themes and mechanisms.The findings show that trust-building, participatory decision-making, informal communication, and cross-functional activities are essential for strengthening educators’ ability to integrate new knowledge. Educators’ active involvement as learners proved crucial in bridging the knowledge gap and aligning curricula with the practical demands of the cybersecurity industry. The innovation lab emerged as a platform for knowledge co-creation, fostering meaningful collaboration between students, educators, and professionals.This research contributes to the literature by addressing gaps in ACAP implementation and emphasizing collaborative approaches to industry-education alignment. Key recommendations include promoting continuous professional development for educators, implementing co-creative learning models, and aligning cybersecurity education with industry needs to ensure future-proof training programs
Reanimatieverklaring
No full textIn dit artikel wordt ingegaan op de casus van meneer Graas, 80 jaar. Hij wordt met de ziekte van Parkinson opgenomen in een zorginstelling voor langdurige zorg. Tijdens de intake komt het gesprek op het onderwerp wel of niet reanimeren. Meneer Graas en ook zijn zoon twijfelen. Hoe en wie moet dit gesprek met de cliënt en zijn naasten aangaan
The spiritual care intervention “In dialogue with your life story”: Results of a longitudinal study on palliative clients’ spiritual wellbeing
No full textBackground: Spiritual care is important for palliative care, but the evidence base for spiritual care provision is low.Aim:To investigate the course over time of clients’ spiritual wellbeing who participated in the spiritual care intervention “In dialogue with your life story.”Design: The intervention consisted of six individual sessions between client and chaplain of various faiths. A longitudinal study was conducted pre- and post-intervention, and a follow-up approximately 10 weeks after post-intervention. Spiritual wellbeing was measured using the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 and NEIS, and symptoms of anxiety and depression as secondary outcome measure using the HADS. Latent growth modeling was used to investigate changes in outcome measures over time.Setting/Participants: Adult clients receiving home-based, palliative care were eligible to participate in this study.Results: A total of 75 clients and 33 chaplains participated. On the four EORTC QLQ-SWQ32-subscales, a significant increase was found over time on “relationship with self,” “relationship with others,” and ‘“existential wellbeing” (linear trends). “Relationship with someone or something greater” significantly increased over time but decreased 10 weeks post-intervention (quadratic trend). On the two NEIS-subscales, ego-integrity significantly increased over time (linear trend), while despair significantly decreased (quadratic trend). On the two HADS-subscales, symptoms of anxiety significantly decreased over time (linear trend). No significant change was found for depressive symptoms.Conclusions: We provided first empirical evidence for an increase in clients’ spiritual wellbeing after enrollment in the spiritual care intervention “In dialogue with your life story.” Future research using control conditions is needed to investigate its causal effect
'Why bother?' Skeptical doubt and moral imagination in care for people with profound intellectual disabilities
No full textCaring well for people with profound intellectual disabilities is challenging. This challenge is often framed in terms of their complex needs and the ambiguity of interpreting these needs. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article argues that behind these challenges lies a more fundamental challenge of doubt: doubt stemming from uncertainties about the mind of the other, and thus about the purpose of care itself. Drawing on Stanley Cavell's notion of skepticism, the article explores how this challenge arises and how caregivers grapple with it. The study finds that skeptical doubt always threatens care for people with profound intellectual disabilities, but often remains unseen. This is because caregivers deftly manage to ward off their skeptical doubt, by 'placing people into life': imagining the people in their care as participants in a shared human everyday life. The article tracks such exercises of 'placing people into life' to document how caregivers manage to retain faith in the purpose of their care. In this way, the article gives ethnographic texture to the challenge of caring well for people with profound intellectual disabilities and gathers clues for improving this care-which can also aid in improving care in other contexts of cognitive difference
Rituele verbinding op scholen. Kansen en aandachtpunten voor geestelijk verzorgers
No full textOp welke manieren kunnen rituelen verbindend werken in openbare scholen in het voortgezet onderwijs? In dit artikel presenteren wij de uitkomsten van een verkennend, kwalitatief onderzoek naar nieuwe rituelen. In de plurale samenleving kunnen vragen ontstaan hoe een schoolgemeenschap gevormd en versterkt kan worden door rituelen. Geestelijk verzorgers kunnen als zingevingsexperts een educatieve en adviserende rol spelen voor openbare scholen die behoefte hebben aan meer rituele sensitiviteit
Finding the Truth but Ending the Conversation?:How the Dutch Court Cases on the Srebrenica Genocide Shaped the Space for Reparation
No full textDue to the presence of Dutchbat troops in July 1995, when over 8000 Bosniaks were killed, the Srebrenica genocide became a shared Bosnian-Dutch history. This chapter explores how civil court cases (Nuhanović; Mustafić; Mothers of Srebrenica) by survivors and relatives shaped the space for reparation in the Netherlands. Departing from a sociological definition of genocide, this chapter arrives at a similarly broad and transformative conceptualisation of reparation as a spectrum (based on Lisa Laplante (Laplante, Cornell International Law Journal 48:513–578, 2015)). While court cases themselves can only be expected to address the narrow, left side of the reparation spectrum, their contributions to fact-finding and the conversation on responsibility can form the basis for a larger, politics- and society-driven reparation process. The chapter thus starts by studying plaintiffs’ lived experiences of the court procedures vis-à-vis their needs and aims. While recognizing several instances of delay and denial, we acknowledge that the legal narratives and outcomes held significant reparation potential. However, studying the political and societal responses to the court cases, the chapter argues that this potential did not materialize. Most importantly, the political and societal emphasis is still on Dutchbat rather than on the Bosniak stories, thus blocking restorative and civic reparation. Therefore, we present initiatives by the Bosnian-Dutch community as ‘interventions’ in this stalling process. These initiatives re-imagine what reparation can be. We conclude that, through them, Dutch politics and society are given another chance to contribute to inclusive and transformative reparation for the shared history of the Srebrenica genocide
